The Mavericks Contest Window 2009/10

The infamous big wave contest held at Half Moon Bay, California, is now in its official waiting period.

From 1st November 2009 up until 31st March 2010 surfers are “on call” awaiting the call to attend on 24 hours notice of the right conditions for contest to begin.

Mavericks can serve up waves of anything between 30- 40ft and sometimes beyond, although not a always a dead-cert, and last year was a no show.

This yearcontestants and organisers alike are really hopeful with the news from official surf forecasterMark Sponsler of Stormsurf.comThe El Nio season, which has already begun, should bring a higher number of storms moving from the International Dateline into the Gulf of Alaska than in years previous. Those storms should have the potential to push larger and more consistent surf down the Pacific Coast into California. It’s likely there will be several good opportunities to hold the contest between now and March 31 when the contest window closes..

Total prize money for this years competition stands at $150k with $50k for the winner.

Competitors
Matt Ambrose, Ben Andrews, Grant Baker, Ion Banner, Chris Bertish, Carlos Burle, Kenny Collins, Shane Desmond, Nathan Fletcher, Brock Little, Greg Long, Josh Loya, Peter Mel, Shawn Rhodes, Ryan Seelbach, Evan Slater, Tyler Smith, Jamie Sterling, Anthony Tashnick, Darryl Virostko, Grant Washburn, Dave Wassell, Tim West, Zach Wormhoudt.

Alternates
Alex Martins, Danilo Couto, Mark Healey, Tyler Fox, Rusty Long, Nic Lamb, Jamie Mitchell, Mike Gerhardt, Russell Smith, Kealii Mamala, Garrett McNamara, Andrew Marr, Lawton Smith, John Whittle, Colin Dwyer.

Hereare some of the2007 contest highlights

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More information About Mavericks and The Mavericks Surf Contest is available on our surf blog.