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PHOTOS: TYLER FOX
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By TYLER FOX
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ave you ever heard the term “greenwashing?” If not, allow me to explain: Greenwashing is a marketing strategy that portrays products or policies as environmentally friendly when, in truth, they are not. Starbucks, in one example, made a big to-do about its plan to go strawless by 2020—but it has replaced straws with plastic sippy-cup lids, which means that tons of plastic will still be entering the waste stream. As we move into an era in which people are more educated about the negative effects of petroleum-based products, many major companies are hopping on the green bandwagon. I don’t think it’s far fetched to say the reasoning behind many of these moves is not because they feel ethically responsible, but because they are simply trying to save face and meander around this green movement like profit-hungry pythons. As you may have noticed by now,
Santa Cruz County and the City of Santa Cruz both passed ordinances in 2017 that require restaurants and food sellers to only serve paper or compostable straws and to-go packaging. While I applaud this move away from traditional plastics, I wish our local leadership would have dug a little deeper. If they had, they would’ve learned that these alternative products (known as greenware) need a special high-temperature industrial composting facility, which we do not have in this county. Instead, these products will most likely get discarded like everything else, eventually resting in our landfills or slipping through the cracks and ending up in our oceans, rivers and waterways. And it’s not just greenware that doesn’t end up where we assume it does. On a recent tour of the Dimeo Lane landfill, just north of Santa Cruz, I learned that to-go coffee cups and lids, the majority of fruit and berry containers, plastic bever-
age caps, any container with more than .05 percent of food residue, and many other common products are all no-gos at the recycling center. They, too, get chucked into the landfill. With our local landfills bulging at the seams and China’s recent law banning the importation of plastics from the United States, this mountainous problem continues to grow. I’m afraid no technological advancement is going to cure this impending plastic tidal wave. It’s going to be up to us as individuals to break our habits of convenience and consumption. Like the boiling frog theory goes, will we realize that the water is getting hotter and take the leap? Or will we get cooked alive? I guess only time will tell.
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31 Letter from the Founder 35 Best of the Web 37 Word on the Street 38 Causes: Save Our Shores 40 Remember When ... ?
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50 In Depth: Travels in Malawi 60 Behind the Lens: Jeff Schwab 74 One Shaper, One Board: Tyler Hopkins 76 Mind & Body: The Case for Psychedelics 80 Adventure: The Road to Salina 88 Art: Jason Arnold
107 FOOD & DRINK
99 Local Eats: Instagram Foodies 107 Drinks: The Footprint of Bottles 108 Dining Guide
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118 Company Feature: Santa Cruz Guitar Company 123 Field Notes 124 Event Gallery: A Walk on Water
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WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AT COWELL’S Cowell Beach dropped to No. 8 on Heal the Bay’s annual “Beach Bummer” list, after a decade in the top three. 5,343 views
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BOOGIE DON’T PLAY LIKE THAT What just happened? A boogie boarder takes over the rapids. 19,103 views
CHINESE POLICY LEAVES SANTA CRUZ COUNTY RECYCLING CENTERS ADRIFT Since March, only a fraction of recycled paper has moved into the hands of recyclers. 5,022 views
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MIDDLE OF THE PACIFIC The apex predator of the sea has a secret lunch spot more than 1,000 miles off the coast of Baja California. 14,602 views
STARBUCKS TO GO STRAWLESS BY 2020 The corporation’s move to eliminate straws will spare one billion plastic straws a year from the waste stream. 4,667 views
RIDICULOUS SUMMER ACTIVITIES WITH J.O.B. Surfing flamingos take over the lineup on the North Shore of Hawaii. 12,342 views
SANTA CRUZ BOARD RIDERS CLUB VICTORY The club dominated the contest at Steamer Lane, becoming the first-ever West Coast Board Riders Northern Division Champions. 3,898 views
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Josie Buchanan, coordinator of Santa Cruz County Business Council: “@Humblesea because of their fun branding, dope scene, and always making me want a tasty brew.”
Taylor, grom: “@Santacruzboardridersclub. I like looking at all the local surfers and seeing how they do in competitions.”
Elliott Bliss, artist: “My favorite is @jacksontaylor because it’s always cool seeing people living it up. Experiencing him progress in skill level is pretty awesome.”
Michelle Bean, chiropractor: “@Startwithyourselfie is my favorite. It shows the idea of starting with yourself and acknowledging that you create your own happiness.”
Avery Robins, customer success at Looker: “My favorite local Instagram is @candrajordan. She is a friend of a friend, works at Sawyer [Land + Sea Supply] and is a really good surfer. Her images are really dreamy and appealing.”
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PHOTOS: COURTESY OF DAN HAIFLEY
TOP AND BOTTOM LEFT: Scenes from Save Our Shores rallies against offshore oil drilling in 1978. TOP RIGHT: Dan Haifley and Leon Panetta at a 1992 celebration of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary designation. BOTTOM RIGHT: Dan Haifley in 1987, photographed by Greg Pio.
Forty Years of
Saving Our Shores By DAN HAIFLEY
“NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS FACED CAN BE CHANGED, BUT NOTHING CAN BE CHANGED UNTIL IT IS FACED.” —JAMES BALDWIN, 1962
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alifornia’s beautifully complex coastline features rock outcroppings, sandy beaches, tide pools, and wetlands. It includes industrial ports such as Oakland, Long Beach, and San Diego; the saline wetlands of Elkhorn Slough in the middle of
Monterey Bay’s shoreline; sand dunes in southern San Luis Obispo County; and the rugged Lost Coast farther to the north. This shoreline is also defined by what we don’t see: along its central and northern coast, there are no offshore oil platforms. Today, California has offshore platforms off
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In the 1970s, citizen opposition had halted a proposed nuclear power plant in Davenport, a massive proposed “new town” development or 35,000 people to its south, and a 50,000barrel-per-day oil refinery at Moss Landing. of Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, and Santa Maria. But there are none farther north. One reason for that is the existence of community organizations that were formed to protect the coast and ocean, which also led to landmark environmental laws passed by the U.S. Congress in the early 1970s and California voter approval of Proposition 20 in 1972, which mandated the establishment of the California Coastal Act. One such group was Save Our Shores, which was formed in January 1978 by Kim Tschantz, Karol Mountz, Joan Harrington, Karen DeLaney, Nelson Wolf, John Murray, Bonnie and Gordon Schmeisser, Kay Smothers, and Van Tunstall. The group’s genesis was a step in the evolution of coastal activism in the region. In the 1970s, citizen opposition had halted a proposed nuclear power plant in Davenport, a massive proposed “new town” development for 35,000 people to its south, and a 50,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery at Moss Landing. A 1977 proposal to lease areas off of Central and Northern California for oil drilling was a catalyst for the development of Save Our Shores. The organization also played a broader role in coastal protection, including opposition to a proposal for development at Manresa Beach
in Southern Santa Cruz County that same year. Save Our Shores joined with other groups to oppose federal government plans to conduct undersea strip mining off Mendocino and Humboldt counties, to help create Santa Cruz County’s North Beaches Advisory Committee, and to begin a public lecture series about the marine and coastal environment. Over the following 40 years, Save Our Shores helped pass laws in 26 communities to block or require voter approval for onshore facilities for offshore oil, and worked to expand the size of the then-proposed Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, making it the nation’s largest sanctuary at the time. The group secured passage of 52 local laws aimed at reducing single-use plastic, negotiated a water-quality agreement with the sale of the Moss Landing Power Plant, worked with the fishing community after the establishment of Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and successfully fought sand mining in Marina. Save Our Shores has also run beach cleanups since 1981—a sharp tool in the fight against ocean plastic pollution. Internationally, cleanups in 2016 kept the equivalent of 3 percent of the volume of plastic currently in the ocean from entering it.
These types of accomplishments are normally associated with organizations with large, well-funded corporate structures. Save Our Shores was an all-volunteer organization for its first eight years. As its first director, I had a budget of $30,000 per year for seven years. Today, a small staff and volunteers with operations throughout Monterey Bay continues to operate on a shoestring. It’s a lean, people-powered organization that knows how to build support for ocean protection. And we’re going to need a lean and effective response locally, regionally, and nationally for the current assault on hard-fought ocean protections, including proposals to drill for oil in federal waters and to scale back marine national monuments and national marine sanctuaries, as well as recent moves to repeal President Barack Obama’s ocean plan and repeal protections for marine habitats. So, here’s to 40 years that were spent—as social critic, civil rights activist and novelist James Baldwin would put it—facing things that needed to be changed. Let’s look forward to 40 more. For more information, visit saveourshores.org. Stay tuned to santacruzwaves.com for details on Dan Haifley’s book, 40 Years of Saving Our Shores, which will be published by the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History.
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WHEN … the Scholl Marr Castle thrived and died on what is now Seabright Beach? By ARIC SLEEPER
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nce upon a time, a small hamlet on the Monterey Bay grew into a village called Seabright. There, a great Moorish castle was erected by the edge of the sea, where it would someday be besieged by suburban chateaus and surfer slums. The beach in front of it spanned only a fraction of what it does today. Just near the point, around the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, was one of the best bodysurfing spots on the Central Coast. After a long session of waveriding, body boarders like local historian and retired professor Traci Bliss would take refuge in the castle. “No other venue could compare with the castle’s snow cones,” says Bliss, who co-authored the recent book Santa Cruz’s Seabright with Randall Brown. “And after body surfing and walking through the hot sand, there would be these freezingPHOTO: COURTESY OF SANTA CRUZ MUSEUM OF ART & HISTORY
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THE CASTLE WAS FIRST JUST A BOXY, WOODEN STRUCTURE KNOWN AS THE SEABRIGHT HOT SALT WATER BATHS, BUILT IN 1903 BY THE UNOFFICIAL PRINCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, JAMES PILKINGTON. cold cement floors and they felt fabulous on your feet while ordering a snow cone. The woman who ran the kitchen would start frying onions around 11:30 and turn on the fan so everyone on the beach could smell it and run for hamburgers. [There was] even a pinball machine, so [it was] a fun hangout. ” The castle had already lived a long life before it became the one of Bliss’ memory. The castle was first just a boxy, wooden structure known as the Seabright Hot Salt Water Baths, built in 1903 by the unofficial prince of the neighborhood, James Pilkington.
The driftwood that often blanketed the beach fueled the bathhouse’s furnaces. In addition to the steamheated rooms and changing areas, the nascent structure housed the private Seabright library. Pilkington had a passion for improving Seabright, which was inspired and backed by a community of single, land-owning women who sought to transform the self-contained seaside neighborhood into a thriving cultural hub. “This community was very unusual in that there were many women who were never married
or [were] widows, and they were property owners in their own right,” says Bliss. “They had a lot of voice— and confidence in their collective voice—and took a huge interest in improving Seabright.” After nearly two decades, Pilkington passed the torch of ownership to local pioneer Louis Scholl. He quickly went to work to improve and expand the bathhouse with the addition of an ice cream and candy store and guest cabins. But Scholl was constantly battling the tidal waters and brutal pounding of winter waves, and after more than 10 years of warring with the
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purpose venue where you could get everything you needed for the beach,” says Bliss. “It was important that tourists could show up without even a bathing suit and yet rent anything they needed.” After the first winter storm broke the castle’s sea-facing windows, Scholl fortified the beach fortress with a seawall, which finally put an end to his long fight with the ocean. But Scholl would soon face two new challenges: the Great Depression and World War II. When Scholl returned from his wartime post, he married and sold his castle. The iconic structure changed hands and evolved many times over the decades until it became the beach hangout beloved by Bliss in the 1960s. The addition of the harbor
in 1964 changed and expanded what was then known as Castle Beach, and two years after a fire damaged the building, city officials declared it unsafe. On March 24, 1967, heartbroken Seabright residents gathered to watch the castle’s demolition, and burned its remnants in a massive beach bonfire. The property was later sold to the State of California and it became an extension of Twin Lakes State Beach. To keep the legend of Castle Beach alive, Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks is working in conjunction with the Seabright Neighbors Association and California State Parks to create and install an interpretive panel to share the history of the castle, which is planned for completion in 2019.
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e are inside the brick walls of a rural penitentiary called Nkhotakota Prison, situated near the banks of the expansive Lake Malawi, in southeast Africa. It is mid July, with clear skies overhead and a temperature of 66 degrees—the coldest weather the country has experienced in over a decade. More than 100 Malawian prisoners are gathered on the cement yard listening intently to a talk by our team leader, Patrick “Paddy” Brady, a Santa Cruz native and the founder of a faith-based organization called “His 2 Offer,” or H20. As he paces in front of the prisoners, with a translator repeating his words in the native dialect of Chichewa, Brady delivers an icebreaker. “Why am I here today?” he asks. “Because I come from a long line of prisoners, on the opposite side of the world. My grandfather was a prisoner. My mother was a prisoner and my
father was a famous prisoner. My father … he stole 16 cars in one day!” When Brady gets to this part, the prisoners light up and erupt with laughter. When it subsides, he carries on, explaining that his parents became Christians, had lots of kids, led happy lives, and grew into old age. In prisons, Brady always leads with this backstory to create what common ground he can, present the aid that H20 bring to Malawi in the context of faith, and to provide at least some comic relief—because humor is part of how Brady operates H20 has been making missionary trips to Malawi for six years, where Brady has made an expansive effort to deploy solar power, establish skill-training programs inside of prisons, construct medical clinics, drill potable wells, and, all the while, keep management of the programs in the hands of local Malawians.
OPPOSITE PAGE: A guard at Nkhotakota Prison strikes a pose for the camera. PHOTO: MICHAEL DANIEL
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“Never do anything for people that they can’t already do for themselves,” he tells me. “We work for solutions to problems with the local leaders and all the labor has to be local. … I never interject myself into the community; I stay in the background. It’s got to be them, because who am I out here? I’m a crazy Mzunga [a white man]. I’m just this old surfer guy from Santa Cruz.” On this mission to Malawi, our group of nine traveled to the small, landlocked country’s capital city, Lilongwe. Through our production company Swan Dive Media, cinematographer Michael Daniel and I were sponsored to join the trip and produce a film on the work that 5 2 | SANTA CRUZ WAVES
H20 does. Over two weeks in Malawi, we visited six state prisons, community centers, orphanages, and a wildlife preserve; traveled many hours daily in a bus; and spent nights at a university called Africa Bible College, which serves as H20’s in-country headquarters. The organization started in 2012 by implementing job training, clinics, and farming programs in the country’s largest, heavily overcrowded city prison, Maula, but has since expanded into various new programs and today works in 10 of the country’s 27 total prisons. Every part of Malawi suffers a critical deficit in reliable electricity, food, potable water, and funding.
With around 15 million people in the country, an estimated 1 million orphans, and an average annual income of about $244, Malawi is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world, which is why Brady says he originally decided to work there. Brady grew up on Beach Hill in Santa Cruz, surfed avidly, and followed a career path into mechanical engineering for NASA. He loved the work, but after retiring in 2011, he made a commitment to allocate the rest of his time on Earth to “transformative work,” and he wanted to do it in a part of the world that truly needs the help. Brady is also very active in Santa
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Malawi is ranked as one of the poorest nations in the world, with around 15 million residents, an estimated 1 million orphans, and an average annual income of about $244. Cruz, where he is the founder of Bright Vision Solar, which hires homeless U.S. military veterans to develop solar systems and LED lighting equipment. Portions of Bright Vision Solar’s profits are directed into operations in Malawi, he explains. Brady’s father, Don Brady, grew up poor in San Francisco on Fillmore Street. He had a propensity to steal cars—the first before he was 10—and drive them until they ran out of gas. Brady’s mother, Esther, also had her own run-ins with the law. Don served
in the Army Air Corps during World War II, flying more than 50 missions as a ball turret gunner aboard a B-24. After the war, his family moved to Santa Cruz where he made a living as a metal worker and raised his children. Paddy was the youngest. “He stole 16 cars in one day, which made him a legend," Brady says. “He was a pretty serious dude, in and out of prison. Shot down four times during the war.” However, “he never went back to prison after the war,” Brady says. “He had a life
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ABOVE: H20 founder Paddy Brady poses with a Maula Prison official and an inmate following an annual H20-organized soccer match. The prisoner, wearing a donated jersey, helped his cell block win coveted bars of soap. PHOTO: JOEL HERSCH OPPOSITE PAGE: Brady talks to inmates at Maula Prison about the work H20 does in Malawi. PHOTO: JOEL HERSCH
transformation.” It is a transformation like his father’s that Brady wishes to impart to the incarcerated Malawians. Brady did not talk about it much in Malawi, but we discovered that his father, Don, passed away at the age of 99 just two months before we flew to Africa. I believe it was his father’s recent death that influenced Brady to share so many details of his old man’s life with the prisoners—a way to bring his father along for the journey. The day before visiting Nkhotakota, our team stopped in another rural penitentiary called Ntchisi Prison, where H20 had built a medical clinic the previous year and provided various 5 4 | SANTA CRUZ WAVES
resources. Upon our arrival, a prison choir assembled and performed a harmonious, soul-swelling a cappella gospel in Chichewa. My business partner and I documented it on camera while personally trying to fully absorb the beauty of those few minutes of the prisoners’ singing. Afterward, Brady and I sat down for an interview with the prison’s superintendent, Ben Thulama. “The prison clinic built for Ntchisi Prison has left an impact on the many lives here,” he told us. “H20 is assisting us in very important ways, with medication, with food—meat for our prisoners’ rations, nutritious rice—and soap.”
Thulama said that, for prisoners to reform, he believes their transformation must occur spiritually, physically, and socially. “You cannot reform in only one side,” he said. “H20 has helped us in all these ways, but especially in the spiritual side.” While prisoners serve average sentences of about two to five years, according to another prison superintendent, we learned that Malawi’s judicial system falls between rudimentary and nonexistent. I’m told that many prisoners have stolen food when they were starving, some have committed serious crimes, and others are likely not guilty of any crime at all.
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Many prisoners stole food when they were starving, some have committed serious crimes, and others are likely not guilty of any crime at all. Thulama noted that he would like people in other parts of the world to understand the magnitude of poverty in Malawi. “There are very vulnerable groups in our country, such as [in] these prisons and orphanages,” he said. “We need assistance from the world’s nations. The government here fails to serve many people who need help, so we need groups like H20 to fill these gaps. … We would like our relationship with H20 to grow bigger and bigger, so that the worst problems we have in Ntchisi Prison will be history.” Asking for any of Malawi’s institutions to become entirely void of prob-
lems is a tall order, which Thulama and Brady acknowledge. That said, H20 is doing important work in a part of the world where getting things done can be incredibly difficult. But it seems that this might be a big part of what Brady enjoys most about what he’s doing in Africa: the boundless problem solving. Every day I spent with H20 in Malawi could fill a book, but one that stands out— and was the most obvious homage to Santa Cruz—is the organization’s popular annual surf contest on Lake Malawi. The lake, which is the ninth largest in the world and the third deepest in Africa, is the conjoin-
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From the beach, we watch for any crocodiles or hippos floating into the surf zone.
and thousands of kids dancing to the music up and down the beach, the scene nicely illustrates the nature of H20’s presence in Malawi. “Yeah, brother, this is Africa— you [have] got to go with the flow, stay positive and have some faith,” Brady says happily when a piece of solar equipment is confirmed to work correctly after doubt was cast. “Things can get pretty heavy sometimes in this part of world—you’re not in Santa Cruz anymore. … [But] at the end of the day, H20 is all about helping these kids, and helping people help them themselves.”
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n the three years that Soquel photographer Jeff Schwab has been developing his craft, he’s assembled a bucket list of specific shots he’d like to capture. It’s an expansive list: A moonbow reflecting on Yosemite Falls. A cable car climbing up San Francisco’s California Street with both sunrise and bridge as backdrop. Fog forming at the foot of a majestic Mount Tamalpais. The Milky Way shining over Big Sur’s McWay Falls. And the exact moment when a surfer, the setting sun and a few choice clouds magically form just the right scene at Santa Cruz’s Walton Lighthouse. And that’s just the beginning. The 39-year-old Santa Cruz native has taken up the habit of returning to the same places to take what most of us might think of as the same photographs, but which, to Schwab’s discerning eye, are different each time. These repeated visits are part of a quest for the perfect picture he’s dreamed up in his mind for each particular setting. “A lot of people don’t realize how much work goes into it,” says Schwab. “You can’t just show up to a spot and take a picture and [say], ‘Oh, I got what I wanted.’ Every
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“McWay Falls, Big Sur. [This is] my favorite Milky Way shot yet.”
sunset is different. Every sunrise is different. You can drive four hours to Yosemite and get no clouds, or you get all clouds and no color. So, you’ve always got to go back to the same location over and over again.” His determination has also caused him to venture beyond Santa Cruz in search of new frontiers to photograph. “Photography is very popular. It’s really hard to be unique or different,” says Schwab, adding that he likes to take road trips to widen his focus. “I do that a lot. I’ve done about nine road trips already this year, just for photography.” Waves recently caught up with the amicable photographer on a sunny day—with notably good lighting— in Aptos.
What was your favorite photography road trip this year? Going up to Yosemite in the snow. I finally got to catch that. That’s been one of my dreams, for sure, for photography.
What were the challenges with that trip? You’ve got to have the conditions really right. You’ve got to be up there [early], especially in Yosemite Valley. Once the sun comes out, everything on the tree melts immediately. So to get all the snow on the trees, and the ground blanketed and the mountains blanketed, you need to be up there in the storm, and then time [your shot for] before the storm breaks and the sun comes out.
“It took a total of nine images to make one image, blending and stacking to make it as clear and clean as possible.” You seem driven to return to certain spots until you get the ideal picture. Exactly, yeah—that’s why every photographer returns. ... You know, the first time I ever went to shoot the Yosemite Firefall, which is very rare, I caught it my first try. … The Firefall is a waterfall coming off the side of El Capitan in Yosemite, and there’s about two weeks out of the year where, when the sun is setting, it hits the gap and it actually lights up the waterfall and it looks like fire. It illuminates off the rock [and] the water turns a bright red-orange color. It happens for about 15 minutes at sunset. You have to have perfect conditions. You have to have no clouds; you have to have enough water. And it’s a zoo there. There are thousands of photographers that come every year for that shot. They block off the road: you’ve got to park in certain areas and there’s only certain locations you can shoot the shot from, and you’re literally
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“[A] classic shot of the Golden Gate Bridge.”
“ I love photographing the city. There’s so much to see.”
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standing shoulder to shoulder with photographers and tripods. I was very fortunate to get it my first time. And that’s another bucket list shot. But I don’t think I nailed it, so now I want it again.
What was your toughest shot to take?
“ Not many places beat a Big Sur sunset.”
I went up to shoot the moonbow at Yosemite, which is Yosemite Falls at night with a full moon. It casts a rainbow with the waterfalls. It was challenging to get that shot: the clouds weren’t right, and it’s a one-day trip. You’ve got one day to go do it and it was pretty cloudy all night, so the clouds kept blocking the moon. But I got down to lower Yosemite Falls and I was able to take four pictures and one of them came out really good. It’s a shot where there’s so much mist and water that every time you take a shot you’ve got to go around the corner and clean your lens, dry it off, go back, set your tripod back up, camera back up, get everything ready, get in focus, take off your cap and get a shot before your lens gets soaking wet again.
Have you ever hit a shot on the first try? When I went to shoot the Milky Way at McWay Falls, I got the shot I wanted the first time. So I don’t have to necessarily go back again. You do, and it’s still fun. And you can always get a different shot, a different composition.
What’s the most satisfying picture you’ve ever taken? The Milky Way at McWay Falls—it’s a really good feeling because it’s
“It happens for about 15 minutes at sunset. You have to have perfect conditions. You have to have no clouds; you have to have enough water. And it’s a zoo there.” an ultimate bucket-list shot. I did really well on it. I’ve already seen a print of it and I love it. I nailed it. I’m stoked. It’s a lot of work that goes into that. It took a total of nine images to make one image, blending and stacking to make it as clear and clean as possible. I’ve never done that before so I had to learn it. I watched YouTube videos [to learn] about it. It was a really good feeling, because I’m really anal about how clean my work is so I never really wanted to do night shots because they are so grainy. Now that I’ve learned to stack and blend and get all my functions right, I want to do more. I can shoot a clean image and print it big—that’s what I love doing, I love prints. Everything I shoot I try and shoot [at] the quality [level] of a print. I pride myself in trying to get the cleanest image possible.
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Tyler Hopkins, of Locus Surfboards, has made the board you didn’t know you needed By NEAL KEARNEY
espite being one of the best areas in the continental United States to live the “surf lifestyle,” Santa Cruz is a coastline of many moods and faces—a far cry from the consistently powerful and perfect surf playground that it’s portrayed as in the media. This makes equipment choice critical. An additional hurdle for the eco-conscious is that the town’s surfboard-building industry, while a local treasure with numerous expert craftsmen, is not always environmentally sustainable. From the chemicals and waste that go into manufacturing, to the way consumers dispose of their toxic toys, surfboard shaping can be quite the dirty deed. With these two truths in mind, Tyler Hopkins of Locus Surfboards designed the Shakedown: a “planinghull” design that mixes the ease of riding a Mini Simmons with the high-speed maneuverability of a standard shortboard. Planing hulls such as the Mini Simmons are designed to run on top of the water at high speeds, and are typically very flat at the tail. This shape allows riders to achieve higher speeds with greater ease, yet sacrifices the maneuverability and responsiveness of a standard shortboard. The Shakedown draws on the best elements of planing hulls (like the Mini Simmons) as well as modern high-performance shortboards, creating a versatile hybrid that works well in a range of swells, from 1-foot slop to punchy beach breaks and shallow reefs. Hopkins sees the Shakedown as a missing link in any local surfer’s quiver—and an eco-friendly one at that. Each board is hand shaped using recycled EPS foam, and glassed with bio-based epoxy resin. Amid midsummer sunshine, Waves tasked Hopkins with describing his experimental yet versatile green surf-craft.
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Tyler Hopkins: I’ve been working on the Shakedown for about three years, and, after a lot of testing and team feedback, we have arrived at something special. The Shakedown is a high-performance planning hull. Designed to be a great fit as a daily driver, its straight, parallel outline and overall width pulled in much closer to a more contemporary shortboard design, this model produces a ton of projection and drive. As a result, the Shakedown must be ridden 6-12 inches shorter than your standard shortboard, allowing the rider to easily overpower this down-the-line drive. The bottom has mid-entry rocker and low, dragreducing tail rocker, coupled with single to double concave through the tail. Designed to be ridden as a quad, the Shakedown also performs well as a twin with wide-based keels. The Shakedown paddles great and requires little energy to pop up on a plane, producing speed effortlessly, allowing the rider to harness all that speed, rather than generating it. This makes surfing less-than-perfect conditions more fun, allowing intermediate to advanced surfers to perform maneuvers that are normally reserved for more powerful waves. These qualities also benefit beginner surfers who are transitioning to smaller boards. The Shakedown is great for tight, in-the-pocket surfing in punchy beach breaks, reef passes or long walled-up points and can glide easily through flat sections as well. This model excels in surf in the 2-foot-to-6-foot range. [It is] hands down the most versatile model in our lineup.
Learn more at locussurfboards.com. Contact Hopkins at locussurf@gmail.com or (831) 251-1521.
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im Ferriss is not the type you will find tripping to a light show at a renegade party in the redwoods or hula-hooping in Lighthouse Field. The scrupulous author cuts down intellectual laziness at the knees and often professes that he is allergic to the holier-than-thou Burner type. So it may come as a surprise that he recently donated $1 million to psychedelic research. His reasoning had little to do with a pseudo-spiritual reverence
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for tripping, and everything to do with healthcare—namely, mental health. “Our mental-health system is badly broken,” Michael Pollan told Ferriss on his wildly popular podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show. Pollan, named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, had recently released his latest No. 1 New York Times bestseller How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness,
Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. “If you compare mental health to any other branch of medicine, mental health fails abysmally. It’s remarkable what a pathetic track record it has. The fact is rates of depression, suicide, and addiction are skyrocketing. So there’s a real crisis.” Recent research suggests that psychedelics have promising potential for addressing this crisis. A Johns Hopkins study published in the
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Journal of Psychopharmacology, for instance, showed that psilocybin, the psychedelic compound in magic mushrooms, helped a group of heavy smokers quit with an 80-percent success rate and remain smoke-free for more than six months. After one year, the number fell to 67 percent, which is still uniquely high in the treatment of tobacco addiction. The most successful current treatment— the drug Varenicline, which reduces nicotine cravings—has only a 35-percent success rate. Another clinical trial conducted on participants who suffer from anxiety and depression showed that psilocybin mushrooms caused a statistically significant reduction in symptoms for roughly 80 percent of the patients—far more successful than the treatment effect that got antidepressants approved. As psychedelics become better studied, and findings like the two above examples raise their credibility, their therapeutic and medicinal use is becoming more normalized. (One of the organizations at the forefront of this, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, or MAPS, happens to be headquartered here in Santa Cruz.) Using psychedelics is like learning to surf: if you’re excited to learn and you hire an instructor to push you into some friendly waves, the risks are relatively low. If you venture into high-seas alone and almost drown, however, that’s on you. Unfortunately, most people don’t give the ocean or psychedelics the respect that they deserve. To counter this, therapeutic psychedelic sessions are overseen by a trained guide. “I consider myself a real rightwing psychedelic researcher,” Jim Fadiman, Ph.D. chuckles as I interview him for my podcast, The Kyle Thiermann Show. The 79-yearold author of The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys is considered one of America’s wisest and most respected authorities on psychedelic studies.
Researcher and author Jim Fadiman, one of the country's most respected authorities on psychedelic studies. PHOTO: MARA MILAM
“I recommend that people treat a psychedelic experience like they’re psyching up for an athletic event.” — JIM FADIMAN
Although psychedelics are non-addictive and have almost no biological effect, having a “bad trip” can be a terrifying experience, and Fadiman underscores the importance of safety. “I recommend that people treat a psychedelic experience like they’re psyching up for an athletic event,” says Fadiman “There’s no one single way to do that, but it means that you take the event seriously.” He encourages people to think about mindset, setting, guidance, and integration. Mindset: What is your mentality? Setting: Are you in a comfortable space where you’re not likely to be disturbed for the next few hours? Guidance: Is someone you trust with you? Integration: Are you giving yourself plenty of time after the experience to journal about what you learned and integrate it into your life? Dose also plays a significant factor. Over the past few years, Fadiman has focused on a
sub-category of research called micro-dosing—taking one-tenth to one-twentieth of a full dose. “Aspirin is available at a dose of 325mg, which is good for headaches and being sore,” Fadiman explains to me. “It turns out that if you take 80mg it doesn’t affect headaches, but it might just keep you from dying of a heart attack. It makes your blood thinner and less likely to clot, and it’s a whole different universe … so the exciting, high-dose, far-out research is going on beautifully with post-traumatic stress disorders and alcoholism and so forth, and then quietly, like Frodo in Lord of The Rings, some people are micro-dosing, and they are not doing anything interesting that you would notice. They’re still delivering groceries and writing computer code and gardening and raising children and being air-force mechanics, but they’re doing it a little better, a little more gently, and a number of them are
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“Quietly … some people are micro-dosing, and they are not doing anything interesting that you would notice. They’re still delivering groceries and writing computer code and gardening and raising children and being Air-Force mechanics, but they’re doing it a little better, a little more gently.”— JIM FADIMAN getting over depression, and migraines … It’s as if psychedelics now has this dull cousin who shows up at parties and doesn’t say much and goes home, but you notice that they always leave the house cleaner.” Micro-dosing has become a buzzy trend in recent years, particularly in Silicon Valley and creative circles. Its growing popularity, however, is limited by LSD’s legal status—which is the same problem curbing access and scientific progress for all psychedelics. Right now in the United States, psilocybin mushrooms and LSD are classified as Schedule 1 drugs, which, by definition, means that they have no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse—both of which research suggests are untrue. Meanwhile, in countries like the Netherlands, Portugal, and Brazil, psychedelics are legal. As a whole, society looks at risk irrationally. We are terrified of being attacked by a shark but have no problem texting while driving to the beach. Similarly, many people are
still terrified of psychedelics but take antidepressants without giving it a second thought. “Let’s just say you have psilocybin mushrooms available at Walgreen’s a few years from now,” Tim Ferriss commented on his show. “You pick up your little white bag with the pharmacist’s directions and warnings on the side, and compared to just about anything else to date, the risk profile is lower.” If the FDA looks at phase 3 trials of psychedelics and approves them for medical use, the DEA will also need to reschedule the drugs. With the current war on marijuana led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, psychedelic legalization could be stifled despite the science. That said, the medical application of psychedelics is one of the few bipartisan issues today where a combat soldier with PTSD, a corporate executive with acute anxiety, and a mother with depression can stand arm in arm on Capitol Hill and demand that laws change. As I write these words it is difficult for me not to become
overwhelmed with exuberance about the current renaissance. This, however, is precisely what Michael Pollan cautions against. In the 1960s, a charismatic psychology professor named Timothy Leary proposed that psychedelics be used to treat not just individuals, but society as a whole. Whether or not he was joking, he suggested that LSD should be put in the water supply. Leary never made good on the proposal, but it did earn him the title of “the most dangerous man in America” by Richard Nixon and resulted in the federal government banning psychedelics in a mad panic. Many blame Leary for nearly 50 years of halted research. Today, the science, the funding, and the media are converging in a special way. The question is, will we muster the maturity to no longer talk about psychedelics as terrified children or as lax hippies, but as citizens who care about the future of mental health in America? As Pollan closed his interview with Ferriss, he warned, “carelessness is the great threat.”
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feel the brisk offshore wind against my back as I push the nose of my 7-foot Pearson Arrow into the sand and strap the leash around my ankle. “Don’t wear a leash, your board’s gonna break,” someone says in English with a Mexican accent. I raise my head just in time to catch a glimpse of the man’s face before he enters the water. “I’ll be fine,” I reply, realizing that I recognize his face from a
recent cover of Surfer magazine. Ten minutes later I’m frantically swimming for shore, chasing the front half of my board and thinking I should have listened to that guy before paddling out. “That guy” was Kalle Carranza, one of Mexico’s most famous surfers at the time, and I had just unsuccessfully ridden my first wave at the Mexican Pipeline, Puerto Escondido. I
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remember everything from that trip like it was yesterday. Fast forward 15 years, and I’ve been back more times than I can count on both hands. I’ve had some of the best waves—and worst wipeouts—of my life on that beach, but I don’t remember any other trip like I do the first one. This April, I packed my bags just as I have every time I head back for Puerto, only this time I didn’t have to bribe anybody for a ride to the airport. Three of my best friends, Austin Smith-Ford, Tessa Timmons, and Melissa Sweeny, and I jammed all of our gear and 13 surfboards into the back of my truck
and started the journey south. We were looking for something new in something old, and setting out on another trip that we would remember vividly 15 years down the road. We brushed off comments from friends about the cartel capturing us and focused on the goal: to score every notable wave from the border of Baja California to the border of Guatemala. Along the way, we’ve been making a film, The Scenic Route to Salina, which will premiere in Santa Cruz later this year. It’s day 108 of our adventure as I sit and write this from a hammock over-
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looking a fun and empty reef break in Guerrero, Mexico. I don’t care to surf today—I’ve surfed more in the last threeand-a-half months than I have in any three-and-a-half-month period in my entire life—and, it’s worth noting, with better waves. Ahead are a few glimpses into some of the more memorable days of our journey thus far.
BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE, DAY 9 It was just over a week into our journey that we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere. An interesting looking headland on the map led us
down an endless dirt road to a seemingly impossible cliff to scale. My brother had joined us for a week on the road at this point, and our truck that had come to be known as “the duplex” because of the two Tepui tents on the roof was now a triplex. We saw the point had potential if there was more swell and less wind, so we set up camp above the headland and went to sleep, fearing that we might actually have to scale the cliff the next morning. When we awoke, overlooking perfect surf with no other people for miles, we were forced to scour the cliff for a way down.
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BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, DAYS 28-37 Baja flat spells are enough to make anyone go a little crazy. After 17 days in the dust and dirt without a wave over knee high, we were no different. We had tried out every fun board in our quiver before resorting to riding our camping gear. On day 28, the swell finally filled in. It wasn’t big but it sure was perfect. The next week was filled with riding all types of surf crafts on the perfect canvas for it.
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ocean had gone quiet and, for the first time on our journey, we headed to higher ground to check out a few things the coastline didn’t have to offer. We sat at the base of an active volcano and hiked to a waterfall nestled in between the mountains, but what really caught our attention was the massive swell that popped up on the forecast. We raced back to the coast nervously as the new swell began to fill in. Day 99 turned out to be one of the best days of surfing Austin or I have ever had. Follow @scenic_route_to_salina on Instagram for updates.
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A late bloomer to painting, his interest was piqued by classes at San Jose City College and, a few years later, escalated to a determined obsession. “I love oil painting,” states Arnold. “It’s raw. There is no computer involved. It feels more organic as opposed to staring at pixels on a computer screen.” He mastered super-realism and Renaissance-style oil paintings with the aid of his uncle, an art-delivery professional in Palo Alto who, Arnold says, “would give me all the flawed tubes of paint, canvasses and brushes he collects every few months. He would drop off brushes, paints and canvases on home delivery for these really gnarly artists who didn’t want to leave their houses. If a brush had a hair out of place, or a tube of paint had a bump in it, or a canvas was slightly
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flawed, he would just set it aside for me.” These tools fueled the evolution of his unusual style. “I didn’t want to copy anyone else,” he says. “I wanted to do something different. I love old Renaissance oil paintings. I never wanted to do standard skate/surf art.” The fact that Renaissance-esque works of art usually exist only on museum walls is what makes a viewing of Arnold’s paintings so striking. They appear to be quite old, not like they were contemporarily produced near Pleasure Point. Seven years ago, Arnold landed a job as an art designer for Santa Cruz Skateboards and Santa Cruz Surfboards. “I never thought I would get a job at Santa Cruz. I drove up for the job interview because … even if I didn’t get the job, I could still surf 38th later,” says the longboarder, whose passion for wave
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Behind the Bottle The benefits of refilling versus recycling
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n the past, refilling and reusing glass bottles in the United States was the norm. In fact, a soda bottle in the 1950s had quite a lifespan, and would be washed and refilled an average of 50 times before being crushed, heated, and remade. It was during that same period when single-use glass, plastic, and aluminum containers came into fashion, and the concept of refilling bottles again and again fell by the wayside. Recycling became commonplace two decades later, in the 1970s, to combat single-use, disposable containers filling land-
fills and littering street sides. But not everything makes it to the recycling center. According to a July 2018 EPA report, of the roughly seven million tons of wine, beer, and soda bottles generated in 2015, about 2.7 million were recycled. And of the approximate 1.7 million tons of aluminum beverage cans produced, about 670,000 tons made were recycled. As a way to reduce the amount of beverage containers entering the waste stream, the EPA suggests people utilize refillable bottles. And with the rise of microbreweries and boutique wineries, the concept of
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reusing and refilling is regaining momentum in the states. In Europe, however, the practice never fell out of style. Michael Sones, owner of Sones Cellars on the Westside, has admired the use of refillables since he was a boy. “Growing up in England, we used to have milk bottles delivered to our doorstep,” he says. “You put the empties out the next day, and they’d go back to be sterilized and used again, and used again.” Inspired by the practicality of refilling containers, as well as its projected reduction on the cellars’ carbon footprint and packaging
costs, Sones and his wife, Lois Sones, debuted their Hedgehog refillable wine bottle program in 2013, and it has been a staple for their business ever since. “Some people have had their original bottles for five years, and refilled them some 50 or 60 times,” says Sones. “By and large, a wine bottle stays intact. It has life in it.” Sones points out that the majority of a bottle’s carbon footprint comes from its manufacturing. A glass bottle is made from sand, limestone and soda ash, which are melted down into molten glass, formed, inspected, and labeled in a factory before being shipped and filled to a beverage company, and shipped again. Recycled glass is crushed and melted in a similar process. A refillable bottle is simply cleaned, sterilized, and refilled. Although Sones says he is the only wine bottler in the county offering a refillable bottle program, there are many more options for beer drinkers. Local breweries like Sante Adairius Rustic Ales, Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing, Discretion Brewing, Humble Sea Brewing Company, and Seabright Brewery are just a few of the many in Santa Cruz County that offer refillable growlers. For those who can’t commit to refillables, or live too far from their favorite brewery, aluminum cans are the next best option. The biggest drawback to manufacturing aluminum cans is the mining of bauxite, which drives the energy consumption of a can’s initial formation to twice that of a glass bottle. But after the can is made, recycling an aluminum can is less energy intensive than recycling glass. According to Sones, one of the biggest challenges of creating a large-scale refillable bottle program is uniformity. With that in mind, the State of Oregon has teamed up with one of its glass manufacturers and a number of breweries to create a universal refillable beer bottle that can be used 25 to 50 times or more before it needs to be recycled. The program was launched in July 2018, and if it’s successful, California might consider implementing a similar program. “It’s all part of a bigger picture,” says Sones. “Instead of generating all of this glass, why not refill instead, and cut that carbon footprint back?”
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DINING GUIDE Downtown 515 KITCHEN & COCKTAILS With a focus on inventive small plates and cocktails, 515 Kitchen & Cocktails has been offering a nuanced take on internationally influenced California cuisine in downtown Santa Cruz since 2006. 515 Cedar St., (831) 425-5051, www.515santacruz.com
AQUARIUS DREAM INN Spectacular oceanfront dining just off the beach in Santa Cruz. One of Santa Cruz's top dining destinations, Aquarius offers seafood and organic Californian cuisine. Open every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner, as well as brunch on Sundays. 175 W. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, www.dreaminnsantacruz.com
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Locally owned burger joint with a fun vibe. Features award-winning burgers, fries, salads, beer, wine and shakes. Soak up the sun on the outdoor patios at all three locations. Expanded menu and full bar at this location only. 1222 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, (831) 600-7056, www. bettyburgers.com. Other locations: Midtown (505 Seabright Ave.) and Capitola (1000 41st Ave.).
A Santa Cruz institution with amazing beach, boardwalk and wharf views. Open every day, featuring nightly specials and a full bar. 106 Beach St., Santa Cruz, (831) 4233827, www.idealbarandgrill.com
Authentic Thai cuisine and boba teas in a modern and casual dining atmosphere. 1319 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 420-1700, www.pacificthaisantacruz.com
EL PALOMAR Unique and fresh Mexican cuisine, family recipes. 1336 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 425-7575, www.elpalomarsantacruz.com
HULA'S ISLAND GRILL California twist on Hawaiian island grill and tiki bar. 221 Cathcart St., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-4852, www.hulastiki.com
LAILI Santa Cruz's answer to high-quality Mediterranean / Indian / Pakistani / Afghan food. 101 Cooper St., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-4545, www. lailirestaurant.com
MOZAIC A Mediteranean and Middle Eastern fusion menu, filled with vibrant dishes from arugula pesto pasta to Greek moussaka. Enjoy a belly dancer on Friday nights and daily happy hour specials. Open daily from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 110 Church St., Santa Cruz, (831) 454-8663, mozaicsantacruz.com
PONO HAWAIIAN GRILL AND THE REEF Traditional Hawaiian grill, poke bar, fresh ingredients, full bar. 120 Union St., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-7666, www.ponohawaiiangrill.com
POUR TAPROOM Gastropub fare with vegan and gluten-free options. Sixty beers and eight wines on tap. 110 Cooper St., Ste. 100B, Santa Cruz, (831) 535-7007, pourtaproom.com/santa-cruz.
ROSIE MCCANN'S IRISH PUB & RESTAURANT Serving fresh, seasonal food, such as salads, grass-fed burgers, and
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sustainable fish dishes, with 29 beers on draft. 1220 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-9930, www.rosiemccanns.com
SOIF RESTAURANT & WINE BAR A comfortable place to drink great wine, eat food that is as good as the wine, and then—if the wine is to your liking—buy some and take it home. The restaurant is open Monday through Thursday from 5 to 9 p.m., and until 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 105 Walnut Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-2020, www.soifwine.com
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Seaside eatery turning out fresh seafood staples on the Santa Cruz Wharf with views of the Pacific. 59 Municipal Wharf, Santa Cruz, (831) 423-2180
ZOCCOLI’S Iconic delicatessen, sandwiches, salads, sides. 1534 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 423-1711,www.zoccolis.com
Harbor THE CROW’S NEST
Rotating beer selection, with dog-friendly outdoor patio. 519 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-2739, www.seabrightbrewery.com
Westside/Scotts Valley Grass-fed beef, fun atmosphere, and a great beer menu. 1520 Mission St., Santa Cruz, (831) 425-5300, www.burgersantacruz.com
CASCADES BAR & GRILL AT COSTANOA California cuisine, local, organic, and handcrafted ingredients. 2001 Rossi Road at Hwy 1, Pescadero, (650) 879-1100, www.costanoa.com
MISSION ST. BBQ
Iconic restaurant and bar located at the harbor. 2218 E. Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, (831) 476-4560, www.crowsnest-santacruz.com
Serving up smoked barbecue, craft beer and live music. 1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz, (831) 458-2222, www.facebook.com/missionstbbq
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AKIRA Sushi made with fresh-caught seafood and locally grown produce. 1222 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 600-7093, www.akirasantacruz.com
CHARLIE HONG KONG Vegan-oriented menu. Southeast Asian fusion, organic noodle and rice bowls. Chicken, beef, pork and salmon offered. Family and dog friendly. 1141 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 426-5664, www.charliehongkong.com
EL JARDÍN RESTAURANT Delicious and authentic Mexican cuisine featuring locally grown, fresh ingredients. 655 Capitola Road, Santa Cruz, (831) 4779384, www.eljardinrestaurant.net
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into the heart of Seabright. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 5 p.m. 538 Seabright Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 457-2782, lapostarestaurant.com.
British-influenced pub food with full bar. 841 Almar Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 421-0507, www.parishpublickhouse.com
Eastside/Capitola AVENUE CAFÉ Serving traditional breakfast and lunch, along with some Mexican favorites. 427 Capitola Ave., Capitola (831) 515-7559, www.avenuecafecapitola.com
CHILL OUT CAFE Breakfast burritos, espresso drinks, beautiful garden. 2860 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 477-0543, www.chilloutcafesantacruz.com
LA POSTA RESTAURANT
EAST SIDE EATERY, PLEASURE PIZZA
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Offering traditional pizza, as well as new and exciting tastes and textures. 800 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 431-6058, www.pleasurepizzasc.com
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KAITO Quaint atmosphere, specializing in ramen, sushi, Japanese tapas, beer and sake.in the heart of Pleasure Point. 830 41st Ave., Santa Cruz, (831) 464-2586, www.smilekaito.com
MARGARITAVILLE Waterfront restaurant offering a lively setting for casual Californian cuisine and cocktails. 231 Esplanade, Capitola, (831) 476-2263, margaritavillecapitola.com
PARADISE BEACH GRILLE Fine dining in the Capitola Village. An award-winning beachside restaurant with spectacular ocean views. 215 Esplanade, Capitola, (831) 476-4900, www.paradisebeachgrille.com
THE POINT CHOPHOUSE A traditional neighborhood steak “chop” house restaurant where generations of local families, friends and visitors to the area meet to celebrate in a casual setting. With good honest food, local draft beer and wine, and premium cocktails, the Point Chophouse offers something for everyone—even the little ones. Dinner and happy hour daily; breakfast and lunch weekends. 3326 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, (831) 476-2733, www.thepointchophouse.com
THE SAND BAR Capitola's new hot spot for great food, cocktails, and weekly live music. 211 Esplanade, Capitola. (831) 462-1881
SHADOWBROOK Fine dining with a romantic setting, cable car lift. A Capitola tradition since 1947. 1750 Wharf Road, Capitola, (831) 4751511, www.shadowbrook-capitola.com
SOTOLA California farmstead concept focusing on local farms, ranches and seafood. In convivial quarters with an outdoor patio. 231 Esplanade Ste. 102, Capitola, (831) 854- 2800
ZAMEEN AT THE POINT Fresh, fast and healthy Mediterranean cuisine. Made-to-order wraps, bowls and salads. Open Tuesday through Sunday. 851 41st Ave, Capitola, (831) 713-5520
ZELDA'S ON THE BEACH Indoor and outdoor dining with a beachfront deck, where American dishes, including seafood, are served. 203 Esplanade, Capitola, (831) 475-4900, www.zeldasonthebeach.com
Soquel CAFE CRUZ Rosticceria and bar, nice atmosphere, fresh and local. 2621 41st Ave., Soquel, (831) 476-3801, www.cafecruz.com
THE JERK HOUSE Traditional and fusion Jamaican cuisine made with fresh, organic and locally sourced ingredients. Mellow vibe and outdoor patio. 2525 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, (831) 316-7575, www.jerkhousesantacruz.com
SURF CITY SANDWICH Fast-casual dining with craft sandwiches, gourmet soups, salads, and a microtaproom. 4101 Soquel Drive, Soquel, (831) 346-6952, www.surfcitysandwich.com
TORTILLA FLATS For more than 25 years, their Mexican food has blended the fieriness of Mexico with the sophistication of French sauces, and the earthiness of the Yucatan and complexity of Santa Fe with all the freshness and lightness that Californians expect. 4616 Soquel Drive, Soquel, (831) 476-1754, tortillaflatsdining.com
Aptos/Watsonville AKIRA Now in Aptos, sushi made with freshcaught seafood and locally grown produce. 105 Post Office Drive, Ste. D, Aptos, (831) 708-2154, akirasantacruz.com
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APTOS ST. BBQ Santa Cruz County's best smoked barbecue, craft brews and live blues every night. 8059 Aptos St., Aptos, (831) 662-1721, www.aptosstbbq.com
BITTERSWEET BISTRO With its vast menu options from burgers to filet mignon, locally sourced produce, fresh fish and amazing desserts, the varied ambiance is perfect for an intimate dinner or casual gathering with family and friends. Enjoy a local beer on tap in the lounge while watching one of your favorite sports. Relax during happy hour with a handcrafted cocktail. The heated outdoor patio welcomes good dogowners and their furry friends. 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd., Aptos, (831) 662-9799, www.bittersweetbistro.com
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PARISH PUBLICK HOUSE
Grass-fed beef, fun atmosphere, great beer menu. 7941 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 662-2811, www.burgeraptos.com
Coffee, pastries and wood-fired pizzas. 113 Esplanade, Rio Del MarBeach, Aptos, (831) 661-5763, www.flatsbistro.com
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Two full bars, rotating taps, delicious pub fare, patio seating and thirstquenching cocktails. 8017 Soquel Drive, (831) 688-4300, theparishpublick.com
Breakfast and lunch served Tuesday through Sunday. Outdoor dogfriendly patio. 787 Rio Del Mar Blvd., Aptos, 831-662-9799, www.bittersweetbistro.com
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Fill your plate with good grub, pour a good drink, enjoy attentive and friendly service. 9051 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-5566, www.thehideoutaptos.com
MANUEL'S MEXICAN RESTAURANT Traditional, delicious recipes, cooked fresh daily, served with a genuine smile. 261 Center Ave., Aptos, (831) 688-4848, www.manuelsrestaurant.com
Enjoy ocean-front dining with breathtaking views. 131 Esplanade, Aptos, (831) 688-8917, www.caferioaptos.com
PALAPAS RESTAURANT & CANTINA
CILANTROS Authentic Mexican cuisine with fresh ingredients, high-quality meat and seafood. 1934 Main St., Watsonville, (831) 761-2161, www.elpalomarcilantros.com
Coastal Mexican Cuisine. Extensive tequila selection. Happy Hour, and dinner specials. 21 Seascape Blvd., Aptos, (831) 662-9000,www. palapasrestaurant.com
SANDERLINGS IN THE SEASCAPE BEACH RESORT Where your dining experience is as spectacular as the view. 1 Seascape Resort Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-7120, www.sanderlingsrestaurant.com
SEVERINO’S BAR & GRILL Award-winning chowders, locally sourced ingredients. 7500 Old Dominion Court, Aptos, (831) 6888987, www.severinosbarandgrill.com
San Lorenzo Valley COWBOY BAR AND GRILL Sandwiches, steaks and American fare served in a kid-friendly joint with a country-western theme. 5447 Hwy 9, Felton, (831) 335-2330, www.feltoncowboy.com
THE CREMER HOUSE The perfect spot to enjoy a cold, handcrafted beer, a glass of local wine, or a homemade soda while trying dishes using local, organic, farm-raised sustainable ingredients, as well as vegetarian items. 6256 Hwy 9, Felton, (831) 335-3976, www. cremerhouse.com
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ZAMEEN MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE Flavorful meals in a casual dining setting. 7528 Soquel Drive, Aptos, (831) 688-4465, www.zameencuisine.com
BRUNO'S BAR & GRILL Offers American cuisine for lunch and dinner all week long and brunch
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Brewery serving craft beer and local eats in a historic space with an industrial vibe. 426 Alvarado St., Monterey, (831) 6552337, www.alvaradostreetbrewery.com
BIG FISH GRILL
Long-standing eatery and pub offering steak, seafood, burgers, vegetarian options and patio seating. 4402 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley, (831) 4382244, www.malonesgrille.com.
Open for lunch, brunch, and dinner, or stop by to enjoy a cocktail and stunning views at the restaurant’s bar and lounge. The ambiance is casual California. 101 Fisherman's Wharf #1, Monterey, (831) 372-7562, www.bigfishmonterey.com
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ALVARADO STREET BREWERY
ABALONETTI Specializes in Monterey Bay calamari and offers almost a dozen varieties of squid dishes. 57 Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, (831) 373-1851, www.abalonettimonterey.com
Chill hangout with a patio and live music. Dishes up classic American eats plus a variety of brews. 479 Alvarado St., Monterey, (831) 655-3031, www. bullandbearca.com
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THE GUITAR WHISPERER Reflecting on the spirit of our town with Santa Cruz Guitar Company’s Richard Hoover By J.D. RAMEY
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aybe there’s something in the water, or maybe there’s an invisible vortex of energy emanating from The Mystery Spot, but for whatever reason, Santa Cruz has long been a magnet for freethinkers, radicals, artists, street performers, punks, Deadheads, dreadheads and outside-the-box characters of all stripes. This point isn’t lost on Richard Hoover, who is still feeling the magic more than four and a half decades since he became a permanent resident of this town. “Santa Cruz is really special, and it’s not something that happened in the ’60s that made it so,” muses Hoover, who has been overseeing the high-end acoustic guitar company Santa Cruz Guitar Company (SCGC) for more than 40 years. “It’s not the
current paradigm of student mix or what’s going on culturally in the country. It was like this in the 1860s. It’s always drawn people that were expatriates: a little quirky, a little odd—especially artistic people.” As befits an establishment that represents a laid-back town like Santa Cruz, SCGC’s company goal is peace of mind and quality of life for its customers as well as for its staff. Some by-products of this commitment are the relatively small number of instruments the business manufactures—roughly 500 to 700 per year—and the famously high quality of the guitars that it produces: SCGC’s instruments have won the favor of such notable players as Eric Clapton, David Crosby, Ben Harper and Joan Baez, and high-profile musicians like Brad Paisley, Janis Ian and Tony Rice have gone so far as to
put out signature SCGC models. Hoover actively seeks out ways to make his employees’ lives better, easier and less stressful, whether that applies to the contents of vending machines, the lighting in the building or improved methods of making guitars. “The quality level that we have is impossible to get by threatening people or bribing people,” he states. “It has to be something that somebody is invested in personally. They’ve got their heart in it, and they want to see the final product be as cool as possible.” SCGC also promotes equanimity through its sustainable business practices. The company sources its wood mostly from small families in regions like the Swiss Alps, India and the San Joaquin Valley, exclusively using reclaimed and sustainably yielded materials. “[The trees] could
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GREAT PUMPKIN BINGO HUNT All 13 days at Wharf Businesses HAUNTING HOUR KICKOFF PARTY Friday Oct 19, 5:00 –7:00 pm ZOMBIE NIGHT Saturday Oct 27, 4:00 –7:00 pm Thriller Dance at 5:30 pm TRICK-OR-TREATING ON THE WHARF Wednesday Oct 31, 4:00 – 6:00 pm Meet your favorite costumed characters!
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SCGC’S INSTRUMENTS HAVE WON THE FAVOR OF SUCH NOTABLE PLAYERS AS ERIC CLAPTON, DAVID CROSBY, BEN HARPER AND JOAN BAEZ.
have fallen from natural causes; they could be sunk in a lake; they could be part of an old building or they could be the discardable tree trunk of walnut,” Hoover notes. This gives SCGC’s staff the peace of mind that comes from knowing they’re not funding slave labor or supporting the transport of military weapons or drugs, which occurs in areas where many companies get their tropical woods. As Hoover puts it, “You know you’re not compromising your soul to do your job.” Hoover’s life as a luthier began at age 16. While he was strumming a guitar to pass the time before his girlfriend came home from school, he had the revelation that if he took the instrument apart, he might be able
to figure out how to rebuild it. The odds were in his favor: His father, who worked in wood, metal, plastic and foam, often had his children make their own toys, not to mention take things apart to figure out how they worked. His mother, a reference librarian (“the Google of the day,” Hoover notes) suggested he find books that would show him how to put the guitar back together. In the absence of books on making steel-string guitars, Hoover gathered his information from treatises, diaries and analyses of violinmaking and then applied this knowledge to the guitar. The next key event in his career took place while he was working as a performing singer/songwriter. When he applied for a loan in the fall of 1972
to replace a stolen guitar, he discovered that his loan officer, Bruce McGuire, was a guitar maker. In the neighborly spirit of a true Santa Cruzan, McGuire taught him the ways of luthiery. All these years later, Hoover’s passion for guitars hasn’t diminished in the least. He attributes his enduring enthusiasm for his work to its connection to something larger. “The guitar is something I love [and] always have, but it’s only a vehicle in our true mission, which is to show people how to live right and treat other people well,” he says. “People are happy when they come in here, and they’re even happier when they leave.” Learn more at santacruzguitar.com.
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COASTAL RAIL TRAIL Are you confused? Learn the facts! APPROVED PLAN
UNAPPROVED CONCEPT
plan adopted after a 3 year R Current public process.
NO public process, promotion began after public process and Rail Trail approval.
plan adopted by County, and three cities R Current it passes through. R Environmental review complete. R $142M available to build the trail. R Work underway on 13 of 32 miles of the trail. R First segment will be open in 2019. R Most of trail could be built in 10 years. R Preserves tracks for future rail use.
NO real plan and no support by local governments for the trail only approach.
Supported by leading bicycle
NO environmental review. NO funds allocated for trail only approach. NO work underway. NO timeline for construction. NO construction will begin for eight years, earliest. Tracks will be removed. Railbanking is NOT a viable option for returning them. Leading bicycle and environmental organizations say NO trail delay.
R and environmental organizations. Trail NOW, Rail TBD
Trail Later, Rail Never
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LOCALISM 2.0 By KYLE THIERMANN
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rowing up in Santa Cruz, I was taught to treat transplants with the same amount of respect as gum stuck to my shoe. I watched as their one-wheel electric skateboards, Costco soft-tops, and $7 lattes eroded my beloved surf culture like the winter swells that batter West Cliff Drive. Rather than defend my local brethren who perch themselves on the railings of our crumbling cliffs, though, let me step down from my racehorse named Entitlement and, for the sake of argument, play the transplants’ advocate. After all, the question of “who deserves the set wave all depends on how you rank hierarchy. Right now, status is determined by the number of years a surfer has dedicated to a given break as well as the surfer’s skill level. What if, however, status was determined by the level of sacrifice a surfer had undergone to be at the wave? Remember that the transplant took the initiative to relocate his or her
entire life in order to enjoy the same waves that I was born into. Using this logic, all I had to do was not die in order to ascend my way up the totem poll. The transplant, however, exercised true grit. Although it would be funny to hear people plead their versions of “I walked 20 miles in the snow to get here” in order to gain status, systems that reward martyrdom don’t tend to bring out the best in us. That is why I propose a new system to structure hierarchy that is designed to bring forth our highest selves—let’s call it Localism 2.0. Localism 2.0 is a model that would determine status in a lineup based on community engagement. That latte-drinking Netflix engineer could quickly rise through the ranks if they clocked enough hours at the Needle Exchange or volunteered at the Homeless Garden Project. Similarly, a local like moi could secure set waves as long as I volunteered with Ride A Wave or went grocery shop-
ping for my 90-year-old neighbor, Gloria. If a dispute broke out in the water it would be solved with a swift tally of community-service hours. “Hey kook, you snaked me on that last wave!” one surfer would shout. “Screw you man, that wave was mine.” The other would shout back, “I spent nine hours cleaning up plastic bags along San Lorenzo River last week!” Rather than passively grumble about our meth epidemic, Localism 2.0 would incentivize locals and transplants alike to get involved. Before long, San Fransisco and Los Angeles would take notice of our success and the model would spread across seas until even the most colossal issues of our time were being spearheaded by surfers—and the Dali Lama himself would kiss my forehead and grant me his most holy medallion to honor my brilliant idea. But, until that day comes, when you hear me hooting, stay off my wave, kook.
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