The Jay at Mavericks Big-Wave Invitational (Mavericks Surf Contest) die ieder jaar in de winter wordt gehouden in Half Moon bay gaat dit jaar helaas niet door omwille van La Nina...
lees hier mijn post van vorig jaar over de Mavericks.
The official waiting period for the annual Mavericks Surf Contest is usually between December 1st and February 28th. Each year, on just 24-40 hours' notice, top surfers from around the world descend upon the cold waters of Half Moon Bay — at Northern California's most famed surf break — for the chance to compete in the Mavericks Surf Contest and ride what many consider to be "the most dangerous waves in the world."
Mid-February 2010 and the first week of December 2007 will go down as "two of the best weeks ever" for surfing in Northern California.
Biggest Waves Ever! In 2010, giant waves reached 50+ feet (that's five stories high) — the biggest ever for a Mavericks Surf Contest!
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Spijtig genoeg was er deze week dit bericht in de kranten te lezen:
Mavericks surf contest could be wiped out by La Nina | Katie Worth | Bay Area | San Francisco Examiner
So far this winter, the famous big-wave spot near Half Moon Bay has had just four swells. Last year, some 23 broke there.
The fifth big swell of the year is expected to arrive today, and earlier this week, surfers were keeping a close eye on it, hoping it would shape up to be contest-worthy. Surfers invited to participate in the contest take a vote on each incoming swell to decide whether it merits the competition. In this case, the surf did not look large enough or consistent enough for competition.
If a swell does not come in by the end of February, the contest window will be closed. That would mark the third time in five years Maverick’s has been canceled.
The contest, which attracts the biggest names in surfing, has been held each year since 1999, with the exception of 2007 and 2009, when a swell never came in that was large enough to merit a competition. The lack of large waves this year is largely attributable to the La Niña weather pattern
La Niña weather patterns, which often follow El Niño years, reverse the trade winds in the tropical Pacific Ocean and result in fewer storms, “And less storms means less surf,”
“Last year’s contest was life or death, and that’s pretty much how [the surfers] want it for the contest. They want it to be a real proving ground for the world’s best big-wave surfers,”
The competition was historically called the Mavericks Surf Contest, but this year it was renamed The Jay at Maverick’s Big Wave Invitational in memory of late big-wave surfer Jay Moriarty.
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