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What should California’s official sport be? Many think surfing
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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