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SantaCruzFlores
View over Santa Cruz, town and main settlement in Flores island (Azores). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View over Santa Cruz, town and main settlement in Flores island (Azores)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Santa Cruz
How work, access and surfing shaped Santa Cruz.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Santa Monica State Beach is a California State Park operated by the city of Santa Monica.
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1922
Work at the water’s edge
The pier has a National Historic Landmark -– the 1922 Looff Hippodrome Carousel.
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Santa Cruz.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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A surfer at the wave
A California surfer. Santa Cruz and the surrounding Northern California coastline is a popular surfing destination; however, the year-round low temperature of the ocean in that region (averaging 57ºF/14ºC) necessitates the use of wetsuits. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- A California surfer. Santa Cruz and the surrounding Northern California coastline is a popular surfing destination; however, the year-round low temperature of the ocean in that region (averaging 57ºF/14ºC) necessitates the use of wetsuits
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
2028
Surfing reads the same coast differently
The beach will host beach volleyball and surfing during the 2028 Summer Olympics.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Santa Cruz is recorded at 39.138° N, 9.388° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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SantaCruzFlores
View over Santa Cruz, town and main settlement in Flores island (Azores). This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View over Santa Cruz, town and main settlement in Flores island (Azores)
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Santa Cruz now
Nick Gabaldon, one of the first black surfers in California, lived in Santa Monica, and used the 200 foot roped off stretch of beach demarcated for blacks.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
SantaCruzFlores
AOD.EU.SANTA-CRUZ-PORTUGAL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
A surfer at the wave
AOD.EU.SANTA-CRUZ-PORTUGAL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Santa Monica State Beach overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.