Surfing is Officially California's State Sport On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that made surfing the official sport of California. While the law acknowledges that surfing has Hawaiian origins, it also makes the case that California revolutionized the art of hanging 10. California provides a surfer's paradise that CA Rep. Muratsuchi estimates generated more than $6 billion in annual retail sales. Huntington Beach now calls itself Surf City and is home to the Surfers' Hall of Fame and the International
Surfing Museum. Oceanside has the California
Surf Museum. In Redondo Beach, there is a bust of George Freeth, hailed as California's first surfer after he began dazzling local crowds in 1907.