Big wave surfing
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Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves that are at least 20 feet high, on surf boards known as "guns" or towboards. The size of the boar
A surfer at Mavericks, one of the world's premier big wave surfing locations
Surfing at The Eddie on 25 February 2016
Mark Foo
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Mark Sheldon Foo was a professional surfer who favored big wave surfing. Foo drowned while surfing at Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, in 1994.
Big wave surfing
…without generating safety hazards whilst the surfer is underwater. These hazards have killed several big-wave surfers. Some of the most notable are Mark Foo, who died surfing Mavericks on 23 December 1994; Donnie Solomon, who died exactly a year later at Waimea Bay; Todd Chesser, who died at Alligator Rock…
Memorial to Mark Foo at Mavericks Point on the Northern California Coast