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Mavericks awakens and Californian's rejoice up and down the coast as the first legit swell of 2012 hits. Stay tuned for part two, the offshore buoys are showing an even bigger and badder swell behind this one!
Judging by a few web clips of him taking surfing lessons to gear up for the film, putting him in the novice category would seem generous—which makes you wonder what he was doing in the line up at one of the most dangerous breaks in the world.
Stirring, haunting, touching, amazing...the words are hard to find to describe this mini-movie created by Volcom. With testimonials by Mark Healey, Nathan Fletcher, Dustin Barca, Bruce Irons, Chava Greenlee, Braden Dias, and Skindog it's a must watch.
The annual Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards will be held at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California on April 29, 2011. While we wait, check out all the entries and start some banter as to who you think will win...
Stirring tribute to fallen big wave surfer Sion Milsoky from the Windowseat film crew...
Ken "Skindog" Collins from www.chasingmonsters.com put together this gripping video from Sion Milosky's last days before his tragic passing at Mavericks on Wednesday evening.
With the peak window of high surf activity in the Northern Hemisphere just starting its annual roll, the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy is already chock full of amazing entries from all around the planet. Unlike conventional surfing competitions which wait in one location until the waves come to them, the eleventh annual Billabong XXL Awards has the unique advantage of a window which runs all year long and is open to all the world's best surfers at the all world's best big waves -- whenever and wherever they come in - as long as they are caught on film or tape.
The 24 invitees consist of surfers from all over California – including several locals – as well as Hawaii, Florida and other parts of the world and includes none other than 10-Time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater.
While the official start to winter is weeks away, a solid north swell lit up the entire West Coast and had surfers from Santa Cruz to Ensenada waxing up the big boards and going for broke.
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...
Brett Simpson, Taj Burrow, TJ Barron, and Ola Eleogram show you how it's done while NorCal's Ion Bonner performs a "what not to do" maneuver at Mavericks...
Mavericks: Everest of the Seas Exhibition has unveiled its latest gallery featuring some of the most heart-stopping images from the epic El Niño-fueled Big Wave Season.
This winter, while studying for her Physics, Cellular Biology and Mammalian Endocrinology Physiology classes, Savannah Shaughnessy made time to ride some of the biggest waves of the year.
