So, to learn more about what makes Maverick’s so special, we called up local legend and Mav’s pioneer Grant Washburn to get an insider’s perspective. “Long period (14-20 second) West and WNW swells ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Monday at Mavericks was projected to be one of the biggest and most epic surfing days of the decade at the famous Half Moon Bay surf spot and it lived up to that billing ...

The massive swell that pummeled California’s coast Monday brought destruction and death, but it also created one of the best surf days in the history of Mavericks, the most famous big-wave surf spot ...

When it comes to big waves, there’s nothing in the continental U.S. that compares to Mavericks surf break, and it’s only ...

At an awards ceremony Saturday night, 24-year-old Santa Cruz surfer Alessandro “Alo” Slebir will finally find out if he set a new world record while riding the towering wave at Mavericks last winter — ...

At about 3:15 p.m. on Dec. 23, as a powerful winter swell raged on the California coast and left the Santa Cruz Wharf snapped ...

A California surfer may have set a new world record with a wave he caught last month, and the video of the feat looks like a scene straight out of Hollywood. Alessandro “Alo” Slebir, a 23-year-old ...

SAN FRANCISCO - It was the first set of the day at Mavericks - a rock-studded, once-secret surf spot 20 miles south of San Francisco - and Andrea M ller was out charging big waves with a dozen other ...