Chapter: 8
The Ride of Your Life
- Is Surfing Hip?
- Lisa Andersen Surfs Better Than You
- Killer Cute
- Kelly Slater is Just Warming Up
- Rebel for Hire
- I Believe I Can Fly
- A Monster in Half Moon Bay
- Mark Foo's Last Ride
- Open Throttle
- Laird Means Lord
- Tahitian Scream
- A Webcam for Every Wave
- Last Call for Print Media
- Taylor Steele Likes it Rough
- Searching for the Perfect Phrase
- Hollywood Tries Again
- Thirty is the New Twenty
- Andy Irons' Poetic Fury
- The Beast and Beyond
- A Dance with the Past
- Foam is Dead, Long Live Foam
- Nature Gets a Makeover
- Surf in a Box
- The End of History
Mark Foo's Last Ride
Mark Foo's last wave. Photo: Doug Acton
Darryl Virostko. Photo: Doug Acton
Peter Mel. Photo: Lawrence Beck
Mavericks, December 23, 1994. Photo: Rob Gilley
Jay Moriarity. Photo: Vern Fisher
Surfer gave Maverick’s a formal introduction in 1992, with a cover story titled “Cold Sweat.” A second coming-out of sorts took place two years later, after a long, photogenic, and ultimately tragic run of winter surf. The Hawaiians by that time had figured out that a nice big-wave bonus could be picked up by chasing waves east, from Oahu to the West Coast, after the bulk of the swell had already ...
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