The official waiting period for the start of Maverick’s Surf Contest is upon us. Every year the “master of ceremonies,” Jeff Clark, sends out the call to the best surfers in the world announcing that the contest will begin.
Those invitees will have 24 hours to make it to the San Mateo County coastal hamlet of Princeton, California to compete in the Super Bowl of big wave surfing.
Up until a year or two ago, you could pull right up to the parking lot, hop out and walk out to the bluff. Now they have shuttle buses and parking lots set aside for miles around.
With the advent of web casting you can view it from the comfort of your computer – and best of all you won’t need binoculars or sun screen.
We used to hear via word of mouth that the contest was about to start. Now you can get the announcement on your cell phone by texting “Mavericks” to 81595. ($1 charge.)
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