Mavericks: Most Dangerous Wave in the World with Nic Lamb

Professional big wave surfer, Nic Lamb, sits down with The Surf Channel to talk about one of the most dangerous breaks in the world. Mavericks, in Half Moon Bay, California, attracts the most dedicated big wave surfers to her unforgiving swells every year. Lamb describes his fear of the ocean and just what keeps him coming back for more!

Produced and Directed by Selma Al-Faqih
Edited by Jason Alexander

[Mrflyfisher]

At Mavericks the water is in the 50's and the air temp can be anything as you are on it early and on the boat at o'dark thirty. It's fuckin cold and foggy at Half Moon bay. That wave is nasty and getting held under for two waves and getting caught inside in that cold water. Holy crap! You are being held under spinning around in that cold water with overcast skies you have no idea which way is up all the while struggling to hold that last gasp of breath while the man in the gray suit is swimming around. Mav's is dead center of the white triangle. That waves jacks and comes crashing down. It is so nasty little else compares. I'd rather be anywhere else in warm water and my baggies instead of a heavy wetsuit and booties and a hood trying to surf monster waves.

[BILTbyAgassiandReyes]

It is amazing that these people can do this!  Just amazing!

[LIM]

I tell ya what surfers have got to be some of the most bad ass people out there

[jeepgirlolllo]

My son Vitto saved Zack's life out at The Mav back in the 90's !!! Proud of ya V.

[xsurfertwnx]

Beautiful and terrifying wave, and this guy charges! Looks cold, mean, and unforgiving… 

[lisseloteschaper]

Personal I think cyclops, The Right, shipsterns is for me the most dangerous waves. But everybody have a different opinion. Mavericks is certainly one of the most dangerous wave in the world. 

[fdrvkhm]

Great vid! My big monster was in Tahiti...

[rwodea]

LIVE LIKE JAY GUYS..HES THE LEGEND OF SURFING ...HE IS THE GREATEST SOUL-SURFER TO LIVE ...R.I.P JAY

[robmar]

1974 - Venice beach - had some of the biggest waves - 20 ft waves - and I was a high school kid - body surfer - what a ride - with a felling = rush - and you look around and the beach is closed off - except for surfers only = rush

[mariameireles]

hopefully Mavs will deliver this year!

[JOEPASHLEY]

the barrels at mullaghmore though, nice.

[jamescunneen]

pipeline is very gnarly.But teahupoo and shipsterns are the two craziest waves in the world.Not for size but for power and crazinest they definately take the the title.

[slickrick]

These people have balls. The fact that sharks lurk beneath them is ridiculous

[mycatslya]

how big was that wave in the beginning?

[netradioheyu]

I boogeyman board and skim board surfers beach in HMB thts scary enough for a desert kid from las cruces, nm. Gotta see a mavs invitational next yr for sure. Big ups Mavs surfers!! Shout out to my sis -Cathy Deasy

[ControlMajnu-]

No one:

Youtube: recommending a live game 10 years later💀🧐

[bPesqueira]

It'd be awesome to go to that invitational and just watch these people surf those waves

[slomerator]

I would love to surf a beautiful place like that but living in a place where there's no ocean nearby and only going once a year holds me down but I'm getting better so one day

[dvz]

Does mavericks actually have the biggest waves? Are they bigger than nazere in Portugal??

[Anasazi]

Ryan, how many times has chump Slater rode Mav's? Jeff Clark surfed it alone for over 15 years and is a true champ not a chump. I've seen video of Slater surfing Shipsterns but he wiped out clean on the first two attempts and the waves were not that big. 1000's surf Waimea year round..big fuckin' deal and yeah, I do surf bitch in SOCAL.