No Mavericks This Weekend, But There Will Be Surfing
MSNBC
'This year's world-renowned Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay will not be held Saturday as speculated, but surfers still plan to catch some "fun" waves this weekend, contest participant Grant Washburn said this morning.
A large swell had been monitored for the past week and reached Hawaii on Wednesday morning, prompting contest officials to consider Friday or Saturday as possible days for the big-wave contest, according to contest director Jeff Clark.
"It's more likely that we're not going to have a nice day," said Washburn, a San Francisco resident who has competed in every Mavericks Surf Contest since the competition's creation in 1999.
"We want to have it be a really big day with great weather," he said. "There will probably be some really fun waves but it's not going to be fire and brimstone...'
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