Archive for the ‘California – Mavericks, Cortes Bank’ Category

Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards Nominees 2012 Video plus Lazy Update Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 PM  , Thursday may have some leftovers, but the offshore winds are blowing west out at the 120, so I wouldn’t count on much Thursday morning.  It shows a 1.5 foot ground swell which I have seen a swell that [...]

What’s down the Pipe on our local incoming Surf?…………….In a sec ,    a great Big Wave Video of 6 time Billabong XXL Award winner Shane Dorian. In 2010, Shane took a severe wipeout at Mavericks, and returns to the place of destruction again, Mavericks.  He is 40 years old and doing Big Waves strong as [...]

A VIDEO IN MEMORY OF MARK FOO AND SION MILOSKY I had to share this video in case y’all didn’t catch it on Magicseaweed.com or on Vimeo. It is not a clip that shows the long magical rides and drops at Mavericks.  It translates the feel of a huge wave wipeout, and what it’s like [...]

Okay, now we’re caught up on the Billabong XXL Big Wave videos. Check out the new entrant.  The boys from Ireland have a lot to show for the emerging monsters.  Between some of the breaks around LaHinch Beach around the NNW point of Ireland, they have had some mega 40 to 50 foot face waves [...]