A surfer dressed up as Mrs. Claus during the annual Surfing Santas event, held as part of Christmas Eve celebrations at Cocoa Beach, Florida, on Dec. 24, 2025. (Photo by Jesus Olarte/Anadolu via Getty ...

Surfing Santas is an annual beach party where attendees surf while dressed up as Santa Claus. Surfing Santas started when George Trosset and his family hit the waves in 2009 and happened to be ...

Walking along Santa Cruz’s East or West Cliff Drive, beyond the ocean spray and steep cliff walls, you'll most likely find dozens of wetsuit-clad surfers straddling their boards waiting for the next ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KGO) -- Saturday, July 19, marks the 140th anniversary of an event that made Santa Cruz a top surfing destination. It's a bit of surfing history not too many people know about, but ...

This particular pair of velvet-tunic-clad elves entering the Cocoa Beach, Florida, surf on December 24 don’t look overly filled with the holiday spirit, although, to give credit where it is due, it is ...

Read full article: ‘It’s nice the way it is:’ Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach families appeal to superintendent in school merger COCOA BEACH, Fla. – On Christmas Eve in Cocoa Beach, Santa didn’t need snow ...

SANTA CRUZ — Members of the local surf community and lovers of Santa Cruz history gathered at the mouth of San Lorenzo River on Main Beach to paddle out together on a foggy Saturday morning in honor ...