It was the “Golden Era” for surfing in California and let me give a little background how that came to be. Leading up to the late 1950s, surfing was mostly known to be going on in Hawaii and ...

“When we do talk about surfing … it is cultural appropriation, pure and simple.” Benjamin is currently on a tour to promote “California Golden.” She will discuss her book at the Nomad Eatery in El ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how," the Beach Boys have been telling us in song since 1962. And if you haven't started listening by now -- and you live in California ...

Surfing has been so embedded in California’s culture that it was declared the official state sport in 2018, after former Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill 1782.

Ever since The Beach Boys’ happy-go-lucky tunes ingrained the laid-back, beach-loving spirit of California into Americans’ collective consciousness, surfing has been a hallmark of the Golden State’s ...

So grab a board, catch a wave and again as the Beach Boys like to say, find yourself, "sittin' on top of the world." "I am stoked that surfing is now California's official sport," declared Al ...