Development of the Regional Significance Concept for Surf Break Management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Orchard, Shane; Atkin, Edward A.; Mead, Shaw

doi:10.2112/si87-003.1

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“…In New Zealand, the recognition of values associated with surf breaks underpins their protection status at the regional level and is being increasingly addressed using community-based assessment methodologies [41,64]. More generally, value assessments are an important means of demonstrating the socio-cultural and economic benefits of surf breaks to local communities [18][19][20][21]26,65]. In progressing these approaches, it is important to recognise that community members with first-hand experience of these environments remain the key source of knowledge on the attributes of the underlying resource [27,65], and this provides essential information for ancillary purposes such as impact and threat assessments.…”

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“…The focus of this study is the local knowledge of surfers that is generated through their associations with coastal (and occasionally inland) environments. Knowledge residing in the surfing community is the ultimate authority on the values of surf breaks [26] and is often relied upon in decisions that affect them [22,[27][28][29][30]. In addition, recent studies have shown the potential for surfers' knowledge to be utilised in wider coastal management studies [31,32].…”

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“…International groups such as Save Our Surf (SOS), Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), and Surfrider have had notable success in their advocacy for the protection needs of surf breaks [34][35][36][37]. Orchard [27] notes that the development of a legal protection framework for surf breaks in New Zealand did not occur through systematic collaboration between surfers and legislators but instead was catalysed by concerned surfers who became motivated to engage with formal management on a voluntary basis [28]. Similar bottom-up processes have played an important role in shaping formal protection mechanisms in several countries at various scales [7,[38][39][40][41].…”

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Development and Application of Local Coastal Knowledge: Insights from New Zealand Surfers

Campbell

Orchard

2023

Coasts

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Through their accumulated experiences with coastal environments, surfers may be uniquely qualified as a source of local knowledge on surf breaks and wider coastal management topics. Despite popular associations between surfers and the environment, critical enquiries are needed to establish the scope and depth of surfers’ knowledge and the processes that may influence its development. In this study, we expected that relationships between surfers and the coastal environment would be highly variable and dependent upon several outside factors, including individual motivations and biases. This broad hypothesis was tested through an oral history study of 15 New Zealand surfers, which examined the development of coastal environment knowledge through surfing experiences and explored its applications to resource management in New Zealand. Surfers can develop a unique local knowledge of the coast that is often specific to their favourite locations but can also include regional insights obtained through site-scale comparisons. These may include relatively detailed observations that are typically difficult to detect or measure and that are primarily generated through sustained surfing experiences. Socio-cultural factors, including gender stereotypes, localism, equipment bias, and interaction with accessibility, were identified as key influences on individual motivations and knowledge generation contexts. This study argues that surfers’ perspectives are critical to informing management decisions in the coastal environment. Knowledge residing in the surfing community is dependent on individual associations with surf breaks, yet it can be harnessed across meaningful scales to inform coastal management. Moreover, the generation of local knowledge through surfing experiences adds to the societal benefits of protecting surf breaks.

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Development and Application of Local Coastal Knowledge: Insights from New Zealand Surfers

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Orchard

2023

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“…First, surfing takes place at the intersection of local land-and ocean-based resources and environments and larger oceanic and coastal processes. For instance, coastal human populations, infrastructure, and underwater geomorphology conducive to creating specific wave forms interact with wind-generated wave patterns originating from thousands of kilometers away (Edwards and Stephenson 2013;Orchard 2017;Orchard, Atkin, and Mead 2019;Short 2006). Second, surfing exemplifies the human dimension of coastal places; identifiable locations upon which a human culture (e.g., social, communal, political, economic) depends (Preston-Whyte 2002).…”

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First Steps at First Point: Protecting California Surf Breaks and the Malibu Historic District

Blum

Orbach

2021

Coastal Management

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Surf breaks and surfing areas exemplify the human dimensions of coastal ecosystems-places connecting people and nature and from which history, culture, tradition, economic activity, and even political conflict emerge. We employed a signature policy instrument of American historic preservation, the National Register of Historic Places (National Register), as a context to both evaluate and ultimately recognize these connections through public policy at California's famed Malibu surfing area. The Malibu Historic District is the first National Register listing centered on surfing history and the first continental United States surfing area protected for its cultural and historic significance. This model of surf break protection: (1) is explicitly site-specific, (2) aims to not just consider historic significance but secure specific legal protections and provisions because of it, (3) places surfing within the set of claims regarding historical, cultural, and economic significance, and (4) secures protections based directly on significance. The analysis of natural sites through frameworks such as the National Register, as a rationale for other surf breaks and a qualifying step for additional protections at Malibu, is well-suited to California's particular coastal resource management environment.

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A national assessment of the economic and wellbeing impacts of recreational surfing in Australia

Manero,

Yusoff,

Lane

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Marine Policy

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Development of the Regional Significance Concept for Surf Break Management in Aotearoa New Zealand

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Development and Application of Local Coastal Knowledge: Insights from New Zealand Surfers

Development and Application of Local Coastal Knowledge: Insights from New Zealand Surfers

First Steps at First Point: Protecting California Surf Breaks and the Malibu Historic District

A national assessment of the economic and wellbeing impacts of recreational surfing in Australia

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