PAST BOARD MEMBERS
Christian Buckley
Christian Buckley is a husband, father, surfer, businessman and lawyer – hopefully in that order.
He is a partner in his own law firm and currently practices constitutional appellate law and provides strategic employment, business and legal counseling to a number of corporate, individual and nonprofit clients.
He is the president of Covered Images, a global action sports digital photography company, and a founding member of Living Light Media, a publishing and new-media production company in San Diego.
Christian grew up in southern California and worked as a state beach lifeguard prior to entering law school. He now lives in San Diego California with his wife Bridget and daughter Maeve. He received a Juris Doctor with Specialization in Business Law from UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the bar of California and United States Supreme Court and sits on the board of directors of Aaron Chang International.
Mike Ochsner
As a former CFO of both Billabong USA and Hurley Intl., Mr. Ochsner comes equipped with a lot of financial knowledge to pass on. Mike currently resides in Vero Beach, Florida.
Jerry Dow
Gerald Jerry Dow was born a few weeks just before the invasion of Normandy (we're talking world War II, that's old) in Worcester, Massachusetts. After military service and a few odd jobs Jerry moved to Santa Barbara California, California to attend Brook's Institute of Photography In Santa Barbara he also continued his service to youth as a Scoutmaster, but more importantly at age 23 gave his life to the lordship of Jesus Christ.

Over the years Jerry worked in the aerospace and defense industry staring with the Sidewinder missile for a subsidy of Hughes Aircraft and ending with a division of General Motors on the LRV project (Lunar Roving Vehicle). Jerry now being married and having his first child (three more would follow) found the unstable nature of the industry not good. As providence would have it in time Jerry became the Crime Analyst for the Santa Barbara Police Department, which he would retire from in 1999.

Jerry continued to serve Jesus in both church leadership roles and the community youth in scouting positions and with AYSO to name a few. It was in 1984 that Jerry's concern about the direction and influence of surfing on youth (especially his oldest son) that he responded to God's calling to help found what is now CSUS

Jerry today continues with his commitment to youth as a high school teacher in the Big Beach city of Sierra Vista, Arizona (flat waves) and to God as a member of CSUS board of directors.
Greg Hawkins
Greg Hawkins is the founder of Covered Images and an innovative business executive with a proven track record of growing and leading high growth and start up companies. In the past, Greg served as Chairman and CEO of Buy.com where he was recognized as an expert in online retailing from site design to fulfillment and customer satisfaction. Greg led the company through its final round of venture funding ($165 million) and a successful IPO in March of 2000. Before joining Buy.com, Greg spent nearly 10 years with Ingram Micro, the world's largest wholesale distributor of technology products and services.
The National Office exists to lead and serve the local chapters and its members. This includes, but is not limited to: mission and vision, training, resources, administration, staffing, and web hosting.

Christian Surfers USA
PO Box 9
St. Augustine, FL 32085

Phone: 904-471-4308
Fax: 877-301-7822

Other Staff Members

Bali, Indonesia
Ado & Clair Young


CSI Regional Coordinator
Cal Fisher
386.405.4315