What came next may end up in the history books. Slebir, a 23-year-old Santa Cruz local, caught a towering wave at the Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated by ...

Mavericks is world famous for the massive waves that pound the offshore reef near Half Moon Bay in the winter. The surf spot was pioneered by Jeff Clark, a local who first surfed the break in 1975 ...

But despite its distinction, the spot is finicky and typically ... but they were with me as well. Big-wave surfing is a lot of camaraderie, and on this swell at Mavericks everybody just wanted ...