What should California’s official sport be? We ask people in Santa Cruz. Lawmakers in the state are well on their way to proclaiming surfing California’s official sport. A bill to that effect passed overwhelmingly out of the state Assembly last month and is finding no resistance in the Senate.
Robert Sanders, left, waits for a wave near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Karl Somerville, bottom, and Erik Simonson, top, go down stairs to reach the ocean to surf in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Surf boards are stacked on each other at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
A man carries a surf board while ridding a bike near West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Ashton Keene, 3, is pulled in a cart passed some surf boards by his mother Caralyn at Cowell’s Beach in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
Karl Somerville and Erik Simonson, right, walk on a cliff near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
People surf near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
People show up early to surf near Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
A man surfs near Lighthouse Point n Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
A flock of birds fly near some surfers in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A bill to make surfing the official sport of California is finding little resistance as it heads for a state Senate hearing. (Randy Vazquez/ Bay Area News Group)
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