Editor’s Note: “Spot Snapshot” is a series that highlights an image and explains what you’d never know by simply looking at it. As the cliché goes, “a picture is worth 1000 words.”
Healey out. Boat in. Photo: Shannon Marie
Maverick’s was wild today. This moment, in particular, was one of the wildest. After this boat found itself a little too far on the inside – a place you definitely don’t want to find yourself at Maverick’s – Mark Healey hit the eject button. And when Healey’s doing it, it’s probably not a bad thing to consider.
There were more a few massive clean up sets that caught many people off guard in typical Maverick’s fashion. The channel was crowded and as the tide dropped, a monster bomb came through and cleaned-up the pack. While most surfers on the boat (including a heavy Hawaiian crew consisting of Koa Rothman, Billy Kemper, Francisco Porcella and Koa Smith) grabbed a rail or ran to the other side, Healey pulled out the stunt professional in him and launched up and over the wake.
Photographers on the boat reported losing camera gear – not to mention the footage from an entire day of mental Maverick’s surfing.
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