Not counting California what other place has both great snowboarding and surfing reasonaly close to each other

Question

with beaches easy to reach (no long hikes or angry land owners) and mountains with lifts. I know about Oregon.

Answer 1

well there is new zealand but that is international

Answer 2

Anywhere on the West Coast.  You just a thick wetsuit.

You can also ski in Mexico and be surfing in 3 hours.

Answer 3

Portugal!

Skiing in the north, and great surfing in the west and south.

Answer 4

The following you can likely find some sort of surf and snowboarding:

- New Zealand (great surf, great snowboarding)

- Big Island Hawaii (yeap, snow won't be great but they get some, do your research here....)

- Chile (great surf, great snowboarding)

- France (well, surf wise yes, but Switzerland is close by)

- Nova Scotia (cold)

- Vancouver Canada (solid choice but you will have to drive for both)

That should be a good list....