A TRIP TO THE BEACH? It sounds like something Santa Claus might have penciled in after Christmas Eve, once the reindeer are fed and rested, the sleigh is polished and stowed, and he has had a ...

Climate change threatens the existence of more than 30 of Santa Cruz’s most popular surf breaks. To protect waves before they ...

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum overlooks one of the most renowned surfing spots in Santa Cruz – Steamer Lane. Along with historic surfing photographs and boards, the museum features a bevy of ...

Many of the kids surfing in Santa Cuz today are about the same age as the three Hawaiian princes that first surfed these waves in 1885. MORE FUN AT THE BEACH ON THE BACKROADS: After years of ...