Which Surf City?

[question everything]

CBS Evening News about the rivalry between Huntington Beach and Santa Cruz. Today.

[davidinalameda]

1. Santa Cruz

one word

Maverick

[frylock]

3. steamers and greyhound, yes. but mavericks?!?

Mavs is an hour north of Santa Cruz. If SC is claiming Mavs, then Huntington may as well claim Windnsea or Blacks.

I gotta go with Huntington. More spots, more consistant breaks, warmer water, and fewer sharks!

[davidinalameda]

4. have you ever heard of Half Moon Bay

or do you know Santa Cruz?

[Clovis Sangrail]

5. 1/2 moon bay is a trek

I used to drive up the coast from Santa Cruz to SF 3 or 4 times a week, and Mavericks isn't close by.

that said... when they were having the K2 big wave competition at Mavericks, a number of the contestants were hanging out in SC waiting to be paged.

[frylock]

6. been to half moon several times..

like I said, it's an hour north of SC. If SC claims Mavs as a spot, then "Huntington" may as well claim all of Orange County, and if that's the case then Huntington is a better surf region, hands down. Trestles, Churches, Big Corona, The Wedge, Salt Creek -- I could go on and on.

[xxqqqzme]

7. 'Trestles, Churches, Big Corona, The Wedge, Salt Creek '

that's it hands down - HB is Surf City, USA

[fooj]

2. Maverick!

B-)

[Cascadian]

8. Let's poll this!

Being a sort of "outisder" and have been to both cities, I find this interesting. I think it's also more about Northern California vs. Southern California than anything else. I thought I would make a poll out of this. Let's see who is the real surf city...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=141x13044


John

[Megahurtz]

9. Huntington Beach!!!

:woohoo: