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Jaws’ big wave surfers put on a show; and provide a broken surfboard souvenir | Maui Now

On: January 12, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

Monster waves don’t happen often at Peʻahi, only during the biggest winter swells created by distant storms in the north Pacific. But when the big swells arrive at Maui’s world-famous break, also known as Jaws, they lure big wave surfers from around…

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The Eddie Might Go! Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational Called on This Week!

On: January 12, 2023 By: Joe Carberry

Grant Twiggy Baker earns his invite during Round 1 of the 2016 Eddie. Photo: Heff//WSL Editor’s Note: Just after publication, a story ran on the Eddie Aikau Invitational Instagram page stating that the event had been canceled for Wednesday and put on…

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‘The Eddie’ big-wave surf contest called off due to poor conditions

‘The Eddie’ big-wave surf contest called off due to poor conditions
On: January 11, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational has been called off for Wednesday due to poor wind conditions at Waimea Bay, organizers said. While a massive winter swell is projected to roll in overnight, Clyde Aikau announced Tuesday that the…

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Surfing Legend Freire Dies Riding Nazare’s Massive Waves

Surfing Legend Freire Dies Riding Nazare’s Massive Waves
On: January 10, 2023 By: Jelani Scott

Brazilian surfing legend Márcio Freire died Thursday after an accident off the central coast of Nazaré, Portugal, according to a Friday report from BBC. He was 47.  Freire, who rose to fame through the 2016 documentary “Mad Dogs,” reportedly fell while practicing tow-in surfing,…

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Legendary Big Wave Surfer Dies At Wave Break In Portugal – Videos from The Weather Channel

On: January 8, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

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‘Mad Dog’ surfer dies riding giant waves in Nazaré, Portugal | CNN

On: January 6, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died on Thursday while practising tow-in surfing on the giant waves in Nazaré on the central coast of Portugal, the local maritime authority said. Support staff on jet-skis managed to get the 47-year-old to the beach, but…

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Veteran surfer Marcio Freire dies at Portuguese big-wave break Nazaré

On: January 6, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

Veteran surfer Marcio Freire dies at Portuguese big-wave break Nazaré Freire fell from his board and rescuers’ attempts to resuscitate him on land failed, authorities said, in first death at the famous surfing spot A surfer at Praia do Norte in Nazaré,…

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Is The Big Wave World Record Held By An Adult-Learner?

On: January 4, 2023 By: Jeffrey Green

Editor’s note: Yes, we’ve dogged on Nazaré a lot. And yes, we still acknowledge that most surfers don’t seem to care about the biggest wave ever ridden. Regardless, the below contemplation offers a unique perspective on the topic from a now-integral part…

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Ocean Beach surfers wax big-wave guns as San Francisco set to be hit with “brutal” once-in-a-generation storm! – BeachGrit

Ocean Beach surfers wax big-wave guns as San Francisco set to be hit with “brutal” once-in-a-generation storm! – BeachGrit
On: January 3, 2023 By: Chas Smith

Apocalypse tomorrow. After seemingly years of mild and/or hot days and nights with no more than a bit of dew licking lawns each morning, California is experiencing a wild weather wave. Many feet of snow in the mountains, deluges of water flooding…

Category: Big Wave Surfing

“Beginning to Run Out of Air”: American Surfing Icon Suffered a Two-Wave Hold-Down on One of the Most Deadly Waves in the World in 2010

On: December 31, 2022 By: Jeffrey Green

The sport of surfing is regarded widely for its commendable surfing prompts. But, at the same time surfing is infamous for taking its athletes down into the infinity of the ocean. For instance, in 1994, legendary big-wave surfer, Mark Foo fell prey…

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Mavericks is a surfing location in northern California outside Pillar Point Harbor, just north of the town of Half Moon Bay at the village of Princeton-by-the-Sea. After a strong winter storm in the northern Pacific Ocean, waves can routinely crest at over 25 ft (8 m) and top out at over 60 ft (18 m). Routinely, waves that break can be recorded on seismometers. The break is caused by an unusually shaped underwater rock formation.

Mavericks is a winter destination for some of the world's best big wave surfers. From 1999 to 2016, an invitation-only contest called the Titans of Mavericks was held there during most winter surfing seasons, whenever the winter wave conditions there were deemed to be suitable to meet the needs of the contest.

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