[1] Using old fashioned political techniques – hand-bills, demonstrations and colorful presentations at public meetings – SOS quickly developed strong grassroots support in the community at large and expanded to mobilize forces from the community for confrontations with the establishment in the era of "people power".
Once clean shoreline waters near town wereturning dirty brown or green, and beginning to smell.
"[4]The movement grew overnight in 1969 when plans were unveiled by the Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Hawaii to "broaden" the beaches of Waikiki.
[5] The organization was instrumental in preventing offshore development around the Islands and saving 140 surfing sites between Pearl Harbor and Koko Head.
[7] Some of the work of SOS is continued by the Surfrider Foundation, for instance the Save Ma'alaea campaign.