While some businesses in downtown Santa Cruz are closing, others report strong sales and a thriving holiday season.

It’s Saturday afternoon and downtown Santa Cruz is wildly alive.  Crosswalks and sidewalks are teeming with folks carrying ...

Surf Expo in Orlando features the industry items and trends that will be seen on beaches around the world in 2025.

Sam George once pointed out in a piece titled “Shop Talk” that surf shops exist in malls in America. This, to George, signifies a serious problem, and he’s right. After all, Craig Stecyk ...

A busy bee recently, Campbell also just wrapped up launching a surfboard model with shaper Josh Hall, as well as finally put a bow on a 10-year film project called Yi-Wo, which features the stylings ...

Kathy 'Gidget' Kohner Zuckerman lost her Pacific Palisades home after 60 years in the community. But for the surfing pioneer, ...

Another surf industry wipeout is hitting Orange County as Liberated Brands – which held the distribution license for big ...

When it comes to the art of surfboard shaping — there is no such thing as “too old” to continue your craft. That statement proved to be fact at this year's Florida Shape Off held at the ...

In her youth, she was a real-life surfer girl heroine who inspired the “Gidget” movies, TV show and a book. Among the actors to portray Gidget were Sandra Dee and Sally Field. After the ...

Tell somebody you were surfing in Pacifica and they'll probably ask, "Is that the beach with the Taco Bell on it?" Yes, Pacifica is home to California's most famous Taco Bell location. Which is ...

Rockaway features plenty of surf shops such as Rockaway Beach Surf Shop, Boarders, and Station RBNY, to name a few, that offer lessons and can point you in the direction of the best sand bar to ...