Santa Cruz Longboard Union took third place with 9,475 points at the two-day Logjam! 2023 contest, which concluded Sunday at Pleasure Point. Windansea Surf Club of La Jolla won the title with 11,401 ...

Autumn Hays won two events and the Santa Cruz Longboard Union repeated as champion of its club invitational at Steamer Lane and Cowell Beach on Sunday. Hays won the Women’s Open Shortboard and Junior ...

Like so many California landmarks today, Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz got its name from a rich old white dude of yore. Henry Cowell came to California during the Gold Rush and soon became a successful ...

SANTA CRUZ — Thomas Hickenbottom, a Santa Cruz surfing icon, lost his six-year battle with cancer on Saturday at the age of 65. He died at his Gharkey Street home. “He was very gracious, always had a ...

SANTA CRUZ (BCN) Nearly 200 surfers will take part in a longboard surf contest Saturday and Sunday in Santa Cruz, according to organizers. The 35th annual Santa Cruz Longboard Union Longboard ...

Click here if you are unable to view the photos on a mobile device. Surfing has held a mystical allure in Santa Cruz for well more than a century. But there was a time when the practice didn’t exist ...