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Our Partners

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The Center for Surf Research (CSR) is a non-profit research and teaching center housed in SDSU’s Sustainable Tourism Program under the L. Robert Payne School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The Center provides leadership in the struggle for sustainability in surf tourism by: (1) Shaping responsible citizens through life-changing experiential learning opportunities for students and the wider community and (2) Creating and disseminating specialist knowledge to governments, the surf industry, tourism developers, destination communities, nonprofits, and tourists.