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Santa Cruz County | New report explores relationship between sea level rise and surfing

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 ...
East Bay Times

Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz — and coastal changes could put it at risk

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 ...
Marin Independent Journal

Coastal changes could imperil Santa Cruz’s lucrative surfing industry

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 ...
Santa Cruz Local

Lighthouse Point can’t catch a break from erosion

Surfers and ocean advocates push the City of Santa Cruz for Lighthouse Point and Steamer Lane erosion study on West Cliff ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Empowering Waves: Blind Fitness Hosts Annual Surf Clinic at Santa Claus Lane Beach on August 16

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara, CA — [July 23] — Blind Fitness, a local nonprofit empowering people who are blind or have low vision through ...