Adam Replogle News Today

When Santa Cruz's only big surf industry company, O'Neill Wetsuits, put on an event in October that for the first time included females, it could've been a happy story of progress at last. Instead it "came off wrong," according to many who followed it closely, and the company has said very little about it. Others, though, had much to say.

Nat Young was an up-and-coming title contender when he burst onto the scene in 2013 but life and the quirks of pro surfing heats' slim margins left him on the outside looking in after four seasons. Powered by the spirit of beloved mom Rosie, who he lost in February, Young is back on surfing's big stage.

Golden State excerpts from Dave Nelson’s new book, Dual Perspective.