Every day, locals and visitors wind up and down the trails to Trinidad State Beach. As I walked to the break in the red curb at the end of the parking lot off Stagecoach Road, I anticipated some killer views. It is Trinidad after all. What I did not expect was a close footpath that […]
Trinidad State Beach
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Teen Rescuers Featured in Washington Post
This morning’s Washington Post feature’s a story about four local teenage surfers who rescued two brothers on Nov. 11 in the waters off Trinidad State Beach. The rescue, first reported in the North Coast Journal, took place around 1:30 p.m. after the 15 year old and 20 year old visiting from out of town were […]
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SECOND UPDATE: Teen Surfers Rescue Two Swept Out by Rip in Trinidad
Four teenage surfers came to the rescue of a 15 year old and 20 year old who were in severe distress Nov. 11 after being swept out by a rip current off Trinidad State Beach. According to Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Samantha Karges, a call came in around 1:30 p.m. reporting that the swimmers, […]
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Wavesgiving
On Saturday, Nov. 19, while some of us huddled inside and watched the rain, Humboldt surfers woke before dawn and headed out to Trinidad State Beach for the second annual Wavesgiving Surf Contest. Some 20 contestants zipped into their wetsuits and hit the water to compete for cash and salty glory. Photographer Sean Jansen was […]
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Burying Old Grudges
Matthew Caldwell (with the shovel) and his friends — (left-right) Miles Gonzaga, Jordan Brunnell and Logan Bailey — took turns late Sunday afternoon burying each other up to their chins at Trinidad State Beach. Seems as good a way as any to finish off the moldering old year.