Poised on a surfboard and dwarfed by a tower of water some 10 times her size, fear is one of the first emotions that big wave surfer Laura Crane feels before she hurtles down a 60-foot behemoth. “From ...
Sarah Gerhardt surfs Mavericks in northern California. Imagine a wave so big it darkens the horizon as it rolls in. Just south of San Francisco, this surf spot is called Mavericks. Sarah Gerhardt is ...
Lady surfers are coming up. They’re fast, strong, creative, and “challenging the notion that big-wave riding is the exclusive domain of danger-craving men.” Cool. But a not so cool thing is that these ...
On Friday, the infamous Mavericks surfing competition will be held off the shore of Pillar Point, just north of Half Moon Bay. Twenty-four of the best big wave surfers in the world are flying in right ...