Reason #35 why the Bay Area is the greatest place on earth to live. I got in a leisurely 8 miles along the SF waterfront this morning as the sun was coming up and the bay was glassy and flat without a breath of wind. T-shirt weather at 7am. Gonna be 73 and sunny today.

15 miles to the south in Half Moon Bay men are riding the biggest waves in the world.

We got it all.

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"A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy."
John Sawhill

The photos on the website are really good. Damn, it looks cold. Awesome though. I wish I was there.

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Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com

I was watching a news segment about it last night, I can't believe people are protesting a surf contest....kj

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Awww, Katy's not all THAT evil. Only slightly evil. In a good way. - JasoninHalifax

You'll get a better view on the webcast.

The reef is over half a mile off shore and the nearest viewing spot is a military communications facility and is closed to the public. About 100 people can fit onto a small unstable patch of cliff adjacent to the base....but thats almost as dangerous as the surf.

The water here is damn cold, I'd say 50 degrees right now and you get a really heavy wave. I used to live at Ocean Beach and quit surfing there because it stopped being fun. Getting hit by that wave is like getting hit by a truck, it hurts.

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"A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy."
John Sawhill

Who is protesting?

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"A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy."
John Sawhill

Environmentalists say that over crowding and parking for the day is going to destroy the grass.

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Awww, Katy's not all THAT evil. Only slightly evil. In a good way. - JasoninHalifax

Ha! Reason #35 why the Bay Area is the worst place on earth to live.

Just kidding. Sort of.

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Check out the first wipeout on this video.

http://sfgate.com/...2/07/BAGR2H41LF1.DTL



OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW thats a big drop.

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"A society is defined not only by what it creates, but by what it refuses to destroy."
John Sawhill

Some pictures from today: http://photos.signonsandiego.com/...ery1.5/mavericks2006

Not the biggest I've seen there, but that's a powerful wave.

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Ah heck, they protest anything here.

Matt: Probably passed you this morning. I was running the same place between 7:30-8:30.

clm

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clm
Nashville, TN
https://twitter.com/ironclm | http://ironclm.typepad.com

I grew up surfing in So. Cal. I miss the old days when it wasn't crowded. Anyway, even when I was surfing 28/30 days a month, I would not have been able to handle waves the size these nut jobs surf. It's very scary.

Also, why are these people protesting stepping on grass? They should just smoke it...

Doc

Great pics on www.surfline.com/home/index.cfm... then click on more news. Same swell hit HI. North Shore.

Train safe & smart Bob

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Train safe & smart
Bob