Three Santa Cruzans took first, second, and 3rd places in the men’s Shortboard Final At Steamer Lane over the weekend, and the top 3 in the Women’s Shortboard Final were from Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, And the Santa Cruz mountains.
……In other surfing news, a 22 year-old Olympic surfing hopeful from El Salvador, Katherine Diaz, was struck by lightning and died instantly while training for an upcoming qualifying competition.
……and 51 year-old southern California surfer Gerald Gilhool Junior suffered fatal injuries while riding a big wave at Ventura county surf break over the weekend.
