Mavericks Surf Ventures, Inc. (Mavericks) announced today that the upcoming 2009/2010 big-wave season at Mavericks will honor and celebrate the 35th anniversary of Jeff Clark’s first session at the now world-famous break. In the winter of 1975, then-17 year-old Clark first paddled out to the nautical hazard named after a white haired German Shepherd.Â
In a remarkable personal odyssey, Clark then surfed Mavericks completely alone for 15 years before the news media began reporting on the 50-foot waves, house-sized rocks, and bone chilling waters that characterize this treacherous locale.Â
From those solitary beginnings, Mavericks has become an international phenomenon. The annual Mavericks Surf Contest® brings the world’s preeminent big-wave surfers together on 24 hours’ notice … Details