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  2. Mavericks, California - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. Watch California surfer catch monster 108-foot wave ... - AOL

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    A California surfer shredded a monster wave at Mavericks last week — and may have ridden into the record books.. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, 23, was surfing with friends on Dec. 23 when he ...

  4. Jay Moriarity - Wikipedia

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    Jay Moriarity (June 16, 1978 – June 15, 2001) was a surfer from Santa Cruz, California. [1] He was an accomplished surfer, waterman, and adventurer. As a surfer, he made his reputation surfing Mavericks in Half Moon Bay, California.

  5. Jeff Clark (surfer) - Wikipedia

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    Labeled one of the "world's best big-wave riders" by Surfer Magazine in 1994, Clark, along with Mavericks and the Half Moon Bay surf scene, has been featured in such films as Riding Giants and Adventures in Wild California. He is the only surfer in the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame. In 2015, Clark celebrated 40 years of surfing Mavericks.

  6. Big waves at California's Mavericks Beach draw surfers ... - AOL

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    At the famous Mavericks Beach surf spot, big waves thundering into the California coastline on Thursday attracted surfers and spectators alike to the legendary break 25 miles south of San Francisco.

  7. More monster waves will collide with the California coast ...

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    Massive waves attract surfers to Mavericks. Despite safety warnings, the massive waves are a welcome sight to surfers hungry to tackle the legendary swells at Mavericks Beach, about 25 miles south ...

  8. Mark Foo - Wikipedia

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    On December 23, 1994, Foo died in a surfing accident at Mavericks, a big-wave surf location in Half Moon Bay, Northern California. [1] Surfer magazine wrote that Foo was sleep-deprived after arriving in California on an overnight flight for the swell.

  9. Half Moon Bay, California - Wikipedia

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    Half Moon Bay is known for Mavericks, a big-wave surf location. It is called Half Moon Bay because of its crescent shape. Originally an agricultural outpost to Mission San Francisco de Asís, the town was founded in the 1840s first as San Benito, and then as its Anglo fishing community grew, it was renamed Spanishtown. In 1874, it was again ...