We live about 20 or so minutes for Mavericks. I've always wanted to attend a Mavericks big wave surf competition but the Half Moon Bay area is not designed for traffic and it can get pretty crowded. Still, I always enjoying hearing the words, "Its on". Competition begins this Saturday.
From the competition website (http://www.maverickssurf.com/)...
Mavericks is a world-renowned big wave break located one-half mile off the coast of Half Moon Bay, California.
Since the early 1990s, when the local spot was introduced to the world, Mavericks has become an epicenter of modern big-wave surfing, attracting elite riders to test its limits (and theirs) each time it rears its awe-inspiring head. With waves cresting as high as 50 feet, ridiculously strong currents, dangerous rocks, perilously shallow reefs, and bone-chilling water temperatures, Mavericks is like no other place on Earth.
Each winter, during a waiting period typically set for sometime between November and March – if and when conditions are perfect, and giant swells roll in from faracross the Pacific – The Mavericks Surf Contest® is held. On just 24 hours notice, two dozen of the surfing community’s bravest and most skillful souls assemble to confront the thundering mountain of salt water many consider to be the most dangerous wave Mother Nature has ever concocted.
From ESPN: Green Means Go (http://espn.go.com/action/surfing/blog/_/post/4906410)
It's official, the 2009/2010 Maverick's Surf Contest has received the green light to run this upcoming Saturday, Feb. 13. After what's definitely been a big-wave season to remember, there's yet another northwest swell looming on the horizon, and it's looking prime for Maverick's.
"Mother Nature is smiling once again on Maverick's," reads a post on the contest's Twitter page. "The 24 have voted and we are a go for Saturday."
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