SF News Two Bay Area Men Drowned in High Surf in Kauai Two more Bay Area residents have lost their lives while in Hawaii. Best friends Adam Griffiths, 46, and Brian Baker, 47, were hiking with Griffiths' fiancée Jennifer Kwong on the rocky north shore
SF News Mavericks to Happen Sunday for the First Time in Three Years [Updated] The Mavericks surf competition, which gets announced with a minimum of 24 hours notice based on swells off the coast at Pillar Point (near Half Moon Bay), was just announced for this coming
SF News Mavericks Surf Window Opens; Oh, and 'Chasing Mavericks' Is Out The official window for the Mavericks surf competition opens next week, November 9. On any day from then until March 31, the contest could be called with just 24 hours notice, summoning two
Arts & Entertainment Gerard Butler Blames Mavericks Accident For Pill Addiction Actor Gerard Butler who stars in the upcoming Of Men and Mavericks, shot near Santa Cruz is checking out of rehab today, and he blames his recent slip down the rabbit hole of
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Glow-In-The-Dark Night Surfing Like a clash between Tron and Endless Summer, these surfers zipped up electroluminescent wetsuits and hit some tasty waves in Bondi Beach in Australia this past November. According to Laughing Squid, the night
Arts & Entertainment Ocean Beach Pro Surfing Competition Kicks Off Tomorrow Although weak surf stalled the big wave surf competition at Mavericks this year, professional surfing fans will get another chance to see their heros out on local waters this week. Starting tomorrow, November
Arts & Entertainment Meanwhile, Near Fort Point... Surfers take advantage of the swells for some midweek action under the bridge. Should be just as beautiful for the duration of the three-day (!) weekend ahead. Enjoy the sun while we have it,
Arts & Entertainment What's Going On Here, Ocean Beach Vigilantes? We can't figure out what the "Avenue Coalition" is all about, exactly, but it sure sounds exciting. Actually, it sounds more like a group of Ocean Beach surfers bemoaning territory issues -- something
SF News Things Aren't Looking Good for Mavericks This Year The big-wave surf competition known as Mavericks (a.k.a. The Jay at Mavericks) looks like it won't be happening this year because the window of time for the contest closes February 28
SF News Malibu Mirkarimi Marks Historic Surf Spot by Andrew Dalton From the District 5 Newsletter comes a nice pat on the back for the smiley supe, seen here on a recent trip to Uruguay. In addition to being really excited
SF News Surfing Tsunami Ripples Under Golden Gate Bridge? After Saturday's 8.8 earthquake sparked a mild tsunami, surfers took to the Bay to catch some tasty waves under the Golden Gate Bridge. Behold. Update: We've been told (via SFist commenter wsanders)
SF News Video: Huge Wave Injures Thirteen at Mavericks Show A huge wave crashed into a crowd of 200 people this morning at the Mavericks Surf Contest north of Half Moon Bay. Many people were swept off their feet, and thirteen suffered injuries,
SF News Mavericks Surf Hopes to Expand Brand by Amy Crocker In another case of "mo' money, mo' problems," the dudes over at the Mavericks big wave surf competition are deep in the impact zone. Jeff Clark, the booted co-founder of
SF News Mavericks On Hold After a vote of the 24 competitors, the annual Mavericks surf competition was called off. For now, anyway. "Maverick's surfers had been hoping to capitalize on a giant northwest swell that hit Hawaii
SF News Gargantuan Waves Expected Tuesday Night Oh fun. The National Weather Service has issued a totally tubular high surf advisory, which starts Tuesday night "due to an incoming swell that is expected to create waves up to 20 feet
SF News Mavericks Surf Competition Next Tuesday? by Amy Crocker We all heard the surf advisories over Thanksgiving weekend -- the twenty foot waves in Ocean Beach even made the national news in the Wall Street Journal. But while most
misc Surfing Turf Wars C.W. Nevius clued us in to some surfing turf wars and comical lingo in his column today. There's apparently been a large number of newbies risking their lives at the treacherous Fort
SF News "Extreme" Surfers Get Green Light For Tow-Ins at Mavericks This year's Mavericks surf competition will get a tad bit easier for its competitors. Mavericks, the (in)famous surfing location just north of Half Moon Bay, will now allow the use of tow-ins.
SF News Mavericks Goes Long There was no sign of Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerard in the waves off Pillar Point on Saturday, but 24 of the world's ballsiest surfers were there to test their
misc Mavericks Surf Contest: It's On Twenty-four of the world's most bitchin-ass surfers are waxing up and on their way to Half Moon Bay for the 2008 Mavericks Surf Contest. Shore stars like Shawn Rhodes, Greg Long (San Clemente
Arts & Entertainment Reef Madness That force was the "Super Bowl of Surfing." On one of the most beautiful days ever seen along the often foggy and windswept San Mateo County coastline, thousands of spectators and 24 of
