Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but a new exhibit aims to ...

A replica of the Paki redwood surfboard that a Hawaiian prince surfed in Santa Cruz in 1885 is brought to the Museum of Art and History in downtown Santa Cruz on Wednesday. The 15-foot-6.75-inch ...

Dozens of Black surfers, community members and visitors appeared at Cowell Beach Friday for Black Surf Santa Cruz’s sixth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Walking along Santa Cruz’s East or West Cliff Drive, beyond the ocean spray and steep cliff walls, you'll most likely find dozens ...

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 ...

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’s iconic surfer statue has long celebrated the city’s surf culture – but it tells only half the story, write two veteran Santa Cruz surfers, Kaila Pearson and Sarah Gerhardt, the first ...