This group is for the folks that have a deep appreciation for the big wave surfing at Mavericks. Either as a spectator or a member of the lineup. Mavericks is a special place that commands a ton of respect. Community submissions of your experiences are welcome.

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Noserider

Bustin' Down the Door is going to be a super rad surf flick.

Before pro surfing found it's way, there were some super maverick pioneers that forced their vision for aggressive surfing coupled with a rock-star thirst for fame onto the surfing scene. This was well before there was actual money in the sport, so these guys were pioneering an underground culture and threading the needle between big, life-threatening waves, horny girls, drugs, and tropical diseases like malaria to forge what is currently pro-surfing today. This is going to be a hooot.

It's a really sad set of news to come out from the Peter Davi's toxicology report. It indicated that he had a significant amount of methamphetamine in his system when he died at Ghost trees last December.

As a big wave surfer, I was deeply saddened to find out that Davi had died. I am even more deeply saddened by the fact that he was high when it happened. Not judging the man here, but holy cow...the most difficult thing about surfing big Nor Cal waves is calming down your heart so that you can maintain composure in life threatening conditions. I can't even imagine what it must feel like to be hopped up on Meth, paddling your for your life to either a) scratch over a set, or b) commit to drop into a wave.

Surfing big waves always requires preparation. I never feel fully prepared. I always want more strength, more endurance, a slightly longer board, and more balls. But hopping out on Meth is not what would ever occur to me.

It really doesn't matter which generation you're from, if you grew up with four wheels under your feet you'll appreciate the insane vintage longboard surf styling from this 1965 skate movie titled "Skaterdater". These kids are styling through the streets of Santa Monica with the old original clay wheels - barefoot!

"Chasing Dora" a film by T.J. Barrack and Wes Brown will premiere sunday evening to benefit the Save the Waves Foundation.

About the film: “Chasing Dora” is the story of three California surfers who decided to bring to life an epic challenge thrown down by one of surfing’s greatest stylists, the renowned maverick, Miki Dora, who died in 2002 at age 67. Dora was one of the sport’s most iconic figures. He railed against the commercialization of surfing, yet endorsed one of the best-selling surfboard models of the mid-’60s surf boom. He decried competitive surfing, yet still chose to enter some, and floated schemes to promote others. He shunned publicity, yet managed to use the surf media to create an almost mythic persona for himself.