Gregory Borne is a Lecturer in Public Management and Policy at Plymouth University, UK. He is also the founder and Director of the Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group.Jess Ponting is an Associate Professor and Founder and Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, USA.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Sustainability and surfing in a risk society Part 2: A systems approach 2. Surf resource system boundaries Part 3: Technology, industry, and sustainability 3. Surfing in the technological era 4. Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry clusters 5. Surfboard making and environmental sustainability: new materials and regulations, subcultural norms and economic constraints Part 4: Informing policy domains 6. Surfing voices in coastal management: Gold Coast Surf Management Plan – a case study 7. Surfers and public sphere protest: protecting surfing environments 8. The non-market value of surfing and its body policy implications Part 5: Reconceptualising sustainable surf spaces 9. Sustaining the local: localism and sustainability 10. Spot X: surfing, remote destinations and sustaining wilderness surfing experiences 11. Surfing: a ritual with consequences 12. Culture, meaning and sustainability in surfing 13. Simulating Nirvana: surf parks, surfing spaces, and sustainability Part 6: Conclusion 14. Sustainability and surfing: themes and synergies

Gregory Borne is a Lecturer in Public Management and Policy at Plymouth University, UK. He is also the founder and Director of the Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group.Jess Ponting is an Associate Professor and Founder and Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, USA.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Sustainability and surfing in a risk society Part 2: A systems approach 2. Surf resource system boundaries Part 3: Technology, industry, and sustainability 3. Surfing in the technological era 4. Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry clusters 5. Surfboard making and environmental sustainability: new materials and regulations, subcultural norms and economic constraints Part 4: Informing policy domains 6. Surfing voices in coastal management: Gold Coast Surf Management Plan – a case study 7. Surfers and public sphere protest: protecting surfing environments 8. The non-market value of surfing and its body policy implications Part 5: Reconceptualising sustainable surf spaces 9. Sustaining the local: localism and sustainability 10. Spot X: surfing, remote destinations and sustaining wilderness surfing experiences 11. Surfing: a ritual with consequences 12. Culture, meaning and sustainability in surfing 13. Simulating Nirvana: surf parks, surfing spaces, and sustainability Part 6: Conclusion 14. Sustainability and surfing: themes and synergies

Gregory Borne is a Lecturer in Public Management and Policy at Plymouth University, UK. He is also the founder and Director of the Plymouth Sustainability and Surfing Research Group.Jess Ponting is an Associate Professor and Founder and Director of the Center for Surf Research at San Diego State University, USA.

• Part 1: Introduction 1. Sustainability and surfing in a risk society Part 2: A systems approach 2. Surf resource system boundaries Part 3: Technology, industry, and sustainability 3. Surfing in the technological era 4. Towards more sustainable business practices in surf industry clusters 5. Surfboard making and environmental sustainability: new materials and regulations, subcultural norms and economic constraints Part 4: Informing policy domains 6. Surfing voices in coastal management: Gold Coast Surf Management Plan – a case study 7. Surfers and public sphere protest: protecting surfing environments 8. The non-market value of surfing and its body policy implications Part 5: Reconceptualising sustainable surf spaces 9. Sustaining the local: localism and sustainability 10. Spot X: surfing, remote destinations and sustaining wilderness surfing experiences 11. Surfing: a ritual with consequences 12. Culture, meaning and sustainability in surfing 13. Simulating Nirvana: surf parks, surfing spaces, and sustainability Part 6: Conclusion 14. Sustainability and surfing: themes and synergies