Members of the local surf community and lovers of Santa Cruz history gathered at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on Main Beach ...

Santa Cruz celebrates the legacy of three Hawaiian princes who introduced surfing to the Western Hemisphere 140 years ago with a special exhibit and ceremonial paddle out.

A new museum exhibit in Santa Cruz looks back at an event 140 years ago when three Hawaiian princes introduced surfing to ...

Surfer Karl Anderle of Santa Cruz, who received an up-close visit on his surfboard from infamous Otter 841 in Santa Cruz, Calif. on Saturday, May 25, stands with his surfboard Tuesday, May 28 in ...

Santa Cruz is famous for its surf breaks. But for the last three years, winter storms and massive waves have eroded the road and cliffs. The reverence for waves runs so deep that it’s helping shape ...

On Saturday, 140 years to the day of the princes’ surfing exhibition in Santa Cruz, the museum will be honoring the occasion ...

When room ran out in his car, Bob “Doc” Scott bought a 15-seat bus and told all the young Santa Cruz surfing “groms” he could ...

SANTA CRUZ — Local surfing pioneer Harry Mayo, one of the founders of the famed Santa Cruz Surfing Club in the 1930s, died Monday afternoon at Dominican Oaks. He was 99. Hang 10? He nearly hung 100.

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KRON) — A wild sea otter that became famous over the summer for hopping on surfers’ longboards is now a proud new mother. Local photographer Mark Woodward captured ...