Nic Lamb drops in on the event-clinching wave in the finals.
Big-wave surf contests are getting hard to come by.
Earlier in the week, the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational was called off at the last second due to lack of swell at Waimea Bay.
If the contest isn’t resuscitated by Feb. 29, it will be the sixth straight year the Eddie wouldn’t go.
Mavericks was headed down a similar path, canceled five times since 1999 and failing to run under the new Titans of Mavericks banner last year.
Then came El Niño, and the best swell in five years last week, only to see Mavs go contest-less due to Bay Area’s Superbowl blackout restrictions.
But on Friday, the big-wave contest was back in Half Moon Bay.
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