Heidi's Fascinations

Wow. What fun! It was a perfect day to watch a surf competition. Sunny, almost no wind, and record warm temperatures in a lot of the Bay Area today. I was prepared for typical Half Moon Bay beach weather - jeans, long sleeve shirt, heavy coat, thermos of coffee but instead it was practically hot and I got sunburned! Luckily I found my binocs, because the surfing was amazing!

Turns out the judges were looking for the biggest drops down wave faces. It sounded like if the surfer could fall thru open air down a massive wave face and pull it out, that was what they wanted.

Check out some videos here:

Six (five) nice videos

Article with highlights video - KTVU

Really nice photo collection - SF Gate


Tyler Smith


Yikes! (Greg Long)


More great photos


How many people tall is this wave?? (Randy Cone)


The view from the back of the wave. As a surfer waiting for the next wave you would see these develop. And people choose to enter them!


Article on why the waves are so big at Mavericks