Watch: Mavericks // October 18th, 2023
It's continuity might be arguable, but the swell that hit Mavericks two days ago - the first of the northern hemi season - started its life two weeks ago. On October 6th a tropical depression was noted near the Marshall Islands, upgraded to Tropical Storm Bolaven the following day, then again on the 10th October to Typhoon Bolaven, and almost immediately continuing its upwards mobility to Super Typhoon status.
Though Bolaven's status was short-lived, the system underwent extra-tropical transition as it moved north into the jet-stream and from there surfers in both Hawaii and California rubbed their hands together in glee.
This quickly edited clip from Curtis at Powerlines shows a slightly unruly Mavericks, and while not especially huge the hold down at the 1:00 minute mark shows the consequences of any mistake at this size.
Comments
Looks even heavier and meaner than usual, hats off to anybody taking that on.
love that real time hold down footage....makes you realise how heavy it is. All that foam and fibreglass not even popping up - makes you realise how strong the energy is - so gnarly!
Amazing how the first wave holds him firmly in the impact zone, and then the second wave washes him about 150m inside.
I found Koa's thoughts on it dragging you super deep underwater pretty terrifying. 9:27
Usually not a huge fan of Mavericks' footage but that vid does a great job of showing how heavy the wave must be. Some of those drops, the adrenaline would be through the roof.
Looks like sand in the wave face as it rears up with the sun through it I always thought it was all reef.
Insane waves would like to see the lads pull into the big chiefs
Augenstein killing it.
Nice to hear the raw audio, and see the beast up close. Terrifying.
Breathtaking watching those massive backlit walls rearing up at you.
Great sound too, really immerses the viewer.
Red Futures fin set up at 0.15
Best clip i've seen for a bit. That empty set! Faaark.
Solid
Strong work from all the crew!
Bright sunshine the very next day, slightly smaller though as the first wave shows, still a few cleanups: