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Surfing is a major Californian youth culture attribute that is familiar to most undergraduates at UCSB. Since the sport and culture emerge from human activities in the natural environment, it provides a natural vehicle to explore topics in spatial social science, physical processes, and their joint interaction. The course is organized around four major topics: Ocean Waves and Surf Forecasting; Surfing Culture, History, and Spatial Diffusion; Spatial Behavior of Surfers; and Surfing, the Surf Industry, and the Environment. Compared to other courses I teach, this one will place much more emphasis on the application of concepts to your own experiences. The major goals for the course are: (1) to develop an appreciation of human activities and actions in relation to the natural environment, and (2) to set fundamental geographic concepts in the context of a major cultural element of California.
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Instructor: Stuart Sweeney [email] Assistant: Mike Vergeer [email]
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COURSE DOCS: LECTURES: CDIP BUOYS: BATHYMETRY: WINDS & STORMS: JOURNALS: ORGANIZATIONS: NEWSREEL: |
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Special thanks to Surfer's Journal for providing materials for use in the course and to the following guest speakers: Dan Wozniak (Dan-O Surf Films), Glenn Hening (The Groundswell Society), Bob Keats (Santa Barbara Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation), and Doug Yartz (Surf Country Surfshop). |
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