December 28th was a big day at Maverick’s. A bunch of the usual suspects were out there, as is the norm when Mav’s pulses, but when a wave like the one in Half Moon Bay gets as big as it did, the inevitable wipeouts are going to be bad.
Take, for example, the one you see above. Will Skudin, who is no stranger to the weight of Maverick’s, was yanked into a wave by Nic Von Rupp. Both are well-versed in both riding big waves and towing into them, but all the experience in the world doesn’t guarantee anything when it comes to surfing big waves. After navigating the initial drop, Skudin didn’t manage to get out of the way of the lip, and the lip definitely let him know who’s in charge.
