A Santa Cruz surfing icon has died. Robert Thomas Scott, known affectionately as “Doc,” passed away at Dominican Hospital. He was 97 years old. Doc was a man of medicine, dedicating his life to ...

It’s a cold offshore morning at one of Santa Cruz’s most frequented pointbreaks, a roping right with steep walls and clean sections. The sun has not yet cleared the horizon, but a long-period swell is ...

Swellcycle’s zero-waste approach combats what’s known as the “surfer’s paradox,” in which surfers, who are often avid environmentalists, actively participate in practices that harm the natural world.

Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz, but a new report warns that climate change and coastal planning ...

Santa Cruz’s Adam Bartlett advanced from the Round of 96 at the World Surf League’s Virginia Beach Pro, a Qualifying Series 2,000-point event, on Wednesday. Bartlett turned in a two-wave score of 9.90 ...

The swell two days before Christmas that gave Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir the ride of his life on a towering wave at Mavericks off the coast of Half Moon Bay was officially the biggest wave ridden ...

TODAY... HERE ON THE SANTA CRUZ COASTLINE... WHERE HE FIRST DISCOVERED HIS LOVE FOR SURFING... TAKE A LOOK. ### LOCAL SANTA CRUZ SURFER... WILEM BANKS... IS HEADING ...

SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can hardly contain himself. Several times each winter, Slebir drives an hour up ...

SANTA CRUZ — When professional surfer Nat Young isn’t competing at World Surf League competitions around the world, it’s not uncommon to see him shredding at Steamer Lane, his heralded hometown break.

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

OTTER THAT WAS MAKING HEADLINES A COUPLE YEARS AGO, ALSO FOR STEALING SURFBOARDS...### ISABELLA ORDUNA WENT OUT TO CATCH SOME WAVES TUESDAY EVENING AT STEAMER LANE... ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SURF ...