Bruce Jenkins kicks down details from last weekend’s first winter swell at Maverick’s in the San Francisco Chronicle. With talk of perfect sunny skies, monster waves and Greg Long’s serious hold down, it looks like things are off to a good start.
By Sunday morning, crystal-clear with a stiff offshore wind, Maverick’s was a sight to behold. Giant waves pulsed through the reef without a drop of water out of place. “Maybe the most photogenic day we’ve ever had,” said Washburn, likening the scene to the weeklong swell in December of 1994 (the one that killed big-wave star Mark Foo two days before Christmas). “It was stunning all day, but when the wind dropped and the tide went out in the late afternoon, it was basically as good and perfect as anyone could recall.”
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[Link: San Francisco Chronicle and Surfermag.com]
