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Surfing at Steamer Lane. "We didn't surf too much at Steamer Lane because if you lost your board it would go into the rocks. There were some guys surfing out there but it wasn't like it is now. There were no leashes, the size and weight of the…
In 1938, the Santa Cruz Jaycees and the Santa Cruz Surfing Club built a board house on Cowell's Beach. Both members and non-members stored their surf boards there. Rent was $1.00 per month. The board house was taken down and the club disbanded in…
The Steward barn on Bay Street, three blocks from Cowell's Beach. Visiting surfers stored their boards in the loft and some slept there as well.
Surfing at Indicators. "We used to catch a ride off of what they call Indicators now and ride it all the way back to the beach. That was the ride of the day, catching it all the way to the beach..." (Harry Mayo) Left to right: Jack Moore, Sam…
Surfers, Pat Collings (left) and Shirley Templeman, at Cowell's Beach.
Surfers carrying their boards back to the Santa Cruz Surfing Club board house on Cowell's Beach.
The Santa Cruz Surfing Club, on Cowell's Beach. The club was started by a group of local surfers in 1938. The surfers made their own boards since there were no commercial manufacturers at that time. Pictured left to right: Don "Bosco" Patterson,…
Harry Mayo, one of Santa Cruz's first local surfers, surfing off Cowell's Beach.