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The World Surf League even estimated the waves could have reached 60 feet. The gigantic swell was triggered by a massive north-west swell that had closed out Waimea and turned Jaws into a monster. Some of the most daring big-wave heavies took on the swell, including Nathan Florence, Kai Lenny, Makuakai Rothman, Brad Domke, Justine Dupont, Albee Layer, Ian Walsh, Shaun Walsh and, incredibly, a 12-year-old by the name of Steve Roberson. For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by ....
Did Pete Mel Just Catch the Wave of the Decade at Maverick s? Many in the channel say, hell yeah! Photo: Audrey Lambidakis Link copied to clipboard Earlier today, Peter Mel, who already snagged one of the best waves of the year at Maverick’s on December 8th and was towed into a bomb and then rescued by his son last Saturday just upped the ante. Again. See below for video and Mel’s take on the wave, and stay tuned here for our realtime updates on this series of swells. All photos: Audrey Lambidakis “That wave was by far my best in 29 years of surfing Maverick’s,” Pete said. “I mean, I’ve been seeing those types of waves my whole life. But I was never brave enough to do it. I always thought, ‘maybe I could get one from there.’ Then, the other day (Dec 8) kind of catalyzed that slightly.” ....
Day of the Decade? A Comparative Look at Three XXL Maverick s Swells Here s 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 absolutely pristine conditions. This most recent swell was big enough to get the Maverick’s Outer Bowl working which starts to break when wave faces reach roughly 45-50 feet and guys like Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker, Pete Mel, and Kai Lenny sat out the back to chip in on those glassy monsters before screaming through the normal takeoff spot. ....
Paul Evans Somebody’s has to speak up for the forgotten victims, like 2016. The year that gave us Brexit, Trump and killed everyone who’d ever thought about making a decent song or film, had enjoyed a level of infamy as the gruesome year everyone wanted to turn off and on again, until 2020 came along and put 2016 back in its bland to middling irrelevant little vanilla box. If 2016 was kicking life while it was down, 2020 was Tyson uppercuts to the face whilst underwater in a crashed plane going over the falls in a tsunami. And yet for all the misery, as seen from the narrow prism of surfers, we were more concerned for our wave counts than R-numbers. ....