Pete Koff News Today

While big-wave surfers challenged the tall waves at Mavericks, a cigarette boat owner decided foolishly to take on the huge surf nearby.

When Pete Koff saw a fella cruising at high speeds in a cigarette boat around Ocean Beach, Koff knew he probably ought to train his camera on him.

On a recent Sunday morning at the weather-worn entrance of Kelly’s Cove nestled beneath the Cliff House, a crowd of nearly 100 people gathered around an assortment of custom-made surfboards, each bearing watercolorlike swirls, meticulous pinstriping and a bold, unmistakable “H.”