You may think of surfers as slackers. But in Santa Cruz, Calif., they’re city council members and business owners. And they’re also conservationists — who just got their piece of the central California coast named a World Surfing Reserve.
Long before surf music topped the charts and long before surfers had crazy nicknames, surfers have been riding the waves in Santa Cruz.
On a recent day, the crowd included “Wingnut” — also known as Robert Weaver — and other surfers. He pointed out some friends: “There’s Frosty, there’s Boots, there’s Fathead.”
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