Do people take mavericks too seriously?

I was thinking this same thing watching the mavericks invitational last week.

 

I am not good enough to surf either of them so I have nothing to add here...

 

I bodysurf that sh!t.

 

and yet..

 

i dunno. ask mark foo

 

Mark foo was out in much bigger than 8ft. I think

 

both waves are serious, and I dont think you know how to measure waves

sunset will hardly ever get 15', 12' max (25 foot face), then channel starts to close out or get wonky

 

Ooooh, this is gonna get ugly.

 

It's more than just the size of the wave, there are legit dangers there like the big boulders on the inside, the long paddle out, throw in some GW Sharks and dangerous deep waters with stong currents, even on a "small" day and it's no joke. Seeing this in person was eye opening for me, dudes were paddling out without inflatable wetsuites though, that might be a bit much on a smaller day, but better safe than sorry I guess. I bet most who would criticize those folks wouldn't paddle out along side them.

 

Both CAN be serious. But people seem to treat small mavs with too much intensity.

 

When you start talking about waves of any serious size I would imagine it is better to over estimate potential consequences. Mavs does have a number of other factors aside from wave size.

 

Have you ever surfed Mavs?

 

Aren't the hold-downs there absurd as well?

 

Just the walk from the parking lot to the water is enough to psyche someone out I would imagine. Walking by memorial after memorial of guys who have died there is pretty trippy. Can't say I blame anybody for being cautious there.

 

Is that some kind of chemical company?

 

Another one...

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Archie slap


Yeah they make meth.

 

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Considering njshred hasn't even surfed it, I'm pretty sure its pretty heavy...