If the big-wave world had its own Triple Crown, or a trifecta of surf spots showcasing the world's biggest, gnarliest, most progressive waves, it would go something like this: Jaws, Nazaré, Mavericks.
On December 28 th, the sleepy blue collar fishing town of Half Moon Bay, 30 miles south of San Francisco, turned into the epicenter of big-wave surfing. Surfers from around the world descended upon ...