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Make 2014 the year to honor your
surfing heritage.
Welcome to
Surf City, California! You can travel
the USA looking for a name or place to
hang a hat and call it authentic Surf
City.
What exists are several
cities with the actual name, located in
North Carolina and New Jersey. Then
there are many places that consider
themselves Surf City because they share
a passion for surfing. Below are but a
few we've uncovered in
the search for that endless wave that
represents the surfer, constantly on the
move, going where life takes him for the
next thrill. Some of the great
Surf Cities worth a visit include
Huntington Beach,
Santa Cruz and
San Diego.
Surfing for a place to
vacation in California? Surf City
vacations offer wonderful options for
enjoyment, recreation and relaxation.
What are the
differences in the surfing options?
Northern California features some of the
biggest waves you'll ever see in
California.
Mavericks Big Wave Surfing
competition is hosted in Half Moon Bay
annually when the conditions are prime
for some 50 foot waves to ride. One
recent year the event actually did not
occur when waves failed to materialize.
Such are the highs and lows of an event
that counts on Mother Nature for its
success.
There
are many California destinations that
consider themselves worthy as the best
surfing spots in the nation.
Santa Cruz is located in Northern
California west of San Francisco and San
Jose in the Bay Area. It enjoys great
beaches, waves, spectacular surfing and
is not far from the legendary Mavericks
- Half Moon Bay,
that serves up monster waves big enough
to pulverize anyone who gets in the way.
Santa Cruz is home to surfing
legends and inventors, the O'Neills.
Huntington Beach is located in
Southern California south of Los
Angeles. The beaches are known for their
west-facing positions where they get
direct hits from the ocean currents.
This makes for fine surfing, though it
also can present dangers for the novice
surfer or family vacationers with small
children. Hold onto your kids and don't
go out in the waves unless and until you
become accustomed to them. Among other
warnings are to situate yourself near
lifeguarded beaches and if you are
totally new, it doesn't hurt to go talk
to the lifeguard on duty.
Huntington Beach resident, Dean
Torrence (Jan & Dean) is one of the
kings of
 Surf
Themed Music & Art. Dean Torrence
performs at concerts around the globe,
and also designs beautiful graphics that
celebrate the culture he and his former
musical partner (Jan Berry, deceased),
used to sing about in popular songs that
hit #1 on the charts.
San Diego -
Surfing in surf-crazy San Diego spans the coast from
the US/Mexico border to San Diego's
north county beaches. Legendary surfing and names such as
Swami's, Blacks Beach and Leucadia are a
few of the spots that surfers travel to
when the waves are hot. In
the heart of San Diego, beaches that
garner surfing attention include Pacific
Beach and Ocean Beach. Many fantastic
surfers have come from San Diego County,
home to Trestles, a well known surfing
location.
SurfCityCalifornia.com web site offers ideal
vacations, beaches, activities and travel
accommodations. You
can actually surf the waves or surf the
web at one of the wi-fi spots that are
hot. SurfCityCalifornia.com is a window to the world of
California—a world filled with color,
sights and sounds that make this Golden
State a national treasure.
California's Surfing Beaches close to Los Angeles
and San Diego, Santa
Cruz or San Diego are perfect for
family gatherings, business meetings,
corporate functions and
weddings. These sandy shores
feature an array of hotels and resorts, ballroom
and conference facilities overlooking
the Pacific Ocean are the perfect
location for any event.
Surf CityCalifornia.com,
home to the most fantastic California Vacations, is growing in popularity as a
destination. It's the perfect place to
relax, cool your jets and find peace on
a sandy beach.
SurfcityCalifornia.com Getaway
is best experienced near the beach where
you can walk right over to the sand. But
there's lots of great hotels within a
few miles inland. They're close,
safe, and cost less, so maintain their
popularity. Chains such as Best Western
and Howard Johnson are even great for
for the
SurfCityCalifornia.com Winter Vacation.
The public parks and recreation
system features one of the largest
recreational piers in the world, public
parks, riding stables and equestrian
trails, a marina, wildlife
preserve, and an eight-mile biking,
inline skating, jogging and walking
trail along the ocean. The crown jewel
of the recreation system is the beaches,
where professional sporting events as
the US Open of Surfing and AVP Pro Beach
Volleyball are held. Plan your trip to
include a
SurfCityCalifornia.com Surfing Vacation
surrounding a sporting event and you'll
have the added bonus of meeting some
pros, if you aren't one yourself.
Surfing has taken on several meanings in
popular culture. Channel surfing,
introduced after huge sums of television
channels and indispensible remote
controls became the norm, indicated that
you'd flow with the waves of what
appeared on the set randomly taking it
in, much like the ocean waves surfers
encounter. When the World Wide Web
similarly offered information to those
browsing on a computer...more
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