For this episode we went aboard the O’Neill Sea Odyssey in the Santa Cruz Harbor. It’s a 65-foot catamaran on which kids get to take a field trip they’ll never forget – a science cruise on Monterey Bay. You’ll learn more about this educational adventure during the show.
We also met the man behind the sea odyssey program, Jack O’Neill, a surfing icon and innovator who is also credited with the invention of the wetsuit.
And we visited the Stradivarius of surf board shapers, Doug Haut. Doug has been shaping boards for 50 years. He’s another Santa Cruz legend.
Finally we went to class – surf class that is – with veteran big wave surfer Richard Schmidt. A former Santa Cruz lifeguard, Schmidt made his reputation riding huge waves on Hawaii’s North Shore and now he’s teaching just about anyone how to surf.