For the first time in a couple of year the Mavericks big wave contest was run last night. Reports have it as being the biggest contest day in its history with about 15 spectators suffering broken bones after being washed off a sea wall.
The contest has been controversial this year with the company that owns the rights dismissing Maverick's legend Jeff Clark from the event and Clark suing the company. It is also unusal as the competitors (who are all invitees) vote whether the conditions are good enough to run the event or not.
When the dog woke me about 1.30 this morning the live webcast was showing nice conditions with a solid swell and a big off fog. The winner was a realtively unknown South African.
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