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Brian todd has our report. >> reporter: the olympic torch still making its way to tokyo for the summer games but with less than two months until the opening ceremonies, there are growing pressure for the olympic flame not to be lit. on wednesday, japanese national newspaper, an official of the tokyo olympics published an editorial calling for the games to be cancelled. the top doctor in tokyo made a similar call. a petition calling for cancellation that got over 350,000 signatures in nine days s...

Day of the Decade? A Comparative Look at Three XXL Mavericks Swells Heres where December 8th, 2020 lands, from the numbers December 8th, 2020. Photo: Jeremiah Klein Kevin Wallis Link copied to clipboard *** There have been a lot of superlatives thrown at the session that went down at Maverick’s two weeks ago: Best Ever, Day of Days, All Time, etc. While it wasn’t the biggest swell at Mav’s by any means, it was amongst the largest paddle swells we’ve seen in the past decade with absolut...

Locals Perspective On Day of Days at Maverick’s Catching up with longtime NorCal Mavs vets about Tuesday, December 8th HMB local Luca Padua, December 8th. Photo: Kenan Chan Link copied to clipboard By August Howell As we extensively reported (see links above), Maverick’s saw its best day in recent memory last Tuesday. Consistent 40-foot faces greeted some of the world’s best surfers from sunup to sundown. And while the swell on December 8th peaked to a burly 17 feet @ 19 seconds, the wind...

Who Is Beck Adler? Photo: Billy Watts Link copied to clipboard Talk about a grand entrance… During Tuesday’s historic swell at Maverick’s, relatively unknown Venice Beach teenager Beck Adler scrapped into a towering ledge amidst the morning super session with big-wave heavyweights like Kai Lenny, Peter Mel, and Twiggy. Although he didn’t make the wave, the photo from his dizzying drop was enough to get Adler a spot in our Swell Story — originally credited as “unidentified.” But it...

From The Cliff: Six Epic Rides From XXL Mavericks Peter Mel, Twiggy Baker, Kai Lenny (twice!), Luca Padua and Jojo Roper Marcus Sanders Link copied to clipboard Last Tuesday, while frantically covering XXL Maverick’s from a variety of angles, we asked a bunch of experts if Twiggy’s morning bomb was the biggest wave ever paddled at Mav’s. Folks had varying opinions — and still do! — but the very astute longtime Mav’s charger and former Mav’s judge Steve Dwyer pointed out something ...

Is This the Biggest Paddle Wave Ever at Maverick’s? A closer look at Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker’s early morning mountain Photo: Fred Pompermayer Link copied to clipboard *** After a day like Tuesday at Maverick’s – when there were so many momentous waves ridden, so many magic moments throughout a full-day of XXL surfing – it’s easy to fall into a sort of fugue state. Call it, big-wave blackout, if you’d like. But a handful of rides will stand the test of time beyond Tuesday’s mar...

Kai Lenny is Next Level at Mavericks Maui charger raises level during Tuesdays epic swell Photo: Billy Watts Link copied to clipboard *** No, there was no official contest at Maverick’s today. In fact, most surfers coming in this beautiful, sunny, warm, NorCal afternoon kept talking about the camaraderie, consistency, and how special the day was. Beaming sunburnt smiles all around. Again: it was the most anti-2020 thing we’ve seen this year. Then — from old crusty locals to newbie groms �...

Wave of the Day, Mavericks: Peter Mel Big-wave veteran and Mavs pioneer finds gold during XXL swell Dashel Pierson Link copied to clipboard Vid: Dom Padua Amidst the glory and mayhem at Maverick’s on Tuesday, Peter Mel snagged a steep and deep morning bomb – chipping in from the outside peak, racing through the inside bowl section, and coming out clean into the channel. By many accounts, it was the Wave of the Day. (On the Day of Days.) Beyond stoked, Pete explained to Jamie Mitchell via S...

Mavericks: Day of Days Full coverage from arguably the best dawn-to-dusk paddle day ever at Mavs Photo: Kenan Chan Link copied to clipboard *** Yeah, we love superlatives when it comes to big waves, probably to a fault. (Of course we get excited about this kind of stuff. Waves are rad. Especially big, glassy, all-day waves.) But upon consulting an expert, certain claims can be warranted. In this case, it’s Mav’s grandfather Grant Washburn, who’s been keeping a daily journal of Maverick’...

girls back to a hotel in colombia as well where they were doing safety prep for a visit by president barack obama. secret service spokesman said it happened on wednesday. the agents were relieved of their duty and sent packing on thursday before the president arrived on friday. hes in colombia this weekend for the summit of the americas. within the last hour, they have learned that the five military service members who were backing up these agents in colombia are in trouble, too, and t...