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I’m excited to share my TEDx talk that I gave in Laguna Beach about the importance of local knowledge of community and place, why local grassroots organizing is so effective, and how to scale community-led advocacy to create exponential impact.
This talk is largely based on my decades of experience at @surfrider where I have witnessed our incredible activists and staff take on issues locally, and then bring them to scale at the state, federal level and create real positive impact for our coasts and ocean.
The threats are urgent, the stakes are high, and there is a way for everyone to get involved in conservation and climate action.
Check it out via the link in my bio and please feel free to share it.
Thanks to @richgermanlb and the @tedxlagunabeach team for including me and for organizing a great event and @millionpersonproject for helping me shape this story and bring it to life. Thanks to my mom, dad, and brother @frogwala for the experiences that shaped my worldview and a life connected to the ocean. Thanks to @stumpyelle for all the support!
23 May 2024
Objects in mirror are closer than they appear. 📷 @stumpyelle
24 May 2021
Sam and Kiko home from college for Spring break. So nice to have them back for a visit. Kiko’s doing great at UCSB, surfing a ton and majoring in environmental studies (🤔). Sam is loving CU Boulder, snowboarding and adventuring in the Rockies, and is in the business program. We miss having them around but it is wonderful to see them thriving!
18 Mar 2022
Fun Halloween weekend scrambling around Joshua Tree with @stumpyelle - sometimes with ropes.
01 Nov 2026
What happens when some of the most passionate voices in the mountains and ocean get in the same room?
Find out at the Protect Our Winters x Surfrider Foundation Panel + Mixer at SHACC during Coast.
Join Caroline Gleich, Len Necefer, Kai Jones, Greg Long, and Chad Nelson for an evening of conversation, ideas, and stories about the places we love and what it means to protect them. Then, join us on Forest for a free public screening for the community.
📍 SHACC
🕓 4–6 PM
🎬 Coast Film & Music Festival
🎶Music by Solar Tropics
A Summit ticket gets you access to the Mixer for free. Individual tickets are also sold separately.
Come curious. Leave inspired. 🌊🏔️
20 Oct 2026
Great One Ocean event in San Francisco to raise support for @surfrider ‘s work to protect our coasts. We had the privilege of honoring Warner Chabot - a true coastal conservation hero. Warner helped pass Prop 20 in 1972 that led to the California Coastal Act in 1976, one of the most effective coastal conservation laws in the world. He spend the next 5 decades protecting and restoring the CA coast. One of my personal hero’s. That work continues with the threat of offshore drilling off CA and the threats of climate change and El Niño induced coastal erosion.
It was also a special night because much of my family was able to join.
19 Oct 2026
Happy 25th Birthday Sam & Kiko!
12 Sep 2026
Hall of mirrors
23 Aug 2026
Did you know that up to 70% of California’s beaches could disappear by 2100?
As a “Super El Niño” builds in the Pacific, forecasters warn the 2026–27 winter could bring some of the most powerful storms, highest seas, and worst coastal erosion California has seen in decades. But the greatest long-term threat to the state's beaches isn't the waves — it's what we do after the storms hit.
In the latest episode of The Surfrider Podcast, Surfrider Foundation CEO Dr. Chad Nelsen and Dr. Charles Lester, director of UC Santa Barbara's Ocean and Coastal Policy Center and former director of the California Coastal Commission, unpack the science, explain why coastal armoring doesn’t work to save our beaches, and make the case for how we can get it right.
🎧 Available on all major podcast platforms. Link in bio to start listening!
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19 Aug 2026
First ever Surfrider Great Lakes Regional Conference held in beautiful Traverse City over the weekend. Chapters from MN, IL, WI, MI, OH, NY were in attendance. The Great Lakes have many of the same challenges as our salt water coasts: water quality, coastal erosion and beach access. We had a great visit to Empire Beach and Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore. Shout out to Ella at @sleepingbearsurf for supplying paddle boards and local knowledge, and Keenan and Kristin for hosting an evening get together on the lake. Sarah Damron did excellent work organizing an excellent conference, and a especial thanks to Sam Bennet, local chapter chair, for being our host and pulling it all together. Great weekend!
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05 Aug 2026
What a phenomenal run of waves. A mix of New Zealanders and hurricanes for weeks on end. Water so warm it’s a bit alarming. The combo of a marine heat wave and strong El Niño is going to make for an interesting fall. 📷 @isaac_zoller @saramarisla @adventuremuse_
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