Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spoiler alert: the 2025 US Open of Surfing has way more going on than heats at the beach. Sure, the WSL’s Challenger Series and ...

Santa Cruz is of course no stranger to surfing and surf culture. Naturally, surf music is a big part of that. Jeff “Stretch” Riedle, the drummer and leader of local outfit The New Shockwaves, brings ...

Surfing and music go together like a surfboard and boardshorts or a bikini. Imagine: You, a few buddies, a short road trip to the local and a soundtrack that will set the tone for the session ahead.

Aren Camras and Aleksei Stojanovic each grew up in North County, with the beach as a place for surfing, meeting up with friends, and just a regular part of their lives. They met in high school, but ...