Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Ocean Beach Pier

Name: Mike Turner

Home: Chula Vista

Sponsored
Sponsored

Vehicle: 1995 Ford F-150

Surfing: Ocean Beach Pier

Mike Turner surfs a 9'4" Bear and is committed to environmental causes. He inherited a gas-guzzling V8 Jeep that didn't have enough space for his family or surfboard. "It wasn't a good vehicle for us," he says. "I only kept it a couple years, then I started looking for this." Mike searched the Web and found a 1995 Ford F-150 in Corona; he bought it used. The former owner fitted the pickup truck with a high-pressure tank and fuel-delivery system to run natural gas. The long bed holds his board.

"It's a bi-fuel vehicle," says Mike. "It can also burn gasoline, so I don't get stuck somewhere." Mike likes to run it on natural gas not only for environmental reasons, but because natural gas is cheaper: about two dollars per gallon.

Mike's a San Diego native and has surfed for 20 years. His usual spot is in Imperial Beach, but on some days he can sneak in a quick session at the Ocean Beach Pier. He prefers the longboard because it's what he learned on; he never thought of going to a short board.

When he's not surfing, Mike is attending his daughter's sporting events, and his truck hauls all of her equipment around.

Mike would like to surf more with his family and friends, but work and commitments get in the way. "My daughter's come out with me a few times, but she's more into softball than surfing. My friends and I work different days, so we don't get to surf much together. I'd like to. Maybe when my daughter's a little older she'll surf with me, but until then, I'll just cruise out here by myself."

Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Tiny Home Central isn’t solving the San Diego housing crisis

But it does hope to help fill in the gaps
Next Article

A poem for March by Joseph O’Brien

“March’s Lovely Asymptotes”

Name: Mike Turner

Home: Chula Vista

Sponsored
Sponsored

Vehicle: 1995 Ford F-150

Surfing: Ocean Beach Pier

Mike Turner surfs a 9'4" Bear and is committed to environmental causes. He inherited a gas-guzzling V8 Jeep that didn't have enough space for his family or surfboard. "It wasn't a good vehicle for us," he says. "I only kept it a couple years, then I started looking for this." Mike searched the Web and found a 1995 Ford F-150 in Corona; he bought it used. The former owner fitted the pickup truck with a high-pressure tank and fuel-delivery system to run natural gas. The long bed holds his board.

"It's a bi-fuel vehicle," says Mike. "It can also burn gasoline, so I don't get stuck somewhere." Mike likes to run it on natural gas not only for environmental reasons, but because natural gas is cheaper: about two dollars per gallon.

Mike's a San Diego native and has surfed for 20 years. His usual spot is in Imperial Beach, but on some days he can sneak in a quick session at the Ocean Beach Pier. He prefers the longboard because it's what he learned on; he never thought of going to a short board.

When he's not surfing, Mike is attending his daughter's sporting events, and his truck hauls all of her equipment around.

Mike would like to surf more with his family and friends, but work and commitments get in the way. "My daughter's come out with me a few times, but she's more into softball than surfing. My friends and I work different days, so we don't get to surf much together. I'd like to. Maybe when my daughter's a little older she'll surf with me, but until then, I'll just cruise out here by myself."

Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Looking back at race relations in Coronado

A former football player recalls the good and the bad
Next Article

Mid-range fleet scoring bluefin limits off Ensenada

Rockfish to open at all depths April 1st (no foolin’)
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.