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NBC 7 looks at how students at UCSD are mixing some fun into their academics

UC San Diego is known for its academics, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had. One class mixes science with the beach by teaching students and community members how to make a surfboard.

Kolohe Andino was introduced to surfing by his father, a champion surfer. Now, Andino is heading to Tokyo to compete in surfing’s Olympic debut.

The magazine had a 60-year run, and was described by one surfer as the bible of the sport. NBC 7’s Artie Ojeda has the story.

Editor in Chief Todd Prodanovich spoke to NBC 7 about the end of the magazine.

“Surfer” magazine, which helped legitimize wave-riding as a global sport through its lush photography and California-cool stories, printed its final edition this month and suspended its Carlsbad-based operations.

A growing number of women in California are hitting the surf, reports NBC 7’s Consumer Bob.

Surfing has long been a male-dominated sport, but for decades women have been also dropping into the waves. There’s a growing number of female surfers in the past few years. Many of them have been surfing since they were young, but say the culture was very different.

Ross takes us surfing in one of his favorite spots in Santa Cruz, and give us a bit of a history lesson with a tour of the Santa Cruz Surf Museum.

A heavy downpour and strong winds pounded Tokyo and surrounding areas on Saturday as a powerful typhoon forecast to be Japan’s worst in six decades made landfall southwest of Tokyo, with streets, beaches and train stations deserted. Store shelves were bare after people stocked up on water and food ahead of Typhoon Hagibis. The Japan Meteorological Agency warned of dangerously...

Surfers with mobility disabilities rode the waves on a sunny Sunday at La Jolla Shores. A non-profit group with hundreds of volunteers used adaptive surfboards and professional instructors to teach people who use wheelchairs to get out on the water.

A paddleboarder who bashed the head of a surfer in the ocean with a paddle, causing brain damage, will spend five years in prison for the crime.

The paddle boarder accused of attacking a surfer at sunset cliffs was found guilty Thursday. The incident happened back in June. NBC 7’s Mark Mullen has more.

A surfer suffered leg bites but survived a shark attack on California’s Central Coast after kicking the massive fish away.

A woman was rescued from a beach near La Jolla and Pacific Beach after she was discovered unconscious, floating face down out from shore Wednesday morning.

Commuters were being affected by flooded roadways hours after a December storm dumped inches of rain on San Diego County, forcing the National Weather Service to issue a flash flood warning.

Beautiful Capistrano Beach has always been a tourist attraction. Now it’s garnering attention for a different reason.

A professional modeling photographer working out of Carlsbad was arrested Tuesday for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor client during a photoshoot.

A high-tech effort to stop shark attacks before they happen involves a sonar system now in place in Newport Beach.

There was a lot of love shown Wednesday night at a ceremonial paddle out for Carlsbad surfer Adam “Biff” Esposito, who was found dead September 9 in Mexico.