Inside Maverick's Portrait of a Monster Wave

Name: Inside Maverick's Portrait of a Monster Wave
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ISBN: 9780811851213

ISBN-10: 0811851214

ISBN-13: 9780811851213

Edition: 2006

Authors: Doug Acton, Bruce Jenkins, Grant Washburn, Richard Schmidt

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Every winter when the ocean buoys start to read 10-, 15-, and 20-feet, the coast of Half Moon Bay, California, is transformed by an enormous wave called Maverick's. Recognized as one of the most dangerous big wave surf breaks in the world, Maverick's is big, cold, and sickeningly powerful. It's the best show in town, but until now you could only see it through a pair of binoculars. Inside Maverick's brings you right onto the sickening ledge of a 75-foot wave with jaw-dropping photographs and gritty insider accounts of what it's really like out there. Sports columnist Bruce Jenkins and Maverick's surfer Grant Washburn have interviewed top big wave surfers Peter Mel, Zach Wourmhoudt, Evan…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date: 9/21/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 160
Size: 11.00" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.794
Language: English

Bruce Jenkins is Professor of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.



Foreword



Introduction



The Logistics


First-Time View



Stormsurf



The Lineup



The Drop



Anatomy of a Wipeout



Being Flea



Tragedy Revisited



The View from Hawaii


Fear



Evolution Revolution



The Tow Team



The Case for Paddling



The Prodigy



Going Left



A Time and Place



Remembering Jay



The Biggest Swells


Index