Contest is off until the holiday blackout period ends on January 3. But come on down and walk the beach and the bluffs and cheer on the big wave surfers. The waves will be huge this week. Hello All, We are going to Pass on Mavericks BWT event for Wednesday the 19th and Thursday the […]
Surf Sessions
Surfers, stand-up paddlers, kayakers, surf-skiers, boogie boarders and skim boarders are of the surf. It is a lifestyle and a culture.
With every kind of wave, including Mavericks, the Coastside is a great place to get wet every day. Stay tuned as we interview many different coastal water people. Sometime it will be a photo-essay, a podcast and/or a video. You know every surfer can tell exciting stories.
WSL’s Mavericks Challenge Designated Viewing Spots
ARTICLE. Want to watch the contest with other surf fans while eating delicious food and drinking fermented and distilled beverages? Here is the list of designated viewing spots starting from south to north. Half Moon Bay Cameron’s Restaurant and Pub. 1410 Cabrillo Hwy. 1 South, 650-726-7505 Sacrilege Brewery. 730 Main St., 650-276-7029 Its Italia. 401 […]
HMB High School Surf Team Results from Pleasure Point
ARTICLE. HMB found some cleaner air and waves down in Santa Cruz on Sunday in very glassy and contestable conditions all day, as a fat morning tide and low wave counts gave way to low afternoon tides and constant action. The early start of Thanksgiving break for many cut deeply into our roster, but we […]
Big Wave Risk Assessment Group (BWRAG) Trains Mavericks Surfers
VIDEOS. World Surf League and BWRAG’s, Danilo Couto, Greg Long, Brian Keaulana and Pat Chong Tim give their Big Wave Water Safety Training to the Mavericks Challenge surfers. For the first time, the contest will be including men and women AND the contest purse will be the same for both the men and women, for the first […]
Coastside Buzz ~ Who Are We?
VIDEO / ESSAY. The Guttenberg Moment ~ A New Form of Journalism. Enjoy another chillaxing video from Dom Padua. CLICK HERE or “Search” for more Dom Padua videos. Thanks Dom. Stay tuned! The Guttenberg Moment ~ A New Form of Journalism In 1440 Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. He printed the 42-line Gutenberg Bible in 1455. In […]
The History of Powerlines Productions and the Mavericks Wave
Photo-essay by NickBastone w/The Six Fifty. “How two filmmakers with a camcorder and a jet ski made Mavericks world famous.” Great Mavericks story. The birth of Powerlines Productions and the discovery of the Mavericks wave. Featuring Curt Meyers, Eric W. Nelson, Dom Padua, and Luca Padua. Today Powerlines Productions counts Kelly Slater as a fan. Thanks Nick Bastone of […]
Meet Luca Padua ~ Shredding Monsters ~ Mavericks
Olympic Channel presents a very intimate documentary of the best Mavericks day so far in 2018. 16 year old local surfer Luca has been riding the giants of Mavericks since he was 13 and he is already shredding big waves better than most. See also Garrett McNamara, Jamie Mitchell, Aaron Gold, Emily Erickson, and Alessandro […]