Peter Davi

HALF MOON BAY -- Fans of the Mavericks Surf Contest will find a big party going on in Half Moon Bay while surfers take on the largest waves in the Bay Area. The contest organizers have decided to hold a festival on the day that the competition takes place.  

abc7news.comMavericks Surf Contest to keep spectators from harmSan Francisco ChronicleThe seaside cliffs of Half Moon Bay were full of people trying to get a view of the last Mavericks Surf Contest on Feb. 13, 2010. Over the course of its seven-event history, the Mavericks big-wave surfing contest has been characterized by big crowds on ...Window opens for Mavericks surf contest causing big waves for small town [PHOTOS]Peninsula PressBig...  

San Francisco Chronicle (blog)Window opens for Mavericks surf contest causing big waves for small town [PHOTOS]San Francisco Chronicle (blog)By Roseann Cima, Peninsula Press Professional and hobbyist surfers gathered at Pillar Point near Half Moon Bay Friday to kick off the season for the famed Mavericks surf competition. (Photo: Roseann Cima/ Peninsula Press) The weather is shifting. ...  

The three-month window for the 2012 big-wave Mavericks Invitational has officially opened, but if you were expecting to watch the one-day competition of world-famous surfers from the shore, think again. Contest organizers this year are requiring pre ...  

PRINCETON-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (KGO) -- Major changes are coming this year to Maverick's surf competition, if and when it happens. Surfers from all over the world are invited to the competition and the window is now open. To some it's considered tradition to ...  

SurferTodayThe Mavericks Invitational 2011/2012 heat drawSurferTodayThe first Mavericks Surf Contest was held in 1999 and it was conquered by Darryl “Flea” Virostko. He did i again in 2000 and 2004. The Mavericks Surf Contest 2010 was considered the biggest paddle-in contest ever held in the world and Chris Bertish, ...  

SFBayMavericks photos to tide you overSFBayWe're all still waiting for the call to start this year's Mavericks surf contest. But while surfers and fans await word on the contest window, a new exhibit in Half Moon Bay is sharing some of Mavericks' most impressive visuals. ...and more »  

Actor Gerard Butler - filming a movie about the Mavericks surf contest near Half Moon Bay - had to be rescued from 12-foot waves and taken to the hospital over the weekend. Butler, 42, was held under the water by strong...  

The meeting will include Mavericks Invitational, law-enforcement and fire officials as well as the county Harbor District and cover parking, public safety and access, and water safety. The window for the big-wave surf contest opens Jan. 1.  

One of the most popular sporting events in the Bay Area will be much different for spectators this year. The beach at the Mavericks Surf Contest will be off limits.  

However, contest director Jeff Clark said heavy fog would put a damper on any surfing. “We were out in the water today checking out conditions,” he said. “It was pretty much too dangerous.” Clark said the contest’s organizers generally predict ...  

The biggest, most exclusive surfing event in the Bay Area -- and arguably America -- has officially opened its contest window. The infamous Mavericks Surf Competition now has the chance to materialize any time within the next three months. The ...  

But on Wednesday morning, Mavericks founder Jeff Clark was going about the very unglamorous task of dashing from meeting… to meeting… to meeting. With the three-month contest window open for the 2012 Mavericks Surf Competition, Clark was ...  

The window for the infamous Maverick surf contest is now open. The surfing contest is an invitation-only surfing competition held a half-mile offshore of Pillar Point Habor in Half Moon Bay. Contestants get 24-hours notice to show up and hang ten on waves ...  

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