Empty barrels in Santa Cruz?

Santa Cruz Harbor is a wave that rarely breaks, but when it does it’s the most hollow wave in all of Santa Cruz.

German ex-pat Patrick Trefz has been living in Santa Cruz for the better part of the last 2 decades. He’s a staff photographer for Surfer Magazine even though lately it seems he prefers to shoot films about the actual characters that shape the surfing community.

Buena Vista Pool Re-Revisited

When I was back in Santa Cruz in late September, I had a late night “top secret” call that the legendary Buena Vista pool was dug out again and was off limits until they were running a permission contest on the land, agreed by the owner because he heard he could make some money from this event, and then he would fill ‘er in the next day – forever….

Skatepark Check-out: Siegburg, Germany

20 minutes South East from Cologne, Germany is the small town of Siegburg with a brand new Skatepark created by Matt Grabowski’s Minus Ramps.