For next 15 years he would famously surf the break by himself save a few tight-lipped friends who were trusted with the secret. Clark's story has since inspired a number of films and documentaries.

The name recognition of the surf spot perhaps peaked with the 2012 movie “Chasing Mavericks.” Surfers at Mavericks in El Granada, Calif., Dec. 27, 2023.

The famed Mavericks Surf Contest remained in a holding pattern Sunday after organizers determined that the proper surf conditions would not materialize on Tuesday after all. Organizers still hold ...

At the famous Mavericks Beach surf spot, big waves thundering into the California coastline on Thursday attracted surfers and spectators alike to the legendary break 25 miles south of San Francisco.

Surfer Alessandro Slebir is making waves at Mavericks, one of California’s most renowned surfing locations, as he chases a potential world record.The daring attempt has garnered ...

Despite requests on the surf competition's Web site, massive crowds poured into Half Moon Bay Saturday to witness 24 top surfers take on enormous waves at the Mavericks Surf Competition. Spectators ...

The wave was caught at the iconic Mavericks surf spot, known for producing some of the largest and most dangerous waves in the world. Slebir’s achievement has already garnered attention and ...

The surfing spot is a legend, a place where a winter’s northwest swell can build 50-foot waves, but in 1994, at the time the story takes place, its location just north of Half Moon Bay was still ...

The conditions were so good at Mavericks on Dec. 8 — big waves, sunshine, no wind — that Surfline dubbed it the “ day of days.” Grant Washburn, who’s kept a daily journal of conditions at the spot for ...