In the summer of 1885, three teenage Hawaiian princes visiting Santa Cruz dragged hand-hewn, 17-foot redwood boards — each weighing more than 200 pounds — across the sand at Main Beach. Riding waves ...

Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but a new exhibit aims to ...

AND A CEREMONIAL PADDLE OUT. ACTION NEWS 8 REPORTER... JOYCE KIM... HAS THE DETAILS. # "1885 THREE PRINCES CAME HERE TO SANTA CRUZ, AND IT'S THE FIRST DOCUMENTED ...

Known for his ever-present smile, Chris Brown was a fixture in the Santa Barbara surfing community until his death in 2019. A new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Josh Pomer explores the highs ...

Walking along Santa Cruz’s East or West Cliff Drive, beyond the ocean spray and steep cliff walls, you'll most likely find dozens of wetsuit-clad surfers straddling their boards waiting for the next ...

Gates Foss first surfed the waves in Santa Barbara nearly 100 years ago, pioneering the sport at Rincon Point while diving for lobster and abalone off his homemade board. Since then, Santa Barbara has ...

SANTA CRUZ — The local nonprofit Save the Waves Coalition released a report Tuesday that shows how sea level rise could affect Santa Cruz County surf breaks and the local economy. “Surfing is more ...

This spring quarter, UC Santa Cruz Humanities students immersed themselves in the story of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the United States in the late 19th century, using Santa Cruz ...

Santa Cruz, California is renowned for its waves. And those waves don’t just provide leisure to surfers. They pump cold, hard cash into the pockets of residents. A new report by Save the Waves ...