Editing Santa Barbara, California (section)

==Sports==
Athletics teams wearing the [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos|UC Santa Barbara]] Gauchos uniform are some of the most popular spectator sports locally. The Gauchos field 20 varsity teams in [[NCAA Division I]], most of which play in the [[Big West Conference]]. Popular teams include the [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's soccer|men's soccer team]], which averages over 3,800 fans per game,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2016/2015attendance.pdf|title=MEN'S SOCCER ATTENDANCE RECORDS|website=Fs.ncaa.org|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=March 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305101119/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_soccer_RB/2016/2015attendance.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's basketball|men's basketball team]], which averages over 2,300 fans per game.<ref>{{cite report|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf|title=2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Attendance|date=2016|website=Fs.ncaa.org|access-date=August 1, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517015329/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/attend/2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Santa Barbara annually hosts the ''[[Semana Nautica 15K|Semana Nautica]]'' Summer Sports Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Semana Nautica |url=https://semananautica.com/ |website=Semana Nautica |access-date=June 16, 2020}}</ref> One of the main events of the festival is the [[Semana Nautica 15K]], the oldest continuously running race on California's central coast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Race History – Semana Nautica 15K |url=https://sbrunning.org/Race-History |website=Santa Barbara Athletic Association |access-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-date=June 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616074647/https://sbrunning.org/Race-History |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nite Moves is a popular local 5k race, with an optional ocean swim portion, open to all ages and held on Wednesday evenings from May to the end of August.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cervin |first=Michael |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1011681223 |title=Santa Barbara know-it-all : a guide to everything that matters |date=2018 |isbn=978-1-68106-137-5 |location=St. Louis, MO |oclc=1011681223}}</ref>

Surfing is a part of Santa Barbara culture. The late [[Bruce Brown (director)|Bruce Brown]]'s cult classic documentary, ''[[The Endless Summer]]'', put surfing on the map, and he was often seen around town prior to his death in December 2017. Surfing legend Pat Curren and his son, three time world champion [[Tom Curren]], as well as ten time world champion [[Kelly Slater]], and other popular surfers such as Shaun Tompson, [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]] and Chris Brown call Santa Barbara home. The Channel Islands block summer surf swells that come from the tropics or further south, the southern hemisphere. For these reasons Santa Barbara is viewed as a winter surf location.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}