Hannah Perry

November 15, 2007

UCSB Surf Team Impresses in SoCal Event

By Hannah Perry

UCSB's nationally ranked surf team won the first event at Black's Beach in La Jolla on Nov. 3, with a total of 126.5 points, just edging out Cal State San Marcos by half a point.

October 18, 2007

SB Surfer Answers Rincon Swell Mystery

By Hannah Perry

As predicted, this past weekend provided the Santa Barbara coastline with decent swell and the encouragement that local surfers needed as winter draws near.

October 4, 2007

New Season Means New Hope for SB Surfers

By Hannah Perry

UCSB students surf. They either rip, look up to those who do or beg to learn. Fact is, in this part of the central coast - SoCal for those of you who have never made it south of here - there are waves to be found. Depend...

September 27, 2007

Santa Barbara Drops Pair to Tough Conference Foes

By Hannah Perry

After a strong start to the season, the men's water polo team has now dropped five straight games, with four of those defeats coming by a one-goal margin.

May 17, 2007

Look Beyond the Surf to Protect Our Waves

By Hannah Perry

UCSB is home to many a surfer: the young, the old, the new, the experienced, the lost, the familiar and the ancient -- from the ripper at birth to the born inlander.

May 2, 2007

What We Do for Surf

By Hannah Perry

Zachary King, a 2003 UCSB film studies alumnus, makes it a point to read the Daily Nexus online - daily.

April 4, 2007

California Misses Out on Winter Swell

By Hannah Perry

If you surf, you've noticed any swell that has managed to develop has completely missed Santa Barbara this year.

February 28, 2007

Surfing For Inlanders

By Hannah Perry

Surfing as a sport has always been a meditative and active way to cleanse one's mind.

February 13, 2007

Rain Cannot Keep SB Surfers at Bay

By Hannah Perry

The UCSB surf team performed well in both rain and shine this past weekend, proving its place in the top ranks by dominating the National Scholastic Surfing Association's event at Huntington Beach.

February 7, 2007

Come on and Safari With Me

By Hannah Perry

Surf travel is a constant dream in the heart of every surfer. At one time or another, it is inevitable to envision a greater wave. The yearning to strap a board to the roof of a car or pack it in a board bag to venture o...

February 2, 2007

Santa Barbara Prepares for Tourney

By Hannah Perry

The UCSB's women's water polo team, headed by Coach Danielle Altman, is looking forward to another eventful season this coming spring.

January 30, 2007

Gauchos Monopolize Mammoth

By Hannah Perry

The UCSB alpine race team headed to Mammoth this past weekend for its third competition of the year and turned in another dominant performance. The Gaucho racers have already taken off to a quick lead this season, leavin...

January 24, 2007

Watch Out for the Groms

By Hannah Perry

Change is an inevitable process that every walk of life will learn to appreciate. For surfing, change has created a more volatile sport, transforming what once was an artistic expression into what is now a competitive ri...

January 22, 2007

Unfriendly Conditions Leave SB Out To Dry

By Hannah Perry

The UCSB surf team hosted a contest down the 101 this weekend at C Street in Ventura, falling short of a win with some hard luck in the semifinals.

January 11, 2007

Get Wet: Who’s Got the Raddest Swell?

By Hannah Perry

Localism always has been and always will be prevalent in society. Everything that has breath somehow feels as though it owns special rights and privileges to its place of birth.

November 8, 2006

Take Advantage of a Surfing Situation

By Hannah Perry

Do you appreciate daily the incomparable environment we share here at UCSB? Enjoy the gorgeous cliffs, picturesque sunsets and long stretch of beaches... with waves.