the remaining two Santa Cruz surfer competing at the World Surf League’s Caparica Surf Fest Pro, were eliminated from the Men’s QS 3,000 event in Praia de Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal ...

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped ... s 86-foot wave at Nazaré, Portugal. Slebir told SFGATE Monday ...

SANTA CRUZ – Every time a massive swell is forecast, Santa Cruz’s hard-charging, big-wave surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir can ...

The Santa Cruz Surfing Museum overlooks one of the most renowned surfing spots in Santa Cruz – Steamer Lane. Along with historic surfing photographs and boards, the museum features a bevy of ...

Santa Cruz remains famous for consistent swells and its protected curved coastline, and was formally dedicated as a World Surfing Reserve in 2012. Surfing has been steadily increasing in ...

(Photo by Mark Woodward / Native Santa Cruz) A curious harbor seal watching the “surfing sea otter” in July 2023. (Photo by Mark Woodward / Native Santa Cruz) On Friday, Woodward noticed the ...

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 ...