After a slower-than-normal start to the big-wave surfing season at Mavericks, Thursday delivered a barrage of 40-foot-high waves that drew riders from far and wide to the famous Half Moon Bay break.

Surfing the world's biggest waves takes a certain kind of commitment. Whether it's paddling undeterred into an over-sized XL bomb, or letting go of the rope on an 80-to-90 foot monster, there's a ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- It appears that the Mavericks Challenge big wave surfing contest will not take place for the 2018-19 season. The World Surf League thought a late-season swell in the ...

Sarah Gerhardt surfs Mavericks in northern California. Imagine a wave so big it darkens the horizon as it rolls in. Just south of San Francisco, this surf spot is called Mavericks. Sarah Gerhardt is ...

The big-wave break off the coast of Half Moon Bay was named after a German shepherd puppy who tried to swim into the surf back in the 1950s. Few others dared to make the leap until Jeff Clark began ...