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Article: Surf cities. (Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz in California and Oahu, Hawaii)(includes related article on surfing schools)
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- Sunset
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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At the West's three citadels of surf - Huntington Beach, Santa Cruz, and Oahu - you can meet a big kahuna, eat a great breakfast, and even ride a wave yourself
It is the universe most beautiful pastime. That is surfing's first, essential truth. To guide a board across the translucent green face of a breaking wave is to unit yourself with the ocean's power in a way that goes beyond sport into a dance with the divine. Everything else about surfers and surfing - the swagger, the slang, the bristly pride in athletic prowess - is important but secondary to this elemental grace.
The West owns surfing. It was born here, on koa boards at the beach at Waikiki, and it ...