Half Moon Bay Review/Clay Lambert, 1/25/12. "Mavericks hits the harbor."
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| Awesome daring and skill |
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| Peter Mel catches a big wave, wins contest |
That is true even for the 2013 Mavericks Invitational Surf Contest, which played out under blinding sunshine off Pillar Point on Sunday. By the contest’s other-worldly standards, it was rather tame on the water. Waves were in the 20-foot range and came in inconsistent sets. This time, there was no rogue to wash away spectators. This year’s contest was defined as much by what occurred on land as what happened at sea. The accompanying festival brought 15,000 paying fans to Princeton and uncounted others to the region at large. Last year’s first-ever festival was hampered by poor weather and the lack of an attendant surf contest. This one had no such trouble.
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| Waiting.... |
....When it was over, Santa Cruz’s Peter Mel was declared the champion. As
has become the norm, he and other top finishers agreed to divvy up the
lion’s share of the $50,000 purse. To the surfers themselves, money
appears to be an afterthought at Mavericks." Read more.
Note: photographs from the article, (18 viewable).
Related Fix Pacifica reprinted article - Mavericks, 2013.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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