Towed-in
Big waves cause big controversy at Mavericks

Story by: Jeremy Markham

A crisp northwestern breeze glides across the mildly choppy Pacific Ocean. Twenty-foot storm swells are rolling in from the Gulf of Alaska creating an enormous wave at the surf break known as Maverick’s, in Half Moon Bay. Amid the massive waves, small groups of surfers and jet skis bob up and down in the water, their heads cocked westward, watching the mountains of water move towards the coastline as they break almost a half mile off-shore. The waves have grown too big, making it impossible to paddle into them. Instead, the surfers use high-powered jet skis to pull them fast enough to catch such a large wave.

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