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 ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — The California Surf Museum in Oceanside is marking its 40th anniversary, celebrating a journey that began at George’s restaurant in Cardiff-by-the-Sea and grew into a global ...

In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. It seems only natural that the Oceanside Museum of Art would, at some ...

SANTA CRUZ — Here’s a fun activity: Ask anybody — it doesn’t even need to be somebody local — what things they most associate with Santa Cruz. If surfing is not the first thing they bring up, it ...

When many people think about images of vintage California surfing, they primarily picture ads or album covers from the 1950s through the 1980s of life on the coast. They might recall comedic films ...

Despite its cold ocean water, the Bay Area played a big role in the invention of the wetsuit. Ocean Beach surfers and a UC ...

SANTA CRUZ — For years, the San Lorenzo River mouth surf break in Santa Cruz has been celebrated by local surfers and history buffs as the location where surfing was first introduced to the ...

With 840 miles of coastline, 420 public beaches, and year-round Pacific swell, California has earned a global reputation for surfing. At its center is Malibu's Surfrider Beach, home to an early ...

California’s coastline is dotted with world-class surf breaks — from the iconic Malibu that helped fuel the culture and popularity of the sport to the monster waves at Mavericks in Northern California ...

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