Surf Girls on MTV OMG

[Todd T]

I had better not let my wife catch me watching that show. I was sitting around the the other night waiting for jacka$$ to come on and WOW! HELLLLLOo Nurse! :--) a bunch of tight bodies in bikini's surfing and exercising

 

[BFC]

Originally posted by Todd T

I had better not let my wife catch me watching that show.

SHE HATES SURFIN' THAT BAD? bullwip noise in the background :-laf :-laf :-laf

 

[Jeff Clark]

I came in the other day and my wife was watching it. I didn't have any problem sitting down for a few minutes.

 

[Elite1]

Originally posted by Jeff Clark

I came in the other day and my wife was watching it. I didn't have any problem sitting down for a few minutes.

Jeff Clark, Maybe you know this, but there is a famous California Surfer with your name. He is known as the "Maverick Man", There is a point break, near Halfmoon Bay, a little south of San Francisco, which probably produces the biggest wave in North America. The problem is it is very rocky and dangerous. Jeff Clark is famous, because for years he was the only person on the planet with big enough cajones to surf this massive wave. Check it out... . http://www.maverickssurf.com/history/jcbio.html

 

[Jeff Clark]

That's pretty cool. I'm Texas born and raised but I'm a HUGE fan of surf culture, especially the surf music of the early 60's, Beach Boys, Ventures, Dick Dale and the Deltones, etc.

 

[HVAC]

Mavericks

Mavericks is an amazing break no doubt. The knarly guys wait for the storms of the winter to set up competitions. Flea from Santa Cruz is pretty much the hot competetor currently. He's won the show the last couple years. Those waves can hit 30 feet! Kinda like surfing down the side of a building. I have many tapes and I can't count the guys that get on the wave near the top and then kick the board out as they fall down the face. It's a gravity thing.



Jeff Clark has a shop in the harbor area and I guess he does ok with the trick boards. He's the man that directed attention to this area.

 

[HVAC]

Picture

This isn't as big as the waves get but it ain't shabby.

 

[Elite1]

It must have been about 10 or 11 years ago, my son, wife and I were on our way up the coast to visit relatives in Petaluma and the bay area. My son was about 12 yrs. old and was already an avid surfer, doing tourneys etc... He begged for us to turn off the 101 hwy that cuts over to halfmoon bay, to go check out the break at Mavericks he had read about in Surfer magazine. He read aloud the article to us about Jeff Clark, the "Maverick Man".

We got to the harbor area and asked around where this Mavericks place is. They pointed to the military radar tower on top of a steep hill, and told us to follow a dirt trail between the harbor and the tower and it will take you there. It was drizzling so my wife and I weren't real crazy about hiking down a dirt trail, but Eric convinced us that we must see this wave. We are walking down the trail and get about half way to the rocky beach, when we notice a guy in a wet suit and surf board walking towards us. As he gets closer my son tugs my arm and wispers, thats him, thats the Maverick man,... I ask Eric his name and he says Jeff Clark. So knowing my son would be too shy to say anything, I ask him, hey is your name Jeff Clark and he stops and says yes how did you know?... I told him about the magazine and how we came to see the famous wave, so he tells I'll walk back with you and give you the tour... he tells us how the conditions aren't right today, but it still is a sloppy 10 foot wave. He pointed out where it breaks when it is real big, and the challenges to paddle out and to avoid rocks, etc... he then invited us back to his van where he gave my son a Mavericks T-shirt and a bunch of stickers for his boards. I was very impressed, a super nice guy.

BTW: Eric is a senior at UCSB and on the Surf team, and has been working the past 4 summers as a beach life guard in Malibu.

I'm hoping soon he will find out what real work is like!



Hey Texas Jeff Clark, I notice you drive a Ford... you should ask HVAC about the Cummins/Ford I read about!

 

[The patriot]

Originally posted by Jeff Clark

I came in the other day and my wife was watching it. I didn't have any problem sitting down for a few minutes.

You poor man. You'd tolerate anything for your wife... wouldnt you?

Elite1, glad to hear he was an down to earth type of guy.



Eric

 

[HVAC]

Mavericks Tour

Hey Elite1, that's a terrific story!



I have to imagine that experience is indelibly etched in your sons memory. What a treat for him.



You might want to call Maverick's surf shop and see if they can ship you a couple of the videos shot at Mav's. Some real good action on them.



The latest fun out there is what they call "Toe-In". That's where they use a jet ski to toe the surfer onto the face of the wave. This way they can really position themselves in the best part of the wave and then let go and go for it. The surfer doesn't get banged up trying to get on his board at the top of the wave. Usually they do a 25 foot swan dive and crash into the foot of the wave. When that happens the hold down is forever!