very cool Mavericks story

[~mikey b]

haven't surfed for 15 years, but back in the old fogie days when I lived in San Jose, I spent quite a lot of time in the water between Monterey and San Francisco

anyway, I thought some of you might be interested in this story from the San Francisco Chronicle...............


The waves crashing into Maverick's reef towered twice as tall as they typically do at the annual surf contest there. Many of the world's top surfers had been driven from the sea, leaving safety patrollers Shawn Alladio and Jonathan "JC" Cahill alone on their Jet Skis on the roiling waters.

It was Nov. 21, 2001, a day that would become known as One-Hundred-Foot Wednesday in the lore of Maverick's wave-riders -- who now await the call for this year's event.

As monstrous sets of waves loomed, Alladio and Cahill were forced to make a life-or-death choice in a matter of seconds: Should they try to run from the onrushing mountains of water or charge at them, trusting their skills, instincts and machines to surmount the challenge?

[Hayduke]

Wow.....made me nervous reading that.

[Dantheman]

Very cool indeed...and terrifying.