This was February 7, 2019 with one of the cleanest 60′ swells we’ve seen in the 2019 season! Here you’ll see Ross Clark Jones, with tow partner Axi Muniain, Lourenço Katzenstein with tow partner Ramon Laureano both make an attempt at the same 60 foot wave. Lourenço and Ramon were lined up earlier on the wave, while Ross and Axi were up and riding closer to the crest face of the wave. From all the Tow Surfers I spoke with, I never got a straight answer to who had the right of way for this wave.
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‘It looked into my eyes’: Surfer recounts close call with 18-foot great white shark at Mavericks
There are a lot of risks associated with surfing at Mavericks, the iconic surf spot just north of Half Moon Bay. If the five-story waves aren’t enough to scare you off, there are also great white sharks to contend with from time to time.
Drake Stanley was reminded of this fact of nature while out on the water Sunday. It was around 1:30 p.m. He had been surfing earlier in the day, but was doing a shift of rescue duty on a jet ski, where he helps out surfers who have nasty wipeouts.
He was watching the surf when … Pictures and More
I CAME IN FROM MY FIRST SURF AFTER JAPAN AND FOUND SOME KAYAKS JUST WAITING TO GET BARRELED AT PIPELINE. – Jamie O’Brien
The Northern California Floods of 2019.
Video by Larissa Richardson of Humboldt Junkies