The Jay At Maverick's Big Wave Invitational Opening Ceremony went down on Monday in Half Moon Bay and today officially kicks off the three month holding period for the event. Check out the vid and the heat draw for the first round. Now we wait for the Pacific to cooperate...

A new organization calling itself the Half Moon Bay Surf Group Inc. won a permit to produce the world-renowned annual surf contest at Mavericks from the San Mateo County Harbor Commission on Wednesday night, but not without a dose of controversy.

Maverick’s Competitors, Surfing Community Unite to Support “The Jay at Maverick’s Big Wave Invitational”. Surfers Unanimously Vote for New Event; Will Not Support MSV Inc. Application...

Chaos and carnage ensues after a rogue wave smashes into a large group of people watching the Mavericks Surf Contest last weekend in Half Moon Bay...

In one of the biggest swells to rock the coast all season, Mavericks finally lights up for the Mavericks Surf Contest where South African hellman Chris Bertish wins a cool $50,000 on a board shaped by ousted contest director Jeff Clark.

Mavericks Big Wave Surfing Contest To Run This Saturday At Half Moon Bay

Valentine's Day will be for lovers—of combos swells that is. The Mavericks contest has the greenlight for Saturday, so get ready for some broken hearts and broken boards.

Swell? Check. Surfers? Check. Lawyer from New York running the show? Check. Get the scoop here...

Putting aside backroom politics, Maverick pioneer Jeff Clark appeared “out of the mist” on a stand up paddleboard and into the ceremonial blessing that marks the beginning of the big wave contest.

Thirty-five years after he discovered the heaving surf break off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Clark is out as contest director, according to the company that owns the event...

With $150,000 on the line, organizers of the Mavericks Surf Contest extended the waiting period by a week, then promptly called it of all together. The reason for the sudden flip?

La Nina is not only pissing in my Cheerios, the big wave bros who crave Mavericks are predicting the cash cow of a contest—the Mavericks Surf Contest—won’t run this year…

Apparently that big old purple blob on the swell charts doesn't cut the Mavericks mustard...

Maverick's Surf Contest organizers announced Tuesday that the payout for the big-wave surf contest has been doubled from $75,000 to $150,000, making it the largest known prize purse in big-wave surfing history.

When Contest Director Jeff Clark gives the greenlight, fans can experience “the world’s most dangerous wave” and all the jaw-dropping action from the comfort and convenience of their mobile phones. Beginning at 8 a.m. (PST) on contest day, the mobile broadcast will feature all the epic big-wave surfing action, live interviews with the surfers, up-to-the-minute heat results and the awards ceremony.