The Center for Surf Research's Sustainable Stoke Conference
September 19 & 20, 2015 – San Diego State University Alumni Center
Come join the discussion and the movement that is changing the future of surfing culture.
Sustainable Stoke
The Conference
Building on the global conversation started by the book of the same name, this event will bring together the best minds, thought leaders and the most influential figures from the surf industry, academia, non-profits, and the surfing community to explore the cutting edge of the surfing world’s transition to sustainability.Register
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Agenda - Day 1
Panel 1. Disruptive Sustainability Innovations in Surfing. How do we make them stick and where to from here?
Panel 2. Corporate Adoption and Scaling of Sustainability Innovations. What has been working so far?
Panel 3. Making Waves. Literally.
Keynote Presentation: Senator Fred Hemmings
More DetailsAgenda - Day 2
A day with the scholars. More than a dozen research papers presented by scholars from the United States, the UK, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, and Canada, will be discussed and analyzed.
More DetailsSpeakers
Dr. Gregory Borne
Director of the Plymouth Surfing and Sustainability Research Group at Plymouth University and co-editor of Sustainable Stoke.
Dr. Jess Ponting
Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University and advisor for Sustainable Surf and the Executive Committee of World Surfing Reserves.
Senator Fred Hemmings
Senator in the Hawaii state senate from 2000-2010, founder of the World Cup of Surfing championships, and advisor for the SDSU Center for Surf Research.
Dr. Stephen Mayfield
Professor at UCSD, Co-Director of Food and Fuel for the 21st Century, and Director of the California Center for Algae Biotechnology.
Dr. Rey Banatao
Dr. Rey Banatao is co-founder of Entropy Resins which produces the revolutionary Super Sap epoxy resin used on many sustainable surfboards including Firewire.
Sustainable Surf - Kevin Whilden & Michael Stewart
Founders of Sustainable Surf, a non-profit charity organization.
Derek Sabori
VP of Sustainability at Volcom and contributor to the Sustainable Stoke.
Carl Kish
Carl Kish is a former Center for Surf Research intern who started STOKE Certified, a business that certifies sustainable surf and snow resorts.
Justin Enjo
Justin Enjo is a Project Engineer and a member of the lead development team for Wave Loch’s Surf Pools.
John Luff
John Luff, founder of Surf Park Central, now the world’s leading online resource and website for surf parks, wave pools and wave technology.
Rusty Miller and Tricia Shantz
Rusty and Tricia live near Byron Bay. Both are passionate about the environment and social construct of their community. Together they have published two books
Register Today!
We look forward to seeing you. You can purchase your copy of the book Sustainable Stoke to pick up at the conference as well.