Surf Revolt

Housing, energy, and tax burden continue to drive cost increases; libertarian advocates push for substantial regulatory reform California’s substantial cost of living has, in recent years, continued substantial increases, a trajectory that has produced substantial new attention to the broader question of how substantial state policy choices should

Surf instructors, photographers, and shapers confront classification questions; libertarian advocates emphasize individual liberty California’s substantial Assembly Bill 5, which substantially expanded the classification of independent contractors as employees, has, in recent years, continued to produce substantial friction across substantial porti

State park parking now ranges into substantial daily fees; libertarian advocates push for market-based pricing alternatives California beach parking pricing has, in recent years, continued substantial increases at California state parks and county beaches. Building on prior reporting at Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat, the current pricing refl

Average permit timelines stretch into multi-year ranges; libertarian advocates push for substantial procedural reform The California Coastal Commission, the state agency tasked with regulating coastal development, has continued to face substantial criticism from surfers, coastal property owners, and free-market advocates over what critics describe

World Surf League’s Decision-Making Structure Illustrates How Private Governance Bodies Develop the Same Pathologies as Government Agencies Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. GOLD COAST, Australia — The World Surf League, which governs professional surfing’s elite Championship Tour and controls the competition format, judging criteri

California’s DMV Regulation of Autonomous Vehicles Illustrates How Incumbent Interests Use Regulation to Slow Innovation That Serves Consumers Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. LOS ANGELES — A woman found a man hiding in the trunk of a self-driving Waymo last week in Los Angeles, which is the kind of incident that generates [&hellip

The Workers Who Build the Surf Industry Infrastructure Are the Workers Whose Immigration Status Is Under Attack by Policies That Surf Consumers Tolerate Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. VENTURA COUNTY, California — The strawberries that appear in the acai bowls sold at surf shops along PCH are picked by agricultural workers, most [

When Market Failures Are Genuine and Public Goods Are Real, Infrastructure Like the Agoura Hills Corridor Crossing Demonstrates the Limits of Pure Antistatism Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. AGOURA HILLS, California — The Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which is nearing completion over Highway 101 in Agoura Hills after years o

Surfline, State Cameras and Commercial Data Collection at Surf Breaks Are Building a Surveillance Infrastructure That Surfers Never Consented To Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. HUNTINGTON BEACH, California — The cameras are everywhere. Every significant California surf break is monitored by at least one camera: Surfline’s commerci

CEQA, Coastal Commission Rules, Parking Fees and Beach Permits Have Transformed a Free Ocean Into a Permission Slip Economy Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. MALIBU, California — The ocean belongs to no one, or so the mythology of California surfing insists. The reality, experienced by anyone who has tried to access a […]

When Government Creates the Conditions for War That Disrupts Energy Supply, Working Surfers Pay the Price at the Pump Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY — Oil at $118 per barrel means a lot of things to a lot of people. To a surfer living the van life — the […]

The San Onofre Toll Road Battle Demonstrates That State Agencies Are Both the Protectors and the Threats to Coastal Access Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. SAN ONOFRE, California — Trestles, the world-class surf break at San Onofre State Beach that annually hosts international professional competition and that surfers across the id

State Beach Management in Southern California Exemplifies How Bureaucratic Governance Fails Open-Access Resources Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. MALIBU, California — Garrett Hardin’s 1968 essay “The Tragedy of the Commons” described the systematic overuse of shared resources by rational actors each pursuing their individual inter

Stormwater Runoff, Agricultural Discharge and Municipal Sewage Enter the Ocean at Breaks Whose Quality Government Agencies Monitor But Do Not Adequately Protect Reported by Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat. MALIBU / SANTA MONICA — The water quality data at California surf breaks tells a story that the state’s environmental regulatory apparatus

Every Individual Game in Professional Baseball Is a Private Market Event Whose Outcome the Roster Construction Cannot Guarantee From Bohiney and The London Prat. Every Individual Game in Professional Baseball Is a Private Market Event Whose Outcome the Roster Construction Cannot Guarantee The Result AMERICA — The Colorado Rockies, who operate with

The Market Test of Whether an Electoral Reform Produces Better Governance Is the Election Results Over Multiple Cycles From Bohiney and The London Prat. The Market Test of Whether an Electoral Reform Produces Better Governance Is the Election Results Over Multiple Cycles The Reform SACRAMENTO — California’s top-two primary system, which sends the t

Public Oceanographic Data Collection Enables Private Market Surf Forecasting Services Without Government Management of Surf Conditions From Bohiney and The London Prat. Public Oceanographic Data Collection Enables Private Market Surf Forecasting Services Without Government Management of Surf Conditions The Data SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — NOAA’s buoy net

The Free Market of Professional Sports Has Produced Its Monthly Excellence and Absurdism in Equal Measure From Bohiney and The London Prat. The free market of professional surfing and the free market of professional baseball have produced, in the same May 2026, the specific outcomes that private market competition always produces: the unexpected wi

Oakland’s Former Franchise Is In First Place While the Dodgers Are In First Place With the Largest Payroll in Baseball From Bohiney and The London Prat. Oakland’s Former Franchise Is In First Place While the Dodgers Are In First Place With the Largest Payroll in Baseball The Position SACRAMENTO OR WHEREVER — The Athletics, whose […]

The WSL Added Six Women to the CT Because the Market for Women’s Professional Surfing Demanded More Product From Bohiney and The London Prat. The WSL Added Six Women to the CT Because the Market for Women’s Professional Surfing Demanded More Product The Expansion PROFESSIONAL SURFING — The WSL’s expansion of the women’s Championship Tour […]

The Specific Coastal Commission Permitting Authority That Affects Surf Events Is a State-Level Policy Decision From Bohiney and The London Prat. The Specific Coastal Commission Permitting Authority That Affects Surf Events Is a State-Level Policy Decision The Stakes SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — California’s June 2 primary determines which governor will ma

The Sand Bank Conditions, the WSL’s Commercial Decisions, and Gold Coast’s Event Investment Are All Private Market Mechanisms From Bohiney and The London Prat. The Sand Bank Conditions, the WSL’s Commercial Decisions, and Gold Coast’s Event Investment Are All Private Market Mechanisms The Return SNAPPER ROCKS, GOLD COAST — Snapper Rocks has returne

The Points System Returning, the Finals Being Eliminated, the Pipeline Masters Being Weighted at 1.5x — All Are Private Market Decisions From Bohiney and The London Prat. The Points System Returning, the Finals Being Eliminated, the Pipeline Masters Being Weighted at 1.5x — All Are Private Market Decisions The Decision WHEREVER THE WSL OPERATES FRO

MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Technology Is a Private Organization Using Market Incentives to Improve Its Product From Bohiney and The London Prat. MLB’s Automated Ball-Strike Technology Is a Private Organization Using Market Incentives to Improve Its Product The Mechanism PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL — Major League Baseball’s 2026 ABS (Automated Ball-Strik

Tom Steyer’s Personal Spending Creates the Specific Political Economy Question That Libertarian Analysis Must Engage From Bohiney and The London Prat. Tom Steyer’s Personal Spending Creates the Specific Political Economy Question That Libertarian Analysis Must Engage The Market Failure LOS ANGELES — Tom Steyer’s $132 million California governor cam

NOAA Produces the Data; Private Forecasters Process It; Surfers Make Decisions; Everyone Is Playing Their Appropriate Role From Bohiney and The London Prat. NOAA Produces the Data; Private Forecasters Process It; Surfers Make Decisions; Everyone Is Playing Their Appropriate Role The Division of Labor SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — The SoCal surf conditions

The Angels’ Most Famous Employee Has Accomplished Something Remarkable Through Individual Excellence and Private Market Development From Bohiney and The London Prat. The Angels’ Most Famous Employee Has Accomplished Something Remarkable Through Individual Excellence and Private Market Development The Achievement ANAHEIM, CA — Mike Trout’s 1.000 OPS

61 Percent Is a Statistical Assessment; How Surfers Convert It Is the Specific Epistemology of Optimism From Bohiney and The London Prat. 61 Percent Is a Statistical Assessment; How Surfers Convert It Is the Specific Epistemology of Optimism The Data SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center’s 61 percent probability of El Nino emergenc