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John Mel was the winner of the men's competition while Alyssa Spencer prevailed in the women's competition.

North and south swells conspire to make the entire state pump

Graduate Open at Chipstead Sailing Club by Bob Murrell 24 May 16:02 BST 9 May 2021 The timely relaxation of the COVID rules meant that Chipstead SC were able to run the 2021 Graduate open meeting on 9th May. In common with previous years it was a shared event with the Herons. The Grads fleet of 13 entrants was greeted with a gusty South South Westerly, which can be a tricky direction at Chipstead as the wind swirls around the trees on the South shore. The OOD, Richard Ball, and ...

Pete Mel Dominates Mavericks Awards; Justine Dupont Wins Female Performer of the Year Friday May 14, 2021  At 6 p.m. on the evening of May 13, the inaugural Mavericks Awards were broadcast right here on The Inertia. Big wave contests are hard to do right. They’re generally one-day events. But the Mavericks Awards succeeded in that it was a culmination of a season’s worth of video clips from the iconic wave, submitted for judges at the end of the waiting period. Thursday night ...

The Mavericks Awards will air live on theinertia.com at 6 p.m. PST, Thursday May 13th to celebrate Mavericks and the fearless individuals who surf it.

All-Time: Mavs & ‘The Biggest Swell of the Decade’ by Drone Thursday May 13, 2021 , we’ve collaborated with videographer Abe Alarcon, who spent much of this historic winter documenting the action at Mavs by drone. The following is Abe’s firsthand account of filming “the biggest swell of the decade,” his anticipation and nerves the night before, and what he’s taken from the experience. It was close to midnight on January 9 when the swell fully hit buoys outside of Califor...

Dissecting the Dream: An Inside Look at the Best Six Weeks in Maverick’s History When the North Pacific went into overdrive -- Mav’s led the charge Photo: Billy Watts Link copied to clipboard The problem with a couple months straight of North Pacific swell overdrive is just that — so many crazy sessions, epic stories, unforgettable waves, bad wipeouts, enraged partners, confused bosses…the whole thing becomes kind of a crazed blur. One, oversized lump of collective surf memory. Which i...

Staff If we had to give credit, it was probably Mark Healey who first brought attention to the beefy, but short, left that comes off California’s most famous big wave. But others have worked at making it a wave we watch, too. And this week, while his dad blew minds on the right, John Mel started to open them on the left, as he reportedly caught numerous barrels on the not-so-overhyped section near Half Moon Bay. Powerlines Productions was on hand to capture the glory. View Comments

care overhaul and arizonas immigration law are at the top of the list of undecided cases. today is the courts last scheduled meeting until the fall but it is unlikely to be the final session. additional dates can be announce ed for later this week. were going to be talking about what a decision might mean for politics and for business throughout the morning. coming up at 6:30 eastern we have a congressman from each side of the aisle. them at 7:40 eastern time we have dr. ezekiel emanue...

washington post". big news. >> thats about it. >> thats not about it, but -- >> it -- >> do we have that quote? are you going to read that quote? one of evan bayhs friends basically said -- yeah, the left got their wish. they dont like moderate democrats. >> okay. >> youre going to have a conservative republican in indiana now. theres a lot we can say about this. good thing the shows three hours long. >> puts another democratic seat in turmoil, but the question of evan bayh as tribune ...