California’s Nuclear Waste Dilemma Is Proof That Surfers Have a Responsibility to Vote

Progress takes time and patience but nothing happens when we don’t vote and participate. I know this all too well from being at the helm of the Surfrider Foundation from 1984 to 1990 and working for President Jimmy Carter from 1974 to 1980.

Voting, ElectionWilliam RinehartMay 3, 2019Vote, voting, election, 2020, nuclear waste, San Onofre, Harley Rouda, Mike Levin, ocean, surfing, politics Comment

Beach Closed: OIL SPILL

Back in the early 60s, I surfed in the U.S Open of Surfing (back then, it was called the Huntington Beach Championships). During one particularly memorable year of the competition, we all got slimed by an big oil slick. We had so much black on our jerseys that the judges couldn't see who was who, making it impossible to judge.