The International Olympic Committee is expected to approve the addition of surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing in February for 2028 L.A. Games.
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The Comeback Kid: Santa Cruz surfer Nat Young scratches back onto the world tour in honor of his mom
Nat Young was an up-and-coming title contender when he burst onto the scene in 2013, but life and the quirks of pro surfing heats’ slim margins left him on the outside looking in after four seasons. Powered by the spirit of his beloved mom, Rosie, whom he lost in February, Young is back on surfing’s big stage.
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‘Nothing has introduced more people to surfing than the Boogie Board’: Tom Morey opened the waves to the masses
A lifelong dreamer and tinkerer, Tom Morey created a stubby, lightweight bodyboard that changed beach culture forever. The Boogie Board delighted millions and enraged purists who suddenly found their favorite breaks as crowded as a freeway. Morey died last week at 86.
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What it was like to surf on day of Huntington Beach oil spill: Frantic dolphins, exhaust smell
What it was like to be surfing the morning of the Orange County oil spill. In a word: surreal.
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May the stoke be with you! Surf season is here & so too is this handy guide to Santa Cruz surf schools
With the concurrent arrival of fall and the season’s first northwest swell, which brought large waves to Santa Cruz’s world-famous stretch of coastline this past week, it’s the perfect time to consider being part of the action in the water. Whether you’re brand new to it or just need to scrape off some rust, Lookout has your complete guide to finding the stoke.
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PHOTOS: Surf season opens with first solid northwest groundswell of the fall
The ocean was alive Tuesday as the first Northern Hemisphere groundswell of the fall poured into the coast of Santa Cruz County. Lookout was there to capture the scene.
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As tropical storm bears down on Tokyo Olympics, at least one set of athletes is feeling swell: The surfers
With Tropical Storm Nepartak swirling off the coast of Japan, Tokyo Olympic surfers are looking forward to bigger and better waves in the days ahead. “There’s actually a lot of opportunities out there because the [storm] has brought in a bit of swell.”
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Surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing are now Olympic sports — how will they be judged?
How exactly will surfing, skateboarding, sport climbing, karate and other newly added sports be scored during the Tokyo Olympics? How about the return of baseball and softball?
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A surf tribe rallies for Ráine: ‘When your baby is diagnosed with cancer, you need extra family’
Before she had even turned 1, Ráine Huszar of Santa Cruz had undergone 14 rounds of chemotherapy, each round lasting three weeks, and tallied more than 16 hospital admissions. Her family has gotten positive news in recent weeks and those at Saturday’s Sharks Cove Surf Classic hope to see her smiling face on the sand.
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Historic surfboards to be inducted into Santa Cruz Surfing Museum
Three surfboards from three different eras in local surfing’s rich history — including one that once belonged to Fred Hunt, one of the founders of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club in 1936 — have their moment in a ceremony to be held Saturday.