One such singular location in the surf world is Mavericks. Situated off the sleepy fishing village of Half Moon Bay, about 30 miles south of San Francisco, Mavs is California’s premier big-wave ...

What came next may end up in the history books. Slebir, a 23-year-old Santa Cruz local, caught a towering wave at the Mavericks surf spot near Half Moon Bay that was recently estimated by ...