The Surfing Museum gives a glimpse of wave riders past and how the sport grew in California thanks to three Hawaiian princes.
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Jumping the cliff at Steamer Lane is almost a rite of passage for any young surfer in Santa Cruz. People have been surfing there since 1885, after three Hawaiian princes introduced the sport to locals while on vacation.
“They brought surfing here and actually made the boards,” said Kim Stoner, co-founder of the the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum.
The museum, founded by Stoner and his friend Bob Pearson, chronicles Santa Cruz’s lengthy and sometimes odd surfing history.
“This is one of the best surf spots in the world,” Pearson said. “It’s really famous. People know all about it.”
When the Hawaiians first introduced surfing, they used heavy boards made from solid wood that often weight hundreds of pounds. Along with long boards, short boards and really short boards, …
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