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Five years ago, Patricio Guerrero was surfing the rolling waves of Santa Cruz when the leash on his board broke, sending it flying into a nearby cave and shattering its nose. As Guerrero worked on ...

In a recent survey, the vast majority of surfers feel a personal responsibility for the health of the ocean. Now, a Santa Cruz company hopes to provide them with one way to surf in a more eco-friendly ...

In many parts of the country, surf anglers are always looking for the biggest and baddest players. Striped bass are a great example on both U.S. coasts. But in the West, surf perch offer year-round ...

Travelers looking to catch the next wave in both U.S. surfing meccas and popular international surfing destinations will find it easier to travel with their own surfboard thanks to a new surfboard ...

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Hurricane • If the Beach Boys had traded palm trees for sagebrush, they could have ditched “Kokomo” for a song about Southern Shores — a new luxury surf community that’s bringing waves, wakeboards and ...

The last confirmed sighting of the marine mammal in question, known as Otter 841, was in May 2024. However, surfers reported multiple otter-related incidents in October 2025, suggesting she might be ...

Two years after Otter 841 menaced wave riders near Santa Cruz, there have been new encounters between the furry marine mammals and surfers. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz, Calif., wrote ...

Prepare to hang ten with terror as Plankenstein: A Killer Surf Movie crashes onto screens worldwide. This gnarly film marks the birth of a new horror sub-genre: the ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Surfers heading to Santa Cruz, California will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A surfer at Steamer Lane says a sea otter bit her foot and then climbed onto ...