Mavericks Surf Contest 2005

March 3, 2005 – 12:00 am

The Mavericks big wave contest was yesterday in Half Moon Bay. My friend Laura texted me an alert at 6 in the morning, but I couldn’t get away from the office. There are nice photos, however.

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Imperialism Loses

May 1, 2004 – 12:00 am

He loses the Kentucky Derby, at least.

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Pete Cabrinha is the Big Kahuna

April 18, 2004 – 12:00 am

On January 10, Pete Cabrinha rode a 70 foot wave at Jaws on the North Shore of Maui. That was the biggest wave a human has ever surfed. And yes, that’s a huge wave.
Update: Mavsurfer has a clip of Cabrinha’s ride. And get this, he’s 42 years old. Damn, that’s cool (when you’re 40.)

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Justine’s Guide to Cricket

March 31, 2004 – 12:00 am

Wherein we learn that “the glorious sound of leather on willow” does not come from kinky Buffy fan fiction.

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Big Wave Friday at Mavericks

February 26, 2004 – 12:00 am

The Big Wave Surfing Contest at Mavericks is on for Friday the 27th.
I’m flying up to Seattle tomorrow, so I’m going to miss this. [ Thanks Selkie Diver ]

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More Mavericks 2003

December 20, 2003 – 12:00 am

Photos from Wednesday’s big wave surfing at Mavericks. Looks like people were able to paddle into the waves instead of being towed-in on a jet-ski. Still, these were big waves.

Set one
Set two
Set three

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Mavericks 7 January 2003

January 8, 2003 – 12:00 am

Watch Flea shoot a 20′ pipeline at Maverick’s point set to a soundtrack by The Mermen. Yee-freaking-ha! [ QuickTime, cuz MavSurfer.com rawks. ]

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Changing the Channel

April 21, 2002 – 12:00 am

[ via Faisal.com ] Tom Friedman convinces me that I ought to look into golf:
No one on the Golf Channel is afraid of compromise or change. On the contrary, golf is a game where the very best players engage in never-ending self-criticism, self-reflection and self-correction, constantly adapting to changes in courses, conditions or age. That’s [...]

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Satan in Pitsburgh — worse yet — he’s a right winger

March 15, 2002 – 12:00 am

I always figured that Satan would be a Right Winger. And he wouldn’t play for the Sharks.
And before certain hockey following readers of this Weblog write in, I know it’s pronounced Sha-taan. But when Yahoo sports puts “666″ in the URL, how can I not play with the joke?

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