
The view from inside the 'wave.' (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)

Homer Henard drags his hand across the 'wave' face as he gets barreled inside a tarp being pulled by Luke Rockhold in an empty parking lot. For a handful of local surfers, tarp surfing is becoming big when the real waves are small. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)

Homer Henard drags his hand across the overhead 'wave' face as he gets barrelled while riding through a folding tarp in an empty parking lot. 'Tarp surfing' is becoming big when the real waves are small. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
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Dan Coyro/Sentinel Luke Rockhold emerges from a tube as Homer Henard yanks on the tarp. (Dan Coyro/Sentinel)
The tarp surfing phenomenon started in Santa Cruz and has been made popular by the youtube video which has received more than 1.5 million views.