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Around Santa Cruz, the water is cold. But the waves are lively, and people like playing in the them. (Thank goodness local Santa Cruzan, Jack O'Neill, invented the wetsuit.)

Our cold water also got us a great surf contest, the Coldwater Classic. Every year top surfers from around the world show up to challenge our powerful waves and each other.

Here are some photos from the first day of the 2009 Classic — Monday, November 2nd.

It's just the first day, not too crowded with onlookers yet 

Decent waves in the afternoon

Moving the ocean around

Lots of air. Gotta love that air. But it's a risky move — some people fall.

This guy fell. 

Really cool: some surfers from Japan.