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Marcel Soros has 100 surfing trophies, seeks 100 years in water

Neil Pearlberg, The Perfect Rite: Marcel Soros has 100 surfing trophies, seeks 100 years in water By: Neil Pearlberg – Santa Cruz Sentinel For 46-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Marcel Soros, life’s goal is really quite simple. He’s on a personal quest to live and surf until he is 100 years old, matching the number of [...]

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Vince Broglio – Resin Artist Extraordinaire

Vince Broglio is a local big wave surfer, surfboard glasser, and happenstance artist.  Yes, his art was a sort of twist of fate.  It is unique, to say the least, and absolutely stunning.  He happily fell into resin sculpturing after already being a finely-tuned glasser and a commented on how cool the drips of dried [...]

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Neil Pearlberg, The Perfect Rite: ‘Bones Brigade’ is ‘Chasing Mavericks’ of skateboarding

By Neil Pearlberg sports@santacruzsentinel.com Many who grew up in Santa Cruz seemingly were born with a surfboard in one hand and a skateboard in the other. Both sports have left indelible marks on the culture of our small coastal town and will continue to be a part of the town’s backbone for generations to come. [...]

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WCT or Bust with Nat Young

 {Photo: Kookson}   SCW:  So with over 15,000 point on the WQS can we start celebrating you making it onto the World Championship Tour?   Nat:  I think it is too early to celebrate. There are still 3 more CT’s, and 3 more QS’s.   SCW:  What have been some of the highlights of your [...]

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Got Kelp??

  In early fall, before the big winter swells hit, some reefs along the central coast are so dense with kelp that you could almost walk across the fronds. It gets even thicker at low tide. I’ve seen egrets standing on mats of kelp as if loitering on dry ground. The stuff is a bitch [...]

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Artist Spotlight: Rob Armenti

      (You can listen here while you read along: http://robarmentimusic.com/)   Music.  It’s the universal language (well, that and love).  Everyone likes music whether it’s classical, punk, raggae, hip-hop, EDM, or any other type on the endless list.  Personally I am willing to give any genre a chance, and I get especially excited when [...]

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Musician Spotlight: Rob Armenti

Musician Spotlight:  Rob Armenti   SCW:  Please tell us your name, where you’re from and where you currently live.   RA:  My name is Rob Armenti.  I’m originally from Ramsey, NJ and I currently live in Newport Beach, CA.   SCW:  I became familiar with your name while watching the credits for the Chasing Monsters [...]

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Spotlight: Camille Krilanovich

The art scene here in Santa Cruz is… stellar, colossal, beautiful, bountiful, eclectic, “weird,” and best of all, it is thriving. It is literally impossible to count all of the art venues in our county because many businesses often times double as an art gallery; especially on First Fridays.  We have the great fortune of [...]

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Spotlight: Zack Parker

  ZP:  Ezekiel or Eskelly is one of my best friends from the village. I wrote about the time he spent with me in the states for 24 hours. http://www.waluinternational.org/blog/.   SCW: So what’s next this for this amazingly talented entreprenuer from my little hometown of Aptos??   ZP:  My goal was always to get [...]

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Spotlight: Zack Parker

                                                        SCW:  Name?   Age?  Hometown?  Currently reside?   ZP:  Zack Parker.  28 years old.  Aptos.  San Francisco.   SCW:  Tell us about Walu…   ZP:  Walu International is [...]

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Christiaan “Otter” Bailey Spotlight

  SCW: Hi Otter, tell SCW a little about yourself and how you came to be in a wheelchair?     CB: Well, my life has been something of an odyssey so I’ll drop you the abridged version… I grew up your typical Santa Cruz surf rat ripping the lane and destroying derby until ‘94 [...]

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Local Spotlight “Marissa Hushaw”

  Getting to know rising snowboard star and all around adventurer Marissa Hushaw.                                                 SCW: Name?  Age? Hometown?   MH:   Marissa Nicole Hushaw, Age 14, Santa Cruz represent!   SCW:   So growing [...]

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