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Which Way, L.A.?

Surfer Turf Wars

As more and more surfers crowd the nation's beaches, surf culture is starting to look more like gang culture. With some two and a half million surfers elbowing each other for room on the swells, the term "wipe out" has taken on a whole new meaning. Take a surfing safari today to a beach where you're a stranger and you'll run into anything from dirty looks to flying fists. Whatever happened to the days of endless summer and the serene search for the perfect wave? We hear more about the latest "rage" - surfer rage - from a Palos Verdes policeman, then look at the changing culture of surfing with surfers, surfing historians and journalists, a former lifeguard, an environmentalist and a Missouri surfing professor! Sara Terry guest hosts. An expanded version of this segment was originally broadcast earlier today on To the Point. Newsmaker: LAX Says It's Ready for the Fourth of July Los Angeles International Airport will see nearly a million people pass through its gates in the next five days, despite a 15 percent drop in air travel compared to last summer. How will LAX, which was ranked as one of the worst five airports in the US by the Transportation Security Administration, keep up with threats of terror and the need to get people to their destinations? LAX spokesman Tom Winfrey explains.

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By Warren Olney • Jul 3, 2002 • 1 min read

As more and more surfers crowd the nation's beaches, surf culture is starting to look more like gang culture. With some two and a half million surfers elbowing each other for room on the swells, the term "wipe out" has taken on a whole new meaning. Take a surfing safari today to a beach where you're a stranger and you'll run into anything from dirty looks to flying fists. Whatever happened to the days of endless summer and the serene search for the perfect wave? We hear more about the latest "rage" - surfer rage - from a Palos Verdes policeman, then look at the changing culture of surfing with surfers, surfing historians and journalists, a former lifeguard, an environmentalist and a Missouri surfing professor! Sara Terry guest hosts. An expanded version of this segment was originally broadcast earlier today on To the Point.

  • Newsmaker:

    LAX Says It's Ready for the Fourth of July

    Los Angeles International Airport will see nearly a million people pass through its gates in the next five days, despite a 15 percent drop in air travel compared to last summer. How will LAX, which was ranked as one of the worst five airports in the US by the Transportation Security Administration, keep up with threats of terror and the need to get people to their destinations? LAX spokesman Tom Winfrey explains.

Los Angeles International Airport

Transportation Security Administration

Groundswell Society

Laguna Art Museum's Surf Culture Exhibit

Surfer's Journal

Surfrider Foundation

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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