DECEMBER 29th: Holland used to surf the california coastline, with his uncles and cousins - one cousin (Jim Redmill) was featured on the cover of a surfing magazine in the late 1960's and again, in the 1970's; he had a custom made board, too, that Holland says was "really something to see".
Dangerous waves, some as big as 40 feet, wreak havoc along Pacific coast: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ieaVDZnKvM)
Just north of Santa Cruz (Holland was born in Santa Cruz; lived there for a while when he worked in construction, and played up and down the coastline), Maverick's is for hard-core surfers who like the risky adrenaline rush that comes with high intensity danger: only professionals are allowed to surf there. The waves are moving so fast, the surfers have to be towed into the swells by wave-runners or boats.
Visitors from all over the world flock to Mavericks as surfers brave massive waves: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzuGQJu4HG8)
Maverick's Surf Rally Underway: https://sfist.com/2023/12/28/mavericks-surf-rally-underway-as-nearly-30-foot-waves-pummel-half-moon-bay/
These waves should be settled down by the time we head that way in the Spring of 2024.
I don't know if we'll be visiting any of these coastal areas (I'd like to see where Holland was born, and spent some of his adult life) because Holland says the roads are tight and winding - no way we could be taking our 45-foot RV down there.
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