Inside Maverick's: Portrait of a Monster Wave

Inside Maverick's: Portrait of a Monster Wave by Washburn, Grant. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780811851213.

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 Mavericks. Recognized as one of the most dangerous big wave surf breaks in the world, Mavericks is big, cold, and sickeningly powerful. Its the best show in town, but until now you could only see it through a pair of binoculars. Inside Mavericks brings you right onto the sickening ledge of a 75-foot wave with jaw-dropping photographs and gritty insider accounts of what its really like out there. Sports columnist Bruce Jenkins and Mavericks surfer Grant Washburn have interviewed top big wave surfers Peter Mel, Zach Wourmhoudt, Evan Slater, and others to discuss every aspect of the freakish wavefrom the paddle out to the terrifying drop to the inevitable and brutal wipeouts. Covering fifteen years of incredible surfing with photos that have never before been published, Inside Mavericks grants unparalleled access to this legendary wave and the elite core of big wave surfers that are obsessed with challenging it.