IF IT SWELLS, RIDE IT!

Window is open for mavericks.

"She lies dormant most of the year, and awakens solely in her own sweet time. Neither a ceremony to mark the opening, the sale of tickets or even the arrival of invited athletes to this daunting oceanic arena will guarantee any competition taking place. Only when Mother Nature is good and ready to produce waves greater than a three-story building, will one of the most harrowing of sporting competitions -- the Maverick's big wave surf contest -- be allowed to begin.

Most of us can only marvel at the very size and immense power of the fast moving water that is forced upon the V-shaped reef about a mile off the coast of Princeton-by-the-Sea via what we see on the silver screen or in surf magazines' portrayals. And since 1983, those epic images have more often than not been shot through the lens of Pacifica's Frank Quirarte."http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19699082?IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com&IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com&IADID=Search-www.santacruzsentinel.com-www.santacruzsentinel.com

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/mavericks-surf-2012_n_1181835.html

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19682745?source=most_viewed

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_19695490