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Local's Perspective On Day of Days at Maverick’s Catching up with longtime NorCal Mav's 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 stayed mellow all day, allowing for some truly jaw-dropping surfing to take place. As Maverick’...

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 got us wondering, who the f*ck is this kid? So, we called him up on Thursday. It turns out, Adler�...

From The Cliff: Six Epic Rides From XXL Maverick's 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 very important: “I’d need to see ‘em side by side. I hate making claims like that because of ...

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 marathon super session; one of them being Grant “Twiggy” Baker’s early morning paddle bomb, which...

Kai Lenny is Next Level at Maverick's Maui charger raises level during Tuesday's 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 — they’d roll their eyes and say: “Kai Lenny. Did you see that shit?” Kai Lenny. Photo: Bil...