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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
[UPDATE: Even more better vids have turned up today, links right here. Still hunting for 1080p High Def...]
Here’s some video from creilly94010* showing a giant rogue wave that injured spectators at the 2009-2010 Mavericks Surf Contest in Princeton-by-the-Sea / Half Moon Bay today. The video only has two YouTube views now but nevertheless it, so far, does the best job of showing what went wrong.
From the bluff, with people on the rocky seawall getting inundated by the wave:
Those are temporary structures temporarily in the water.
Here’s view from the seawall during the 2005 Contest, looking up at the bluff – nice and dry that year. Click to expand:
UPDATE: Comes now KRON Channel 4 FTW. Their video shows the same wave as the one shown above crashing through the seawall like it was nothing. The beach here has more than its fair share of random boulders, hence the danger:
And here’s a first person report from reporter Beth Spotswood. And here’s a discussion of just what, in fact, constitutes a wave’s rogue-ness.
(Waves going rogue at Mavericks- there’ll be a Sarah Palin joke to make once everybody’s recovered 100%.)
This kind of incident hasn’t happened at prior contests – it’ll be interesting to see what changes, if any, are made at future events…
* Of Burlingame, this is not San Francisco’s famous C. Reilly
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
It’s on! The world famous Mavericks Surf Contest is on.
After two long years of lulls, get ready for some lulz and excitement. The long wait, she is over:
From January 12, 2008: Darryl “Flea” Virostko was a tad aggressive in the first round. Not too long ago he went though rehab (“FleaHab” they calling the program) - look for him to do well. Click to expand:
Canon 1D Mark II, Canon EF 300mm 2.8 IS plus Canon 2x II extender at f8.0
*Assuming you have a reason to go. Assuming you are really, really up for it. Otherwise:
“NOTE: IN AN EFFORT TO LIMIT CROWD IMPACT ON THE HALF MOON BAY AREA AND COASTAL ECO-SYSTEMS, WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL MAVERICKS FANS TO WATCH THE CONTEST VIA FREE LIVE WEBCAST OR BY ATTENDING OUR LIVE VIEWING PARTY AT AT&T PARK IN SAN FRANCISCO. BOTH OPTIONS PROVIDE A MUCH BETTER VIEWING EXPERIENCE THAN THE VIEW FROM THE BEACH. IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING MAVERICKS IN-PERSON, PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND CAUTIOUS OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, AND LEAVE NO TRACE. PLEASE PARK IN THE OFFICIAL PARKING LOTS ONLY AND BE RESPECTFUL OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.”
All the deets, and I mean all the deets, after the jump
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Oh man, you drivers out there, you’re out on the road more and more every year* but the amount of gasoline and diesel ‘n stuff you buy isn’t keeping pace. So when people like you trade in their big old fuel-guzzling SUVs for Toyota Prius hybrids, the amount of gasoline they buy and the concomitant tax they pay to the Govmint goes down, let’s say by a half or two-thirds.
That’s good for Prius drivers but bad for the govmints. This chart from a big new report (free .pdf) out of California’s own RAND Corportation think tank ‘splains it all. See? You people are out there clogging up the roads and tearing up the streets 100% more than you were in 1980, but you’re only buying 50% more fuel:
You drivers are paying more in tax but not as much as if you would be paying if you were taxed by the mile. (That makes you a deadbeat in the eyes of the Powers That Be.)
And things are only going to get “worse” when Tesla Motors’ mainstream Model S hits the streets in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, “late 2012,” right? Electric car drivers pay no gas tax at all, so how are we going to make sure that they pay their fair share to repave our streets ‘n stuff**?
The RANDian eggheads looked at these issues and, out of 15 ideas, decided that these three would be the most practicable:
What if the authorities put a GPS unit in your car or motorcycle? Not the regular kind of GPS receiver, the good kind, the ones that use differentials or whatever to pinpoint your whereabouts down to a couple yards on a 24-7 basis.
You don’t like that? Well how about a cell phone in your car next to the engine that would call the government on a regular basis to rat out how miles you’ve driven the past week?
You don’t like that neither? Well how about a system that ID’s your car when you buy gas and then computes your Miles Driven by looking at your particular model’s EPA rating?
And let’s say this all gets implemented in five years.
Or instead, our electeds could simply raise gas taxes a bit, but that’s not something that they like talking about doing.
Of course they could make this new VMT proposal “revenue neutral” by getting rid of or lowering per-gallon fuel taxes that you pay today. Once a system like this is in place, taxes would correlate more directly with miles driven – it’s up to you if you like that or not.
Welcome to The Future.
Speaking of 1980:
My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about.
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law.
And on Sundays I elude the Eyes,
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits.
See how this libertarian, Canadian Power Rock Trio story ends after the jump.
*Not so much this past year or two, but you’ll be out there in force again soon enough.
**And maybe that’s the way it should be. I know all the arguments you’re thinking about - this is a political question, of course.
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
The people at the Mavericks Surf Contest are still mulling over when and if they’ll be able to put on a show this season, but no matter, check out this recent video of veteran Bart Willems taking on San Mateo County’s best surf on a 15-foot day.
Go ahead, watch it full-screen at 720p HD - why does your CPU have four cores if you’re not going to use them?
And do you like the wipeouts at Mavericks, like this one from a few years back?
Then check out this tale of woe from Joao De Macedo’s Thanksgiving Day, 2009.
Tink happy toughts, and the 2009-2010 season will go off without a hitch.
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
The Bay Area’s Mavericks Surf Contest 2009-2010 should be coming again soon, but the selected surfers just voted thumbs down to going out over the next few days.
Still, the surf looked pretty big yesterday. Confidence remains high that we’ll end up with a great day over the next couple of months.
As it appeared yesterday, January 10, 2010:
Seth Migdail
Cross your toes when you hang ten and the contest will be here before you know…
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
[Update: The long wait ended today, February 11, 2010. The 2009-2010 Contest will be held on Saturday(!), February 13th.]
Boy, oh boy, there are a lot of changes to the Mavericks Surf Contest this go around.
The El Nino
The expanded Contest Window
The new “if they say ‘go,’ we go” method of deciding when to hold La Competencia
Don’t miss the big wave action, baby!
Click to expand
All the deets, after the jump.
See you there in San Mateo County!
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Thursday, April 16th, 2009
Well, the 2009 season of the Mavericks Surf Contest didn’t come together as planned, but they had the closing ceremony anyway last night at the Oceano Hotel down in Half Moon Bay.
All the competitors can do is plan for the next season, which will hopefully have a chance of getting started as early as November 1, 2009, if the stars align.
Last night they washed their CLIF bars down with Bullitt (nee Bourbon) County’s finest whiskey, from sponsor Jim Beam:
Click to expand
Soon enough, they’ll be back for one of the biggest surf competitions in the world.
Mavericks Holds Closing Ceremony for 2009 Season
The contest season for the 2009 Mavericks Surf Contest® Presented by Sony Ericsson came to an official close tonight, as several of the world’s best big wave surfers, as well as their friends, family, and members of the media joined to bid farewell to the 2009 season. “Tonight was a special night for everyone who is associated with Mavericks,” said Mavericks CEO Keir J. Beadling. “It gave us a chance to thank everyone who has worked to make this contest possible. We would like to thank the surfers, who have been as as patient as they are courageous. We are also grateful to our sponsors for all they have done to support this event.” Sponsors of the 2009 contest were Sony Ericsson, Jim Beam® Bourbon, Moose Guen and Jane Sutherland of MVision, Barracuda Networks Inc., Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., FLO TV, FUEL TV, myspace action sports, Oceano Hotel and Spa, CLIF BAR & Co., the Bay Club, The Corporate Law Group, Rickshaw Bagworks, Vertical Response, Surfer Magazine, Sam’s Chowder House, Stormsurf.com, Airship Ventures, Capture Technologies, Doc’s ProPlugs, Jeff Clark Surfboards and Mavericks Surf Shop.
As the gatherers said goodbye to the 2009 contest season, they also cast a collective eye towards the future, in anticipation of the 2010 contest. Their spirits were lifted by the news that the record-breaking $150,000 prize purse will again be available in 2010. “We would like to thank Moose Guen and Jane Sutherland of MVision, as well as Barracuda Networks for ensuring that these incredible athletes will once again be competing for a prize purse that pays tribute to their talent and bravery,” added Beadling.
Beadling also stated that one of the company’s main goals is to lengthen the 2010 contest window by opening the window on November 1st. “We recognize the importance of having the contest window open at the start of November, and we are currently working very hard to make this happen.” Commenting on the value of opening the contest window on the first of November, Contest Director Jeff Clark stated, “It’s nearly impossible to overstate the significance of opening the contest window on the 1st of November. If we’d had the support to do so in previous years, we would almost certainly have been able to put on a contest every year. If we are able to do so for the 2010 contest, we will be ready for whatever Mother Nature offers us.”
About Mavericks™
Coined as “the wave beyond,” the Mavericks™ brand inspires hardcore athletes to face the unpredictably raw power of Mother Nature, and stirs the souls of those who aspire to challenge their own limits. Mavericks remains true to its core: a cold, mysterious and foreboding place that demands respect from everyone who goes there and inspires them to attempt the extraordinary. For more information, including photos, surf conditions, a newly-launched Official Mavericks™ apparel line, and contest highlights, visit Mavericks online at www.maverickssurf.com.
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
Upon further review, it turns out that the Mavericks Surf Contest waiting period will not get extended, so that means no competition this year. But that will make the 2010 affair all the more special, right? And they’ll see about getting future waiting periods pushed forward into Autumn, so that’ll be nice.
See you next year! Deets below.
This is what some of the 2008 contest looked like:
“Extending the waiting period beyond March this season would pose a unique set of challenges on this front. Said Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (GFNMS), Superintendent Maria Brown, “The sanctuary had already extended the exemption for the contest period through March. But the presence of listed and vulnerable species, newly-born harbor seal pups, migrating whales, and nesting birds make April a particularly sensitive time for wildlife in the Sanctuary.”
Full deets after the jump
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Tags: 2009, 2010, april, big wave, california, contest, email, extended, fuel, half moon bay, jeff clark, mavericks, mavericks surf contest, San Francisco, season, suf, surfing, text, time, Window
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Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
Mavericks Surf Contest organizers just extended the season into next week, so if the tasty waves come in by Wednesday, April 8th, then it’ll be on.
That’s good.
How it looked last year. Click to expand.
Tink happy toughts.
Tags: 2009, April 8, april 8th, big wave, california, contest, email, extended, fuel, half moon bay, jeff clark, mavericks, San Francisco, season, suf, surfing, text, time, Window
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Friday, March 20th, 2009
Remember the Genepax Water Car from way back in 2008, when gasoline and diesel prices were just a skosh higher than these days? This video from Thomson Reuters is still up, so enjoy. The claim:
“Japanese company Genepax presents its eco-friendly car that runs on nothing but water.”
As stated before, the car in the vid wasn’t running on “nothing but water.” Anywho, the whole idea is officially kaput right now, so there’ll be no more embarrassment for Thomson Reuters. Read below for details.
“We provide the right information at the right time.” Maybe so, TR, but not in this case.
And, the inevitable “things didn’t work out after all” letter from Genepax:
Oh well…
Tags: alternative, car, Carlile-Alkhouri, fuel, genepax, green, hydrogen, japan, Japanese, Michelle, osaka, powered, reuters, runs, water
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