Teen surfer rescues drowning man from Santa Cruz beach

As Zade Stone-Hinds remembered it, it was high tide at Santa Cruz’s Sunny Cove last Saturday with a lot of big waves towering at around six to eight feet tall. Stone-Hinds, 17, had just left the water for the morning when he saw a young man struggling to stay afloat — and didn’t think twice about jumping in to the punishing waters to save him. Sign up for our Newsletters Now, local officials and witnesses are referring to Stone-Hinds as a hero…

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