Grant Baker has conquered the iconic Mavericks Invitational 2013/2014, at Half Moon Bay, California.
Two wave hold-downs, air drops, scary wipeouts, four judges in the water, inflatable wetsuits and a solid swell blasting Pillar Point for hours. Welcome to the Mavericks Invitational 2013/2014.
The world’s wildest big wave surf contest had regular and goofy-footers descending the gnarly giants. Here, the best ride is … More
Autocross: is it just an excuse to talk about buying swaybars? No! It’s an extremely cheap way to do excitingly stupid things in your car, even if your car is a hunk of crap like mine.
There are two problems with autocross: it’s not sexy and it’s intimidating for everyone who isn’t driving a tuned BMW E36 M3 or a lowered ’90s Civic hatchback.
There are good reasons why you should ignore those problems … More
The Stoked News Porsche 356 at a N. Calif PCA Autocross
WHEN Surfing Australia celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, it marked the occasion with a web poll to decide Australia’s 10 most influential surfers.
Like many such exercises, it was a process fraught with controversy that started more arguments than it resolved.
In my own study of our surfing history, Australia’s Century of Surf, I argue that our most influential surfer was in fact a district court judge and knight of the British realm who few surfers have ever heard of … More