2025 Schedule of Events
Thursday, October 9 – Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union, Theatre (floor 2)
6:30 p.m. – Opening: Evening with Steve Van Doren and Bryce Wettstein
Friday, October 10 – Tula Conference Center
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. – Registration/Breakfast
9:15 - 9:45 a.m. – Welcome/Land acknowledgement
10:00 - 11:30 a.m. – Session I
Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Steve Long, Alex Ferron, Robert Mignona, Riley Pratt, Mitch Silverstein (alternate)
Location: Tula 1
Fabrice Le Mao, Alexis Sablone, Nestor Judkins, Arin Lester
Location: Tula 2
- Natasha Brown, “Making Space, Making Waves”
- Jessica Murfree, “Surfing the margins: Negotiating social and environmental constraints to surf access”
- Hans Berner, “Skateboarding from apartheid to democracy: Changes and continuities in South African skateboarding”
Location: Tula 3
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p. m. – Lunch (on your own)
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. – Session II
Oluyemisi Bolonduro; Fernando Gonzales; Nicholas Jobe; Aaliyah Vaden
Location: Tula 1
Michael Roberts; Kristin Lawler; Thomas Kemp
Location: Tula 2
- Bryce Noe, “The ‘Dark’ Dimensions of Grey Space in Freestyle Skateboarding”
- Aguinaldo de Melo Chaves, Jr., “Skateboarding as Medium: An aesthetic and philosophical exploration”
- Serene Gonzalez “Subculture Sounds: How Music Interacts with Skateboarding Media”
- Schawin Kongthawee, “City Play: A Sensory Ethnography of Skateboarding in Zhongshan Hall Plaza, Taipei”
Location: Tula 3
2:45 - 4:15 p.m. – Session III
Isaac Bjorke; Andrea Buchetti; Brian Glenney; Thomas Kemp
Location: Tula 1
- Jeffery Swartwood, “Can’t See the Forest for the Trees: Reshaping the Public imaginary of Early Women Surfers and Wooden Surfcraft
- Lee Dubin, “Non-Binary Space: Applying Gender Expansiveness to Skateable Urban Design”
- Bethany Geckle and Kim Shortreed, “On the Margins: How Freestyle Skateboarding Has Been Othered and How (some) Freestyle Skateboarders Feel About It”
Location: Tula 2
Jane Roger, Saul Drake, Nefatlie Williams
Location: Tula 3
4:30 p.m. – Pizza dinner @ Oggi's (SDSU location)
6:30 p.m. – “Shaping the Future” viewing at Hardy Tower
Saturday, October 11 – Tula Conference Center
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. – Registration/LA/Announcements/Coffee
9:00 - 9:15 a.m. – Welcome/Land acknowledgement
9:15 - 10:45 a.m. – Session IV
- Michael Blum, “Ah, Well, We Can't All Be Lion Tamers: Historic Preservation As Method And Practice To Protect California Surf Breaks”
- Jess Ponting, “A Data-Based Case for Surf Parks as Drivers of Surf Break Ecosystem Conservation”
- Tommy Langseth, “Surfing, Sustainability and Cultural Dissonance”
Location: Tula 1
- Declan Halloran, “Drowning & Inequalities”
- Andrew Yi, “From Martial Law to Manuals: Skateboarding and Cultural Belonging in Post-Authoritarian Taiwan”
- Anthony Triola, “(Un)Freedom in Flow: Surfing, Carceral Geographies, and Legal Violence”
Location: Tula 2
Matthew Philbin
Location: Tula 3
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Session V
Krista Comer, Gilio-Whitaker, Scott Laderman
Location: Tula 1
- Thom Callan-Riley & Brian Glenney, “Can the "skater’s eye" be acquired without ever physically skating”
- Danielle Chevalier, “From Outcast to Emblem: The Urban Governance of Skateboarding”
- Andrei Buckareff and Brian Glenney, “The Skater's Eye: Skill, Trait, or Both?”
Location: Tula 2
- Jarrett Rose, “From Soul to Science: The Evolution of Psychedelics and the Future of Health, Healing, and Wellbeing in Surf Culture.”
- Paul O'Conner, “Middle Aged Skateboarding: Not Midlife Crisis but Individuation”
- Natalie Small, “The Groundswell Community Surf Therapy Intervention for At-Risk Women and Changes in Body Acceptance, Resilience, and Emotional Regulation”
Location: Tula 3
12:30 - 1:45 pm. – Lunch (on your own)
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. – Session VI
- Sonia Preisser, “The Other Sports: Conceptualising Alternative Sports”
- Tianyi Xie, “The Development of Leadership Skills through Snowboarding”
- Nathan Fitch & Robert Petrone, “Skateboarding Comes to Campus, Teaching University-based Classes on Skateboarding”
- Jacques Talbot, “Four wheels on screen: The evolution of the skateboarder in mainstream cinema”
Location: Tula 1
- Natalie Porter, “Female skateboarders and the impact of the Riot Grrrl Movement in the 1990s and beyond”
- Jason Lear, “Define Core Skateboarding: The Inadvertent Perpetuation of Ethical Capitalism”
- Valentin Chenier, “Surfing the Waves of Change: The Impact of Surfing and Skateboarding on Morocco's Economic and Cultural Transformation”
Location: Tula 2
- Mikel Arbiza-Goenaga, “AI in Surfing: From Movement Detection to Technical Innovation Creation”
- Maggie Bowen, “Enhancing Rehabilitation Through a Multisensory Balance Board Video Game: Evaluating Haptic and Auditory Cues Boards”
- Weum and Langseth, “Broccoli and Bean Sprouts: A Discourse Analysis of Nutrition in Surf Media”
Location: Tula 3
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. – Dinner (on your own)
Barrio Logan recommended, a lot of places to eat here. You can also bring your own food to film
viewing below at Arts+Rec Skate Shop.
6:30 - 8:00 p.m. – Film Viewing “La Flanneur” @ Arts+Rec Skate Shop and Mini Ramp Skate Session
Sunday, October 12 – Tourmaline & Linda Vista
8:00 - 10:30 a.m. – Paddle Out @ Tourmaline Surf Park
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – Skate Session @ Linda Vista Skatepark