But he recognizes the legacy of Mavericks spans the small surf town of Princeton in Half Moon Bay. VIDEO: Daring surfers head to Bay Area's legendary Mavericks as powerful waves expected.

After finances and a gender equity battle killed the event, a 24-year-old woman who doesn't surf wants to bring it back. And not everyone is happy about that.

Mavericks legend Jeff Clark participates in the opening ceremony of the 2018/2019 World Surf League Big Wave Tour Mavericks Challenge at Mavericks Beach in Half Moon Bay, California, on Friday ...

The surf on Tuesday at Mavericks was “as good as it’s been in 10 years,” big-wave pioneer Jeff Clark said. Clark ought to know. He was the first surfer to ride Mavericks, the formidable reef ...

XXL New Year's Swell On The Way For Northern California This Week. In December of 1994, Hawaiian big-wave superstar Mark Foo took a redeye flight from Oahu to California to surf Maverick’s for ...

The world's best surfers descend on Half Moon Bay, Calif., for the Mavericks Surf Competition, hoping to get a piece of record-breaking tall waves -- and the $150,000 purse.

Pro surfer describes what it was like when he wiped out on a monster wave at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay. 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay. Welcome, Mickey.

For years after its 1999 debut, the big-wave surf competition at legendary Mavericks north of Half Moon Bay was a Bay Area phenomenon. Organizers would announce the event at the last minute ...

Mr. Fox is a professional big wave surfer. SOQUEL, Calif. — Throughout my 20-plus years of surfing big waves, I’ve experienced some amazing moments in and around the ocean. I’ve witnessed ...

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 ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A big-wave surfer at Mavericks is essentially an ocean sensor. Grant Washburn can tell you the approximate depth of the seafloor beneath him, the size of a 40-foot wave ...

But he recognizes the legacy of Mavericks spans the small surf town of Princeton in Half Moon Bay. VIDEO: Daring surfers head to Bay Area's legendary Mavericks as powerful waves expected.