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 Just after we all rang in the New Year, a run of enormous swell smashed into California. It lasted for a few weeks and lit up Maverick’s. By the end of it, everyone who surfed there was exhausted and full of war stories. None, though, stack up to Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker’s Maverick’s wipeout. It was January 10, 20201. The buoys were hovering around 20 feet at 20 seconds — incredibly big. It was just a few days after Peter Mel caught the wave of a lifetime, and the adrenaline was running high for everyone in the lineup. Twig chipped into a 50-footer, got to his feet, and looked dow...

Behind the Lens During A Banner NorCal Winter With Sachi Cunningham Local photog on this wild season, shooting around home at Mav's and Ocean Beach Photo: Krista Brenner Photography Local photog on this wild season, shooting around home at Mav's and Ocean Beach Link copied to clipboard Editor’s note: In honor of International Women’s Day, we’ll be rolling out a week’s worth of stories — one each day from March 8-14 — that celebrate and showcase contributions women have made to the sport, lifestyle and culture of surfing. (And yeah: we’ll continue to do so in the weeks and months...

Bay Briefing: Bay Area sees first confirmed cases of variant that reduces effectiveness of some vaccines FacebookTwitterEmail Lab technician Jason Tran processes COVID-19 test samples at UCSF Microbiology Laboratory in San Francisco.Scott Strazzante / The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Thursday, Feb. 11, and a friendly rivalry is pushing forward the world of competitive surfing. Here’s what you need to know to start your day. ‘A very limited picture’ Two cases of a coronavirus variant first found in South Africa that reduces the effectiveness of some vaccines have been identif...

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 is why pulling one strand out of the narrative — in this case, almost two months of very good to ep...

Bay Briefing: New coronavirus variant on rise in California, tied to Kaiser ER outbreak FacebookTwitterEmail Don and Carol Franklin, ages 75 and 73, wait 30 minutes during their post-vaccination observation in Lafayette.Nina Riggio / Special to The Chronicle Good morning, Bay Area. It’s Monday, Jan. 18, and today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here are some ways to mark the day in our region. New variant raises concerns; vaccinations pick up pace Officials on Sunday said another coronavirus variant is spreading across California, including in the Bay Area, where it has been linked to large ...