One of surfings most enduring traits is its lack of conformity: from its cultural roots to its professional growth, it has always been a sport that embraces iconoclasts. As a general rule (if there is a general rule about surfing) surfers dont conform to Replica Omega 2262.50 Seamaster 300m Watch conventional norms and structure - they take to the waves to escape all that. But that could soon be changing, thanks to a new website called Surf-first.org. This research tool, launched last week, aims to assemble demographic information about surfers to help further surf-related causes.
Information the study hopes to glean includes who surfers are; where they come from; what they do for work; how, when and where they surf; and where they spend their money in relation to surfing habits. The primary goal of this information-gathering is to help impact surfers issues, including beach privatization and future coastal development. Replica Omega 951460.79 Constellation Iris Watch Surfing Magazine journalist Matt Walker and the Surfrider Foundation are among those involved in the new study.“While the NRA can tell you how many Americans own a gun and the Audubon Society can track the migratory patterns of 2,800 pairs of piping plovers,” Walker wrote in his article,
Will the study reinforce the pop culture surfer-as-beach-bum image, or will it turn that image on its head (a la Doctors and lawyers ride Harley-Davidsons)? Replica Omega 1514.20 Double Eagle Automatic Watch And how many follow-up news accounts will be unable to resist the surfing waves/surfing the web comparison?-- Phil Guidry “we cant tell you with any real accuracy how many surfers exist, much less where they live or what they spend.”
