
2025 Schedule of Events
Please note that this schedule is tentative and subject to change.
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: “Time Matters: Critical Reflections on the Magic of Surfing”
- Thomas Kemp: “The Skateboarding Ethic and the Spirit of Anti-Capitalism”
- Kristin Lawler: “The Attention Economy and Its Enemies: Surf, Skate and the Fracking of Human Attention”
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 (HT), Room 140
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”
- John Dorsey, “Santa Monica Bay Beaches: Strategies for Reducing Trash and Improving Water”
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
Zachary Zezima and Shuuluk Leo-Retz
An exploration of how military technology became entangled in contemporary surfing amongst the beaches of the San Diego area, and a first-hand account by Shuuluk, a Kumeyaay surfer, who interacts daily with the resulting effects and complexities of occupation on his land and in his sport.
Location: Tula 1
- Brianne Cotter, “Ecologies, Commodities, and Cultures of Modern Surfing in Colombia’s Caribbean Coast”
- Paul Klausing, “Appropriating the City: Street Skateboarding and Alternative Civic Engagement”
- David Kamper, “Skate Elders: Untelling Settler Narratives and Indigenous Mentoring through Skateboarding”
Location: Tula 2
- Roberto Enrique De la Selva, “Skaters as Cartographers: Participatory Mapping at ‘La Gaviota’ DIY in Ensenada, B.C. Mexico.”
- Tara Ruttenberg & Roselle Knaus, “Surfistas Locales: Confronting gentrification and surfscape occupation through localism, environmental justice, and surf ecosystem conservation in Costa Rica”
- André Tavares, “Condominium wave pools – simulacrum, magnificence and the appropriation of the surfing universe in real estate advertising in Brazil's interior”
- Kristen Dorsey, “It Was Never Black’s Beach: The Power of Indigenous Presence in Native Like Water’s Surf Pedagogy”
Location: Tula 3
12:30 - 1:45 pm. – Lunch (on your own)
1:45 - 3:15 p.m. – Session VI
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
3:30 - 5:00 p.m. – Session VII
- 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 and Mini Ramp Skate Session
Selected videos by Flanantes and “Immaterial” by Shinji Shiozaki, Followed by Q &
A with Murilo Romão and Shinji Shiozaki @ Arts+Rec Skate Shop
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