Surfer Maxum Kremenstsky admitted the conditions at Mavericks on Thursday were out of his league.
"I ended up hitting a big wall out there and turning around," he said.
Surfers Ride 40-Foot Waves at Mavericks in Half Moon BaySurfers Ride 40-Foot Waves at Mavericks in Half Moon BayHigh surf advisories throughout California's coast on Thursday did not stop surfers from testing the rough waters in Half Moon Bay.
"There were some solid waves," surfer Travis Eayn said.
From the cliff at Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay, photographer tried to predict which waves surfers would dare to ride. There was one injury reported Thursday when a surfer suffered a dislocated shoulder.
The high surf advisory is in effect until 10 a.m. Friday.
Poor GMac. 48 years old and still having to earn a living by getting rag dolled on one of these monsters.
I guess some surfers do it for the same reason mountain climbers climb:’Because It Is There!”
I took up surfing only this past summer. Here is a video I posted on YouTube of my first ever wave. Have to admit I was a little nervous, it being my first time and all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nS_aR8XX_U
It does look like fun, if you have the ability.
WOW! Cool. (the family car broke down in Half Moon Bay one summer when we were traveling up the coast from Michigan when the kids were little). I’ve seen (what I thought were) big waves 8-10 ft on the west coast a couple of times when I was out there. These? WOW!
Check this video out. It’s only got 10.7 million hits at YouTube.
Full screen it if you’re on a PC or Mac.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtVQJCq2cCM
Too rough for good fishin...
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