Surfer Nat Young hustles and bustles in the coming months
Young had a busy year in 2008, including winning second place in the ASP North American Series, and 2009 doesn’t appear to be slowing down for the 17-year-old Santa Cruz native. …
…Shaun Burns, a junior at Santa Cruz High is one of the many up and coming surfers from the local area. He is noted in the April 2009 issue of Surfing Magazine as…
…Cameron McCaul of Aptos will be featured in the mountain biking film “Seasons.” The 25-minute short film, part of Saturday’s lineup, portrays the “challenges, victories and adventures” of seven of the world’s best mountain bikers over the course of a year. The film is a Special Jury Award winner…Â
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The Mavericks Surf Contest may not have happened yet this year, but the opening of Half Moon Bay’s newest photo exhibit sure did bring in a big wave of surfing fans interested in the legendary surf spot. Titled “Mavericks, Everest of the Seas”, the exhibition focuses on the wave’s intense man-against-the-sea drama and the obsessive lifestyles of those who challenge the world famous break, located off nearby Pillar Point.
This season’s smallish waves and torrential rain storms did nothing to dampen the spirits or stop the crowd from filling up the Coastal Arts League Gallery on Main Street in Half Moon Bay …Â More info
The 07 ASP World Champion and 2009 surefire title contender, Mick Fanning, will be heading into this season donning the latest in his signature boardshort series: The WLP Next Strike.
The 3rd generation of his signature boardie series, Mick teamed up with the talent on the Rippy boardshort design posse to create the perfect …Â More info
When he trademarked the Santa Cruz Surfing Club name, Ryan Rittenhouse didn’t know he was unleashing a battle royale between old friends and generations of surfers.
Robert Rittenhouse Sr., a tall and dignified 84-year-old with a neat part in his white hair, sits in the drafty warehouse offices of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club Inc., reminiscing about the business’s namesake, the original 27-member club he started with his friends as teenagers in the 1930s.
“We were all kids,” he says. “[At one point], the club thought, we should buy Cowell’s Beach up there where the hotel was. We never knew anything about real estate, but we thought, gee, maybe Cowell would sell it.”
He chuckles gravely.
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