A Lookout survey asked surfers their thoughts about problems that are making paddling into Santa Cruz waters increasingly dangerous — and what solutions they think might be viable to explore in 2021.
Fitness
How to keep people safer when waves are pumping? Santa Cruz surfers call for flag system
Calls for a flag system to warn of dangerous conditions have swelled among Santa Cruz’s surf community. New Supervisor-Elect Manu Koenig plans to bring a proposal forward. Also, tell us your suggestions at the bottom of this story.
Beach yoga: A pandemic success story
When Covid-19 turned our normal ways of doing things upside down, something quite awesome happened in the world of Santa Cruz County yoga: People realized doing it outside could be a better experience anyway, and a way to keep the group experience alive.

