Yes, but the surfers are also apparently claiming that they should be able to cross his land to get to the beach... and they want him to maintain a road for them! That’s why I figure he COULD win on very narrow grounds.
There is a common law right to passage. I’m not an expert but the Brits are big on it and we got it from them. You cannot hem people in and not allow them to move. In my state you cannot sell a landlocked parcel of land. Even if you did the parcel owner would gain access in court.
Ironically, surfers tend to be very hostile to other people intruding upon their public beach
There is a preexisiting road next to his property per se. That is what people have used for years and what this foreigner is blocking off.
It’s not like it crosses his lawn.