Les dejamos la nota del Mavericks Invitational que se llevo a cabo en Half Moon Bay en el pequeño pueblo de Princeton-by-the-sea. Nota enviada por nuestra gran amiga Sarah Blincoe de Santa cruz.
Al final de la nota hay mas fotos de nuestro amigo Benton Inscoe.
"The excitement of hearing Mavericks Invitational Surf Contest 2013 was
going to be held on Sunday January 20 was absolute music to my ears. Not
only was I not working that day, it was forecasted to be an amazing warm
California day. Being a local in-water photographer, passionate ocean
lover, and of course slightly boy crazy over surfers had me stoked for the
day. Only one "minor" problem was at hand...
Mavericks isn't the usual surf contest where thousands flood to the local
beach with their best bikini's, beer, and party hats on. Mavericks surf
break can be dangerous to anyone on the beach or overlooking cliffs. Only
a few options were at hand to watch the Mavericks Invitational Surf Contest,
watch on-line, buy a $10 ticket to watch it on a big screen 1/2 a mile from the
contest inland at a hotel, rent a boat at $1000 per person OR make new friends
in the local harbor...
2do Place: Zach Wormhoundt
Photo: Sarah Blincoe
We headed through the boat docks casually chatting about the beautiful
sunset we had just experienced when we walked up to a beautiful, majestic,
massive vessel called the “Sea Gayle”.
A kind soft-spoken man, whom upon first
meeting I could feel the love for the ocean and his boat pour through his
veins, captained the Sea Gayle. After a short look around the boat Sara
blurted out "Any chance you are going to the Mav’s contest and need a few
sexy ladies to join?" My face instantly flushed red and my hands
went hot. The Captain named Curtis, smiled softly and said "yes I'm
going up but the boat may be full." I knew at this moment it was my
only chance to chime in "Do you need a photographer on-board?"
Next thing I know I'm waking up at 4am, slightly loopy from the
anti-nausea medication I took before bed to ward of seasickness and headed up
to Mavericks for a full day of watching the best big waves surfers in the
world!
1st Place: Peter Mel
Photo: Sarah Blincoe
Throughout
the day at Mavericks there was amazing surfing. Mark Healey cutting left,
Peter Mel's rail grab, and of course because it's big wave surfing quite a bit
of carnage. To truly understand the power behind Mavericks one must actually
see it with their own eyes or better yet surf it. Every single competitor
at Mavericks deserves an immense amount of respect. They respect the
ocean and its power and in turn she provides perfect waves for them to go wild
on. The competition wrapped up leaving everyone in suspense wanting to
know who would take 1st place. The results were in and the crowd went
wild with Santa Cruz legend Peter Mel taking 1st place. Second place went to
Zach Wormhoundt also a Santa Cruz local. 3rd to Greg Long of San
Clemente. 4th Alex Martins of Brazil, 5th Mark Healey of Hawaii and 6th Shawn
Dollar of Santa Cruz. Everyone wrapped up the day with some awesome music
from the Long Beach Dub Allstars and the stoke of the day was passed from
person to person. My mind was filled with beautiful memories of the day before,
amazing surfing, and quite possibly some of the most interesting friends I have
made in a while. Every surfer, spectator and new friend I made at
Maverick’s 2013 all had one thing in common... we all have an immense and
intense love for the ocean."
