California Surfing
Photos includes images of surfers, surf cities, beaches and the California surfing
passion that's prominent on this West Coast
state. While there are four states located
on the West Coast (California, Oregon,
Washington and Alaska), California offers the
warmest waters and largest population, making it
the Surfing USA Capitol. See the California surfing photo gallery below with pictures by Debbie Stock from all up and down the Southern California coastline. BeachCalifornia.com is known for detailed beach information with stunning photos. Some of our best are surfing shots. Enjoy!
Did you know that longboard surfers have
hearts? Down in Socal's OC, the Longboard
Crew puts together an annual event at
Christmas called
Bikes to Baja. Nevermind the fact that
they get to surf in San Quintin as an added
bonus.
About the California
surfing craze: This growing industry
provides a natural sport that allows youth
and adults to enjoy the natural environment
much as skiers love the snow. The boards,
the fins, body suits and gear have changed
and progressed in a similar fashion to the
snow ski industry, making the sport not just
a thrilling challenge but also a fashion
statement. Groms or surfing youth grow into
competitive surfers who seek sponsors to
sport their names on products and
promotions.
Surfing is a difficult sport to
turn into a career choice and many
professional surfers look on the horizon to
other career activities to support them
through their lives as surfing may sustain
an individual only for a limited time. As a
pleasure sport, tourists can enjoy surf
camps for the kids, surfing lessons for the
family and individual surf lessons to learn
the basics and be out surfing in one
session. Many of these classes provide
beginners with a board and wetsuit for a
minimal investment to determine if you
really like the sport. For photographs,
surfing is not only an art form, it provides
sporting photography challenges and gives a
very local flavor to travel pictures.
California Beaches & Cities - BeachCalifornia.com has included a few of
our hundreds of surfing and surfer photos
for you to look at. Do you need
surfing lessons? You can purchase them
online for San Diego surfing.
California enjoys not
one but at least three
surfing museums.
The surfing museum locations include San
Diego County's Oceanside, Orange County's
Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz County's
Santa Cruz. In Santa Cruz County, surfing is
the game for thousands of sports enthusiasts
who enjoy the waves at places such as
Capitola
and Privates.
By the numbers, San Diego garners perhaps
the greatest number of surfers. Local
neighborhood surfing spots include Ocean
Beach and
Tourmaline Beach,
home to surfing legend Skeeter Malcolm.
Surfers from throughout California and even
around the globe go "down the coast" to San
Diego to surf.
Swami's,
named for the Self-Realization Fellowship
Retreat Center next to the surfing beach, is
a favorite surfing spot. There's a small
parking lot which usually overflows onto the
roadside parking on Coast Highway which is
recognized as an historic route in that neck
of the woods. Surfers and beach-goers must
go down a set of wooden stairs to gain
access to the beach.
Next there's a close
tie between Los Angeles and Orange Counties.
Redondo Beach enjoys a surfing tradition
recognizing local hero
George Freeth
as the first surfer in the United States.
Nearby Hermosa Beach is not to be outdone.
They have a statue commemorating a hero of
their own,
Tim Kelley.
