James Pribram will write column for Coastline Pilot

Journalist will write about politics, surfing and environment; he also sits on the city’s environmental panel.Surfer and writer James Pribram has rejoined the Coastline Pilot as a weekly columnist focusing on local politics, the surfing scene and environmental issues.

Pribram, a Laguna Beach native, has been writing about surfing and water quality issues for various publications for ten years. He wrote for the Coastline Pilot for several years until moving to another publication.

A Laguna Beach High School graduate, he was state surfing champion in 1989 as a senior and turned professional in 1990.

A professional surfer for the past 15 years, he was recently appointed by the City Council to the new environmental committee, is a member of the water quality committee and is also on the board of the Clean Water Now Coalition.

He also co-founded an organization called They Will Surf Again, raising money to help those who have suffered ocean-related spinal injuries.

Pribram also teaches through his Aloha School of Surfing.