E's Surf Report

here i coooooome
walkin down teh streeeet
gettin funniest looks frooooom
everyone i meet

In the new TSJ there is an article about the Oxbow contest venue, in it Beau Young describes the best possible contest scenario, All the best longboarders get togethor with their families and surf all day for a week. At the end of the week the one that the contestants decide surfed the best wins. That sounds cool. IMHO surf contests are lame.

nice one e!
so i dropped my stupid 5 bills like a dork and the shit ain't workin'. maybe they should have done it for free this year to be sure they had all the kinks worked out and then charged next year if all went well. i guess maybe i will get some work done after all.
does it look like this weekend's swell is going to be bigger than this one?

E, cool post today! Mexi, I think that's the best way, just an expression session with good friends and good vibes, and who ever surfed best gets it. Decided by everyone. Anyone you know who has a bad attitude isn't invited. That's the way a lot of behind the media scenes surfing and snowboarding contests are going down these days.

it cost $5 to get in this year?!

I'm watching the black screen as well. There was some nice camera work before it died.

nice one e!

I also dropped a 5er. The camera was running smooth, good close ups etc then the LiveSurf commentar stated they had to make a quick change to the set up and would be back in 15 seconds. Its been 15-20 minutes now. Maybe they slipped in the mud down the hill or something?? Don't know who has been winning the heats but I saw Zach get a good one.

Mavsurfer cam working fine.

Sick report E! The camera sucks, I thought they'd have it nailed with the big name sponsors, etc.

livesurf cam now up and running again. Hello mavs, good-by productivity.

despite the page layout being all jacked (at least in IE), the FREE mavsurfer cam (which is also the surfline premium cam) is working. You have to scroll all the way to the right to see the image:

http://www.mavsurfer.com/live_cam/

the live camera looks purty.

SOMEONE GO LEFT!

i mean i wouldn't even be out there BUT
that left looks pretty gnarly. overall not that big
in comparison to other days i have seen
at mavs in person. anyone reading this that
WAS there? wave heights? guesses? reports?
damn kids....back to class.

Pros break down the pro tour for 2005

thanks noel! i tried accessing that last night and it keep taking me to the new site. good find!

i came really close this morning to making the trek down there. but from the cam it doesn't look that great. i think i'm convinced that i made the right decision.

Full face heights should be in the 40-45 ft range for the bigger sets, like if you took a cliff angle photograph and blew it up and made an honest attempt to see how big it was, or a side angle shot. It is a little hard to do without seeing it from the shoulder b/c the pit sucks so far below sea level (10-15 feet) and you can't see that unless you are in the water.

Is the 5 dollar camara working for others now??? I've had sporatic success with this thing. I feel like walking down there and knockin' some heads.

Jesus just left Chicago and he's bound for New Orleans!

took a drive through Mississippi
Muddy waters turned to wine.

Went out to California
Throught the forests and the pines.

You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
You might not see him in person but he'll see you just the same.
Yeah, yeah.
You don't have to worry 'cause takin' care of business is his name.

it's been working intermittently. every once in a while it gets stuck and i right-click near the bottom of the page and select "refresh" (this is internet explorer, windows xp).

Did anyone go to the Mav's contest? May ditch work to check it out and am wandering what the crowds are like.

Thanks kloo, but I can't even get the cam to pop up. from mavs.bolt the live cams link isn't working anymore, so I can't launch it. Anyone else experiencing this?

The media co. is down on beach st. Anyone want to go put some fire under the cats ass, so to speak!

$5 of NOTHIN' No big loss, but somehow I justified not calling in sick, to watch the streaming broadcast. Think I may scoot outta here at lunch.

I wrote this song this winter in HI. Somehow it seems a bit fitting for today. I recorded my Hawaiian friend doing some chanting that follows the last line of the song.

"Big West Peak"

The swell came up loud over night
By mornings first light we had seen
That this was the day we all prayed for
That this was the day of our dreams

20 foot surf and Glassy
Not a drop of water out of place

Kawika reached down and he blessed himself with water
He turned to the Gods to say
“I honor this land of the ancient Hawaiians
and I honor their sacred sea”

And he paddled out quick and he made it out clean
On this historic day

It was a big west peak
He took off from the top
He faded deep and he crouched down low
He saw daylight through the slot

He set his rail and he stood up tall
with his hands high above his head
And as he surfed right through the barrel
the words of the Duke rang through his head

maybe try

http://www.surfinglive.com/events/registered/mav2005/index.jsp

ASP Judging Criteria
2005 version.

The new ASP judging criteria is `being rolled out at all events in 2005. The changes have evolved from a year long monitoring process, primarily overseen and driven by ASP Head Judge Perry Hatchett's desire to both reflect contemporary cutting edge performance surfing and capture the spirit of free surfing that is the essence of performance surfing. Gleaning valuable data from free-wheeling events such as the Foster's Expression Sessions and Kelly Slater's Fiji experimental event, Perry and other members of ASP's Technical Committee, including WCT surfers, set out to free up the criteria with the dual objectives of further rewarding progressive surfing and introducing a reward system based on demonstrating variety of repetoire and linking maneurvres together, still in the critical sections of the`wave, in a seamless flow of power and speed. The results should be extaordinary, check it out;

"A surfer must perform radical controlled manoeuvres in the critical section of a wave with Speed, Power and Flow to maximize scoring potential. Innovative / Progressive surfing as well as Variety of Repertoire ( manoeuvres ),will be taken into consideration when rewarding points for waves ridden.

The surfer who executes this criteria with the maximum Degree of Difficulty and Commitment on the waves shall be rewarded with the higher scores."

I wonder if these changes will have any significant influence on how the pros surf and/or how they're judged...

how funny is the announcer's voice. like twin peaks or something. i wonder if we will get our money refunded?

Kloo: Right on. Thanks man!

I dunno if this is legit or not, but I heard that the contest was going to be broadcast on NBC Sports on April 24 at 4pm

I just got to work after watching contest this Am. My take on it: The surf was "not that good" (which is not meant in any way to take away from what those guys are doing out there. I won't go out there) the sets were inconsistent. A few big sets came through. Saw one set dust off the pack, Brock Litle just inching under the lip.

I think it was about a 25 foot face on average.
That one big set might have been a 40 foot face. But that would be the biggest in my estimate.

Announcing sucked. Really sucked. I had no idea what was going on for minutes at a time.

But a really nice day. Maybe 1000 people when I left, but I am bad at judging crowds. But no way 20K-50K as that newspaper estimated. People wre starting to show up pretty steady

Who's in the contest right now? Who is in what color jersey?

I dont know. depends on heat. Like I said, the announcing sucked. I did not know when I was there what was up. They said once who was what color, then that was it.

The marketing of Mavericks on Maverickssurf.com is a f-ing joke. "the Wave Beyond"? The logo and sportwear?
The PR hack calling it "the world's most dangerous wave"?
25000 people lining the cliffs?
I'm glad a core surfer like Jeff Clark is getting paid but he sold out to the wrong people.

Doesn't matchup to the Eddie!

30th Birthday props to Kaiser today!

i really wouldn't miss it much if they dug up the mavs reef and relocated it a few 100 or 1000s miles elsewhere.

Anybody know what wave was like starting at Mavs and ending way inside, before the jetties were built? Pointbreak sweetness or another Pidgeon Point fakeout?

For every Big Wednesday there was a Big Tuesday Night.

ya i agree with the whole jeff clark and his bad calls with mavericks, just seems like he could be going about it better and he aint the best at picking the good days it seems..like he waits till the last minute or till the medias ready or he has enough money or something..imho..though im no randy rarrik

shit happy bday kaiser!

the announcing sucked.

seelbach got his ass whipped and took a set on the head, rolled thru the boneyard, the whole nine.

mel was killing it.

best set came in around 9:15, wasn't able to figure out who got the better of it.

as i said, the announcing sucked.

Gracias for the b-day shouts.

As for Mavs and Jeff Clark, I think he had a sweet thing with Quiksilver and the sponsorship there but he blew it. The new partnership should benefit Clark. If anyone should benefit from Mavs, it should be that guy but I have to question his "business sense" if you will.

I don't mind them pimping Mavs a bit. It sucks for the local guys that surf there regularly but this is the "new" surfing. Think about it this way, how much marketing is going on for Snapper right now vs. the marketing for Mavs? Sure, Northern California news stations broadcasted stories last night but in Australia, surfing is national news. The event at Snapper is much bigger then Mavs, without question.

I think it is cool. Maybe other contests will result from it like a local contest organized by local establishments where our locals (SF, San Mateo, Pacifica, SC, etc.) can participate. Its not like they just run the Pipe Masters at Pipeline......

Just some thoughts...........

yeah, kind of a corny mainland style eddie knockoff. waimea is more fun as a spectator. the shorebreak keeps one awake.

I know the little lagoon on the walk out to Mav's offered South swell beachbreak tubes before the jetty went in.....only guys in their 50's would remember though.

The following chargers made the final:
Shane Desmond
Tyler Smith
Matt Ambrose
Zach Wormhoudt
Anthony Tashnick
Greg Long

Thats right, no flea!!

Am I the only one getting skunked on my $5? I can't see shit???

Where the hell would 1000 people park? There aint that much road surface in Princeton. I'm guessing the just end up lining that road along the airport.

Nice story e. I always like reading descriptions of the big wave surfer pioneers caught underwater. Woody Brown got caught inside Wiamea in 1943, the day Dickie Cross died, and was saying how he was diving down 30 ft and getting pummeled. Van Dyke has another story about seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Real dramatic descriptions. But considering these guys had no leashes, no jet skis, lifeguards, water patrol, or any other surfers in the water while wearing big baggy trunks, they probably don't even need they hyperbole.

this is a great story, woody brown
http://www.legendarysurfers.com/surf/legends/woody.shtml#dickie_cross122243

The Mavs contest flyer said they were running a shuttle from Pacbell Park down to HMB early in the morning, so they could've bussed in 700 people.

go greg long

i dont know why but i like those long bros..would be cool if matt ambrose won for pathetica but seems like that guys a meany..

is it over? does anyone know who won?
i can't believe anthony tashnick is a mavs charging charger. i used to surf with him and his little buddies at getchels st when he was pre-pubescent. i guess he grew up to have big gonads.

I hope Tashnick doesn't win. I've surfed with him a few times and he seems angry and super-mean. He was yelling at everybody and yelling "FUUUUCKKK!!" really loud on a perfect day at Mitchells.

Surfed with Greg Long out at Todos Santos. Charges and a cool guy.

he was a sweet little cutie when he was a little boy. giving waves and smiling. before the evils of the pro scene and the sc local boy mentality stole away his innocence, i guess.

Not a meany. Ambrose is a very niceness surfer/father. We would all enjoy surfing with the guy. Tashnick on the other hand-- "Too Cool" for school.

e- your post is as impressive as the contest itself. F**king Cam sucks.

The announcer is cracking me up. Every other word is, Bomb, Phatty or takers/no takers.

After being briefly staisfied with the livecam service I now only get a new image once every 25 seconds. At least im hearing about "no takers on the phatty bombs"

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/03/01/state/n152650S00.DTL

"Local rider Darryl "Flea" Virostko, who withdrew at the last minute, is a three-time Mavericks contest winner. He beat the competition in the only years the contest has been held: 1999, 2000 and 2004."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2005/03/01/state/n152650S00.DTL

Heard from somebody that was there that this fall was pretty burly, definitely looks it.

We used to have the Bud Pro at OB in the early 90's, then Ryan Reagan started that contest that ran one year at VFs.

Kaiser, I think we need to keep the contest in So Cal or at least South of Mavs.

It's like the grammy's who can judge the best surfer, it's sort of subjective. Longboards, shortboards, fish, all have such different styles. Which is better? It's all bullchit mang. There is no soul in contests.

I remember when all the stop sign in the Aves and Richmond had Bud Pro spray painted on them. I wonder who did that??

I got a report from a buddy who's friend in "on call" out there as an EMT.

"Bad wipeout, got the guy over to the boat. He was spitting up blood and whatnot. We wanted to take him in and to the hospital but he got back on his board and paddled back out..."

Serious shit there.

Mexi, I am with that as well. I don't see SF as a "contest scene" or the like. Keep it in SoCal. My point being more to the fact that if Mavs is going to get exploited, I certainly would like to see the local guys that are there time and time again go with it. Not some dude that just flew in from the islands/Europe/SoCal/etc. for a chance at a big check.

In a way, a lot of the Mavs competitors are local guys who have been there for years.

all this talk about flea's a meany, tashnick's a dick, etc. I'd take an encounter with these guys any day before having to deal with some corporate gready executive cutting you down or laying you off christmas eave or some shit. These guys are just cocky and live in a whole different fucked up culture called west side santa cruz. nice, wholesome, down to earth folks compared to fucking larry ellison and crew.

It's like i took the day off to scope out surf contests, but really I am sitting in my cube.

http://www.aspworldtour.com/live/

larry ellison doesn't yell at people on the street. I am generally not to happy about any "culture" that values dickheadery.

hey, i've had some great sessions with Larry Ellison! he may be into his business, but he's pure niceness out in the water.

E, love your first-person Mavericks POV post today. OB might not be so fun but it looked pretty sweet "around the corner" @ low tide. I think I'm getting soft with age b/c after 8 years of surfing OB year-round (and 21 years surfing everywhere) I have lost the spirit/cajones/sack/guts/nerve to surf waves over 12 feet (anything more than double-overhead+). I'll be found in the fun zone, with a hint of risk/danger. To surf Mavs it seems you really have to suspend any acknowledgment of your mortality and the frailty of human bodies in enormous surf. I give those guys credit for being wired to ride waves that would kill, maim, or give a heart attack to 99.99999999% of the population. All for what?? 4 The Love Of Surfing, that's what! ;^)

-4LOS

hey, mav's is on

heh heh heh--cool

Happy Birthday Kaiser!!! I wish you a full night's sleep.

My $5 were spent speeding back and forth over the bridge to flounder in Wrong Wind Closeouts and Mush. A better investment for me today than a blank moniter.

OB is absolutely farking huge and insane in every possible way.

if you're getting yelled at by flea, all 4'- 85 lbs of him, i don't know what to say? maybe contact mom, or a school counselor?

Oh Yeah, Happy B Day Kaiser.

Who the hell is Larry? Layoffs on Christmas.. Corporate folk?

Comments on the contest effects on HMB, from a resident -
"Ugh! From what I have experienced today, Mavericks has now established as a tourist destination. Today I felt like I live near the Disneyland with people asking me for directions to the theme park at every stop. An Internet restaurant food critique group was about to organize a Mavericks lunch get together. A restaurant is shutting people to and from the site on a big tour bus, and even a local bait shop is selling a Mavericks Lunch Box..."

cool to here MR and Pottz.

SUnny G. with a nice wave.

Snapper looks Sweeet!

the only real contest is foam board joust.

need:
1 keg beer
2 big ass foam boards
bunch of goons

take keg of beer and drink profusely. add 2 goons on big ass foam boards. objective is to knock your buddy off the board. sounds stupid, but try it on a small crappy day (away from others obviously) and see how much fun you have!

mavericks pajamas, bedsheets and pillowcases. mavericks lunchboxes, binders and trading cards.
mavericks "the biggest,hugest, bloodiest wave" by Sony Playstation

Bruce Irons double tube!

Larry, or L-Ell as we call him, is very cool out in the water. He rides one all the way in and his helicopter brings him back out to the lineup. Sometimes he lets us bum a ride back out. He is niceness but turns back into a big ass the second we step onto land and turns into a bigger asshole when we drink beers later at the bars.

Oh and happy birthday Kaiser!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5561537389&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

True story- larry ellison quit surfing after hitting his head on his board. I think it was at linda mar. He also quit his cycling stint after breaking a leg. Kook or karma? I've been laid off 3x in two years, the wife 2x. screw having money.

Larry Ellison could kick Steve Jobs's ass in a foam board joust. But I bet Kenneth Lay hold his liquor better and would win the finals when everyone is plastered.

Back in my lifeguarding days, all we did was get drunk and wrestle in the ocean. But it was really less about wrestling than it was about copping feels off the hot lifeguard chicks. Speaking of objectifying women in bathing suits...Happy birthday Kaiser.

Mavericks, our favorite big wave surfing competition, took place today in
Half Moon Bay granting rush junkies from around the world the chance to
get thwarted by a thirty foot wave of fifty degree water. Imagine standing
on top of Joseph Cappucci's Spa next door, looking down at the sidewalk
thirty feet below, and preparing to "ride" down the building as it moves
up Second Street at 35 mph. Bless the Taoist spirit of the surfer! Out
there hitchhiking waves, testing the boundaries of their bodies and
spirits, they're the only people who can sincerely say "Stoked" and not
sound like a jerk.

I'll tell you the thing I admire most about surfers. It's not the
devil-may-care attitude or the
sitting-around-the-fire-fingering-a-six-string-swapping-scar-stories
notion the movies are fond of. It's not the Tecate, surf wax,
sand-in-the-pockets lifestyle. It's the ability to wake up early. I'm not
joking. I love the fact that surfing stirs up their souls enough to get
them out of bed at 5am and into dark, frigid water with God knows what
swimming around them just to ride a couple of waves before work. Surfers
know how to extract every drop of living out of life.

So who one the event then?

er, won

sounds like Tashnick

ahh, anthony tashnick, the lad with golden nards.

ahh, anthony tashnick, the lad with golden nards.

happy

burfday (oh man the girl on the left....)

kaiser

Beaver chasing beaver....Nicely done!

Thanks again for all the birthday wishes!

j, beware of what you "claim." I am so gonna kick your ass in the goon squad pro. And the contest season is almost upon us, better practice!

bring it sharkbait!!

happy birthday to the big daddy!

and nice post cube junky.

another Big Wednesday for the books.

happy birthday to the big daddy!

and nice post cube junky.

another Big Wednesday for the books. Odin's Day. Creator of life from a log out of the Ocean.

Met Tashnick in Puerto Escondido...called him out and he backed down....explained that there is more desert in Mexico than in Santa Cruz...he ended up being super cool..buying everyone drinks and introducing chicks to darrlys like myself...kid charges..no joke he has some cojones..congrats and much respect

Kaiser-

Today is my B-day too...I got five years on ya...so where are you going to chase for the beaver....maybe we can find a set of twins or just to desparate women to hook up with...

give Tom a holla and he has my number I'm gonna start in the mission but will go anywhere there are women like the ones posted...shit dont even need to look that good

happy birthday Kaiser Sose and Pez!!

Pez, good shit my man! Another reason to share a lineup with you anytime.

I think I am starting in the Mission as well. I will connect with Tomstah after some grub around 7-8ish.

Happy Birthday to you as well.

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I looked up Ellison. He actually did break his neck surfing in hawaii. He also broke his arm in 28 places while mountain biking.

Contest update. (a) Yes, there was a shuttle bus from the harbor lot. (b) By the time I left the lot was filled and people were parking along PCH. (c) Guy on a green board had the worst wipeout I've seen in a long time; multiple wave hold down, rescued by a ski but fell off the back and got held down some more. (d) It was sunny and wonderful. (e) The surf was not consistent but there were some huge sneaker sets- almost too big for paddle in. (f) Got some photos that I can share tomorrow.

best b-day wished to Kaiser and Pez!! Have fun out there.

ehouh!

ehouh!

This sucks.

Was looking at the ants half the day. Saw some impressive streaks across the screen. Was hoping for a ridden left or two also. Predicting rad photos. Felt like it was decent waves for a contest anyway.

Re lineup assholes versus larry "quit with no notice if you want to work for me" e. Just shows the dickhead mentality unfortunately prevalent at the top of whatever food chain - in your face in the water or via an impersonal pink slip. Met Jay Moriarity in the lineup once and he seemed really decent. God took the best. As for the rest, maybe the lesson is to treasure the good ones, and treat people decently if you're ever in a position where you can do whatever. Reputation counts for something too. Here's to mackers in MARCH, and those who charge em.