Last July, I started working with a surf coach, Barry Green of Making the Drop. I began surfing late and want to get good before I'm too old, so I'd had in mind for some time that I'd like to get coaching to compress my learning curve. While there are many instructors available for beginners (heck, I could teach beginners), coaches at the intermediate level are harder to find.

"Here' s his price list: 1 hour private lesson - $120/hr weekend, $90/hr weekdays “Six- ..."

Watching a surf contest on TV is a far cry from seeing it in person, and the Nor Cal community deserves the opportunity to see with our own eyes the feats of the best male big wave riders in the world. I want to take in the big picture, watch the massive waves approaching, the surfers turning their guns and paddling into them, then the drop and ride, or brutal wipeout.

"I've been and watched from the cliff. In fact, I was there last time after people and merc ..."

"You want to get to Maverick - Pay $1000 and you can go VIP and get all the reach arounds y ..."

">Anybody who goes to watch is f-ing kook Watching a surf contest makes a person a kook? ..."

"I have a new rule. Hell, maybe I'll even call it a tradition. Anyone that wastes their tim ..."

"Hell yeah - anyone who wears a wetsuit is a kook. Anyone who eats PB&J is a kook. Anyone w ..."

Actor Gerard Butler was rushed to hospital after escaping death in a surfing stunt, it was reported yesterday.

The 42-year-old British star was trapped underwater after being hit by a succession of waves while filming in California.

"Hopefully he got through this OK. But I have to say the article's choice of language was a ..."

"THIS! IS! MAVERICK'S!!!!"

"You have got to be kidding me. How in the hell did this guy, with ZERO wave/surfing experi ..."

"As a movie star, he got his Mavericks' confused and forgot which one was dangerous. http: ..."

"In the PR biz, this is called "building buzz." Smart strategy to get the word out about th ..."

"...The shark was first spotted by the group to the South. I did not notice it until one of them let out a resounding 'oh s**t!' ..."

"Plovers in 3...2...1...."

"Man this place gets some great waves but it is a spooky place. The first time I came here ..."

"Probably totally unrelated....but as I was departing, and standing on top of the dunes, ob ..."

"That's Nessie, kirkle."

"@kirkle, that might have been a larger seal. I saw what looked to me like seals yesterday ..."

I took today off from work to be a surfer extra in a movie filming locally about Jay Moriarty, lamely entitled Of Men and Mavericks...