Mavericks Contest A GO!

The Mavericks Invitational will be held this weekend in solid surf expected to peak on Sunday. “The waves are going to be insane, the weather is going to be beautiful, and the level of surfing will break new ground,” said Mavericks Invitational Contest Director Jeff Clark. The contest needs all variables to come together including swell and weather. The weather this weekend is expected to be sunny with calm winds and the swell is expected to have periods in the 20+ range. The swell is arriving from a intense low pressure system that developed off Japan resulting in hurricane force winds. See our previous post on the forecast here. Unfortunately, the contest directors are not encouraging spectators along the cliffs but will be setting up a big screen at the Maverick’s Festival for people to view the contest. However, we expect to get some footage of the action this weekend so stay tuned.

Photo: Jacobovs

Competitors
Matt Ambrose
Ryan Augenstein
Grant “Twiggy” Baker
Chris Bertish
Carlos Burle
Ken “Skindog” Collins
Shane Desmond
Shawn Dollar
Shane Dorian
Nathan Fletcher
Mark Healey
Rusty Long
Greg Long
Alex Martins
Peter Mel
Ryan Seelbach
Kelly Slater
Tyler Smith
Jamie Sterling
Anthony Tashnick
Grant Washburn
Dave Wassel
Ben Wilkinson
Zach Wormhoudt

Alternates
1. Tyler Fox (Santa Cruz)
2. Josh Loya (Santa Cruz)
3. Colin Dwyer (Pacifica)
4. Nic Lamb (Santa Cruz)
5. Danilo Couto (Brazil)
6. Derek Dunfee (San Diego)
7. Ben Andrews (San Francisco)
8. Andrew Marr (South Africa)
9. Travis Payne (Pacifica)
10. Ion Banner (Half Moon Bay)
11. Kohl Christensen (Hawaii)
12. Shawn Rhodes (Pacifica)
13. Mike Gerhardt (Santa Cruz)
14. Garret McNamara (Hawaii)
15. Russel Smith (Santa Cruz)
16. Jamie Mitchel (Australia)
17. Frank Solomon (South Africa)