It's all about patience.
Jan. 23rd, 2013 08:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
in_the_blue...and people were complaining that the waves at Mavs this weekend weren't big. Check out this photo of Greg Long by Tony Canadas, it's my favorite from the event. This was Greg Long's first time back since nearly drowning at the Cortes Bank in December (read ESPN's article) and he looked as if he hadn't missed so much as a single beat. (If you don't know what a three-wave hold-down is, ask away.)
There are some videos from the event at the Mavericks Invitational website. The GoPro Mark Healey one is pretty fantastic, and the slo-mo 30-second pieces are great. I haven't watched all the rest of them yet. I did watch the whole event, even with the broadcast marred by a lot of cutting out and the event website offline for most of the day. Technical issues. I can't see why this stuff is never ever covered on TV here, but at least it was covered. Congratulations to Peter Mel, who's been surfing Mavericks for 21 years.
I'm still holding out for our local (well, more local) branch of the Big Wave World Tour at Nelscott Reef in Lincoln City. The window on it's open through March, so it might run. If it does, who's up for a trip to the coast with me?
There are some videos from the event at the Mavericks Invitational website. The GoPro Mark Healey one is pretty fantastic, and the slo-mo 30-second pieces are great. I haven't watched all the rest of them yet. I did watch the whole event, even with the broadcast marred by a lot of cutting out and the event website offline for most of the day. Technical issues. I can't see why this stuff is never ever covered on TV here, but at least it was covered. Congratulations to Peter Mel, who's been surfing Mavericks for 21 years.
I'm still holding out for our local (well, more local) branch of the Big Wave World Tour at Nelscott Reef in Lincoln City. The window on it's open through March, so it might run. If it does, who's up for a trip to the coast with me?
