Santa Cruz Sentinel

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 at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, they ...
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 at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, they ...