Groundswell Society

At 50, Glenn Hening is equal parts beach bum, surf scholar, teacher and entrepreneur. A man with stark blue eyes and a muscle-packed, surf-honed body, Hening, the man behind the Surfrider Foundation, is starting a new group from the Oxnard Shores home he rents mostly because of its proximity to some decent waves. His nascent organization, the Groundswell Society, aims to introduce civility and community into the increasingly me-first sport of surfing.

With an interest in such topics as "Surfing and Stress" and "Modern Surfing and Dante's Inferno," the Santa Monica-based Groundswell Society has become the think tank of surfing. This weekend in Dana Point, the far-flung group of thinkers and hard-core wave riders will plumb the mind of the surfer and contemplate the sport's perils and contributions to Western civilization.

With an interest in such topics as "Surfing and Stress" and "Modern Surfing and Dante's Inferno," the Santa Monica-based Groundswell Society has become the think tank of surfing. This weekend in Dana Point, the far-flung group of thinkers and hard-core wave riders will plumb the mind of the surfer and contemplate the sport's perils and contributions to Western civilization.

At 50, Glenn Hening is equal parts beach bum, surf scholar, teacher and entrepreneur. A man with stark blue eyes and a muscle-packed, surf-honed body, Hening, the man behind the Surfrider Foundation, is starting a new group from the Oxnard Shores home he rents mostly because of its proximity to some decent waves. His nascent organization, the Groundswell Society, aims to introduce civility and community into the increasingly me-first sport of surfing.