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MAVERICKS SURF COMPETITION...

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Alex_G
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I went to the mavericks big wave surf competition in nor cal today and it fucking blew my mind. I have never seen waves so big in my life, they were 35-40 feet and these guys were surfing them. And this was the smallest a Mavericks competition has ever been in the history of its competitions. If you ever get a chance to see a big wave surf competition, you definitely don't wanna miss it because there is some sick shit that goes on.

Jan 12 2008 5:41PM
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MarkieR
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yeah mavericks is gnarly.  i stopped there on my way down the pch last summer to check it out.  it wasn't going off then, but it's a sick place.  super rocky and sharky.  dudes who surf that shit have balls of steel.
Jan 12 2008 5:51PM
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wev-skis
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Mavericks are fucking nuts but it only goes off in like perfect conditions. I thought it was pretty far off shore, how well could u see it from shore?

Jan 12 2008 7:15PM
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TerminatorX
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ya, i was wondering the same thing. its supposed to be a bitch getting to the line up
Jan 12 2008 7:20PM
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wev-skis
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well dude they use jet skis, i dont think ur gonna be able to duck dive a 40 foot wall of white water
Jan 12 2008 9:50PM
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GUZ
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yeah i've always wanted to see it in real life i almost did when i was in cali over the summer but then i didnt
Jan 12 2008 10:12PM
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ValPow
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that wave is so gnarly, water is sooooo cold aswell

claimed alot of lives as well, perhaps best known is marco fu from hawaii, got his leash caught in a rock and the currents were so strong he couldnt untangle it so he drowned.

top 3 gnarliest by far, cortes bank is meant to be insane, but only in the right conditions, they reckon it can produce a 100 foot wave, peehi (jaws) can be huge too, chopes aswell, i'm sure there are more unheard of waves out there.

those guys are sick tho, led by laird hamilton
Jan 12 2008 10:39PM
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Alex_G
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Yeah mavs only really goes off in the wintertime. They get out to the waves by jetski, and if you don't have a jetski its a 45minute paddle out to the set.

I snuck up to the media section, where there was a fat cliff with the best view to watch the waves from, where newspapers and magazines were taking pictures. If I weren't in the media section, the view would have been shit.

Speaking of Mark Foo, I walked by his cross up on a cliff today and payed my respects to him it was pretty savage.
Jan 13 2008 2:03AM
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PacificRimJob
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Dude.. I wish I had the day off.. I would have given up a day of skiing just to head on out...

damn bro.
Jan 13 2008 2:05AM
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TerminatorX
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the first surfers to surf there walked out to this point where they would jump in and swim  around the break to get to the line up and it would take like 3 hours (i forgot exactly how long). but your right, it wouldn't take half as long with jet skis.

Jan 13 2008 6:55PM
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hawaiiansteeze
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yea when jeff clark first maverics ALONE everyday it broke he had to paddle out half a mile.  he surfed alone at that gnarly wave for 15 years i couldnt imagine doing that and if he fucked up he would have been gone. 
Jan 13 2008 7:00PM
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Alex_G
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You could definitely tell who was hawaiian and who wasnt, because the hawaiian surfers always tried to get under the tube since a lot of spots tube in hawaii. The mavericks tubes, however, lasted for a half second and then whoever tried to get under it got owned. One of them made it and got an 8/10 i think.
Jan 13 2008 7:02PM
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Microcosm
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I have the book and I've read the stories, that's insane. those waves all alone half a mile out with sharks. I mean wow. just wow.
Jan 13 2008 8:57PM
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TheButterHashira
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My step dad said he had been to one before. Saw it on CNN and the waves looked bigger than my house.
Jan 13 2008 8:58PM
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MEGAZORD
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yeah mavs doesnt barrel at all.  its fucking nuts.
Jan 13 2008 9:01PM
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Alex_G
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as i said before it has a small barrel that lasts for a half second. you can't say it doesnt barrel at all but if you try to ride under it you are going to get pwned.

Jan 13 2008 9:06PM
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.makuma.
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that is insane.
Jan 13 2008 9:14PM
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