Shawn Dollar competes in the finals during the Mavericks Invitational surf competition on January 20, 2013 in Half Moon Bay, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ...

The Mavericks surf contest has been held only nine times since its inception in 1999. A lack of large waves at the right time cancelled the contest last winter.

On December 23 2024, 23-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alo Slebir rode a wave at Mavericks surf break that has been estimated by some at 108 feet tall, a potential new world record.

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 ...

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In 1999, Sarah Gerhardt, 41, became the first woman to ever surf the Mavericks break. She has been included in a long list of potential contestants but never made the short list. No woman has.

Slebir, who has been surfing Mavericks since he was 14, lives for this sort of experience. “You’re so locked in that your adrenaline and years of preparation just takes over,” he says.

With a High Surf Advisory in effect, world-class surfers hit the waves at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay. "Surfing is my life. It's my passion. It's what I love to do.

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - January 21, 2014) - The Body Glove Mavericks Invitational presented by GoPro® -- the world's premier, high adrenaline big wave surfing contest -- and Universal ...