Welcome to Paradise Now go to Hell was quite interesting- especially since I read it a few months before my first trip to the North Shore.

Moody, Are you referring to the Roxy surf book series? Even though they are teeny bopper hokey they were also kinda fun to read too!

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Replace turf grass with native plants that don't need irrigation and synthetic fertilizers or chemicals that can go into our waterways and ocean

No it was actually this one: https://www.amazon.com/Girl-Curl-Century-Surfing-Adventura/dp/1580050484 I did like the Tribes of Palos Verdes if you have a teenage girl, too (or if you are one).

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[Feminism is] a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians. ~Pat Robertson