The Beauty of Mavericks

The Beauty of Mavericks
Last week we told you about some of the horrors of Mavericks: a seabed that suddenly jacks up monster waves, sharks, a ragged reef, the weight of the wave, and the frigid water. Despite all those elements, Mavericks is widely considered the best big wave in the world. For one, it seems to go on forever…

The Drop
Mavericks is a world-class wave mostly for the drop: the seemingly endless descent into the trough and the precise bottom turn required to get around a fearsome explosion of whitewater.

Point Break
Mavericks is not only huge, steep and terrifying, it acts like a point break on the best days, constantly jacking up in a down-the-line pattern as it hits a succession of shallow spots in the reef. “The inside can be unbelievably challenging… it’s got everything you want in a good wave – speed, tube rides, the chance to maneuver – with the added element of size.”

A Left
To top it off, Mavericks also has a left. Only a few surfers have even attempted to go left, because the peak is even steeper and less negotiable in that direction, but it can be done. In fact, when Jeff Clark pioneered the spot, he went left almost exclusively and was featured in some radical photographs from the early days.

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