Everest of the Seas – Longboard Vineyards 2010 ReDuex
by frank on May.12, 2010, under Mavsurfer@Mavericks
The 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 year’s lineup includes not only a culmination of images from Award-winning photographers Frank Quirarte, Doug Acton, Seth Migdail, Ed Grant and Art Gimbel but a multimedia slide show and a video recap of the 2010 Mavericks Surf Contest, one of the greatest days in surfing history.
“Thanks to an El Nino weather pattern, this has been one of the most dramatic big-wave surf seasons on record”, said Doug Acton, Mavericks Veteran Lensmen.
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Everest of the Seas – Longboard Vineyards
by frank on Oct.18, 2009, under Mavsurfer@Mavericks
Healdsburg CA
Are you getting sick of us talking about this event? It’s going to be awesome. And it just got awesomer: Rosso Pizzeria is bringing their wood fire trailer on Friday night (October 23); they’ll be selling hot crisp pizza straight from their Italian stone oven. Which will be perfect with the Dakine Syrah we’ll be pouring.
And did we mention the Mavericks Cabernet Sauvignon we’ll be pouring? Everyone who’s tasted this elixir is raving about it. Created by Oded Shakked and guest vintner Peter Mel. You don’t want to miss this new blend.
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The First Annual Half Moon Bay Big Wave Surfing Film Festival
by frank on Jun.01, 2009, under Frank Quirarte, Mavsurfer@Mavericks
Half Moon Bay – 06/01/09
First Annual Big Wave Surfing Film Festival
Presented by the Oceano Hotel and Spa, Sams Chowder House and the Old Princeton Landing
From the spirit of Jay Moriarity to women’s surfing to the powerful presence of Greg Noll, surfing fans are in for a treat June 17-20 when the first annual Half Moon Bay Big-Wave Surfing Film Festival takes place at the Oceano Hotel in Princeton Harbor. Just a stone’s throw away from the Big Wave Surfing Mecca known as Maverick’s.
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Mavericks Season Opener
by frank on Nov.03, 2008, under Mavsurfer@Mavericks
This gallery is brought to you by surfingthemag.com
Two dead, two recovering in Mavericks fishing accident
by frank on Oct.06, 2008, under Mavsurfer@Mavericks
By Aaron Morrison
STAFF WRITER
Article Last Updated: 10/05/2008 11:38:38 PM PDT
PRINCETON BY THE SEA — Two of four fishermen died Sunday after a boating accident near a famous big-wave surf spot near Half Moon Bay.
San Mateo County Sheriff’s Lt. Ray Lunny said the two fishermen, whose identities have not been released, died at Seton Medical Center in Daly City after a rescue near Mavericks notorious break.
The other two fishers are recovering at the hospital. Their identities have not been released either.
Around 12:30 p.m., rescue officers responded to reports of a 20-foot fishing boat that had capsized off the coast of Princeton by the Sea, an unincorportated part of San Mateo County.
An unidentified fishing boat rescued one man, who was still conscious. The other three, unconscious, were picked up by harbor master personnel on personal watercraft, Lunny said.
The overturned vessel was towed to Princeton by the Sea Harbor.
“The seas were pretty rough out there,” Lunny said.
Sunday’s weather forecast predicted partly cloudy skies, with winds at 5 to 10 mph. It is unclear if weather conditions contributed to the incident.
The events are still under investigation, Lunny said.
Tom Mattusch, owner of the Huli Cat fishing boat, had been working at the harbor for most of the day and overheard news of the rescue on his radio.
Earlier in the day, Mattusch walked his dogs and noticed big swells in the area where the fishers’s boat capsized.
“We heard reports of the swells and
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we chose not to go out,” Mattusch said.
Master surfer cheats death in biggest swell of season at Maverick’s
by frank on Dec.10, 2007, under Bruce Jenkins, Mavsurfer@Mavericks
(12-10) 20:38 PST PRINCETON BY THE SEA — Through a blanket of fog, it was a vision of death. Darryl Virostko, the big-wave surfer known as Flea, was taking what witnesses described as the worst-looking wipeout they ever saw. It was a gloomy day at Maverick’s last week, and a handful of riders were meeting the challenge of their lives.
The most-seasoned Maverick’s surfers have seen some epic disasters in their time. Jay Moriarity, who met his death years later while free-diving, took a well-publicized wipeout in 1994, just four days before the drowning of Hawaiian superstar Mark Foo. A Santa Cruz surfer named Neil Matthies took a fall on a giant peak in 1998 and was held under so long that a second wave passed over him before he came to the surface – about 45 seconds later, more than 100 yards inside the spot of impact.
