SURFER Magazine's entire editorial team was on hand for these historic two days at Waimea and decided to memorialize the experience in print with the commemorative issue Two Days at the Bay ...
On Christmas Eve, a surfer from Santa Cruz rode a wave at Mavericks that witnesses say was over 100 feet tall, which would set a world record. But how do you reliably measure a wave?
The swell that brought up the notorious Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational on Oahu also brought major waves to Maui’s north shore, with one surfer surviving a gnarly wipeout.