Santa Cruz surfers caught waves at Cowell Beach Sunday using huge boards shaped from designs crafted by Hawaiian princes more than a century ago.
Three Hawaiian princes traveled to Santa Cruz 130 years ago, shaped surfboards out of redwood trees, and rode waves at the San Lorenzo River mouth. It was the first time anyone had surfed at a U.S. mainland beach.
Shaper Bob Pearson, of Arrow Surf Shop, recreated the Hawaiian princes' surfboards.
VIDEO: Surfers catch waves with replicas of historic boards
Coming in at 250 pounds and 17 feet long with no fins, the wooden surf boards are unlike any that surfer Ken Collins has ever ridden before.
"Those are prehistoric," Collins said. "Dinosaur boards, there's no fins on it, no control, you're pretty much trying to get it straight."... [Read More]
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