Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

All Memories

Better than Disneyland, 2018
My children have been to Disneyland dozens of times but say they have more fun on "our" boardwalk. Coasters, thrill rides and ice cream cones are what they love. Thank you Boardwalk...
Boardwalk photo
Memories of a homesick native., 1980
Santa Cruz is my hometown. I was born there, spent most of my childhood and teenage years there, and have been homesick for it for most of the past 20 years. Part of the problem of growing...
Boardwalk photo
Love at first sight, 1966
I had gone to the beach with my family and while there we ran into some family friends. They asked me to take their daughter on the Boardwalk and buy her ice cream. I was 18 years old. While...
Nephew's Day at the Boardwalk, 2018
Took my nephew to the boardwalk and caught one of my favorite photos of him.
Boardwalk photo
My birthday with my awesome dad, 1971
Every year on my birthday, starting in 1971, my Dad and I had a date, lunch at Castignolas, at a table overlooking the Boardwalk. Then we would go spend the afternoon having the time of...
Boardwalk photo
Senior Sneak Day, 1965
Campbell High School traditionally sent its senior class to the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz for one day, towards the end of the school year. It was called Senior Sneak Day. We really had lots of fun...
The Mystery Love Letter , 1968
My wife and I return to the Boardwalk every year on Memorial Day or Labor Day. It started in 1968 when a young sixteen year old girl walked to the Boardwalk every day from her summer home just...
Dream Honeymoon, 2018
The Santa Cruz Boardwalk was our first big trip together as a couple, so of course we went back for our honeymoon. We fell in love with the place and it's one of the places where we fell in...