Mavericks surfer, went out and road these waves that nobody even knew existed back in 2001. And I'm going to stop real quick and just tell you that the other guys I have with
Maverick said I'm not Mr Congeniality by the way all four of these types like who they are I mean what I've discovered so
Mavericks most probably the most challenging wave in the world a killer of a wave killed a friend of mine a guy
But Maverick is such an interesting character as well, because he is this father who is so complex, and he's done time,
at Mavericks. And of course they realized in short order it was quite possible. One of Rob Brown -- a photographer here -- one of his good friends growing up was this little
Like Mavericks water to a real abrupt shallow shelf and you'll get a consistent barreling wave where other, you know, waves it just fends on the bottom contours whereas we mentioned
Dallas Mavericks have been using it for similar purposes.
that Maverick's the willingness to see something and go after it even though no
But three maverick scientists thought there might be a way.
And M is for maverick.
And what's the maverick?
they're kind of mavericks and free thinkers.
They protect the mavericks.
Thinking like a true maverick, Tesla said, everybody's got so hung up on the details.
that's Garrett McNamara Mavericks of course up in San Francisco also claimed lives and the day that I
Peter Mel from Mavericks on a beauty. This is Chilean, Ramon Navarro.
Shane nearly drowned at Mavericks. And he's a dad with at least one kid -- two kids. Down at the bottom of the ocean, he kind of said to himself, "something's got to change." And
you won the maverick's contest on? Yeah. This board is built to be large enough to get your
tow surf Mavericks anymore, we just want the jet skis there to survive for rescue. A couple guys that knew the Surfrider Foundation chimed in, made it happen. This thing got railroaded
craziness in a way of this Maverick team in the Mojave Desert can you share that recipe yeah I'll try to be quick so for
And sometimes you need a fellow maverick.
because he's a bit of a maverick.
I'm going to be a maverick.
I also call it the maverick positioning.
Steve Jobs is a classic maverick positioning.
--and then this against or maverick position.
jet skis in the water around Mavericks and off the California coast ever since. This is Skindog who is here in the audience and Peter Mel, a well-known Mavericks surfer and
close to as big as Mavericks or Cortes, but Cortes and Mavericks -- there's no limit to how big. You know, Waimea is in a small bay and you know these open ocean waves have much
that guy was tow surfing Mavericks. There was a bit of an argument between two groups of surfers -- paddle groups and tow surfing. At this point, it's gone. We don't want to
He took me to go see "Top Gun-- Maverick." This is us singing the "Top Gun" theme song on the drive over.
And my whole childhood was playing with the children of Maverick, and Iceman, and all these others who now have a claim to fame
For example in "Tomorrowland," that was about those maverick innovators who took science fiction ideas and turned them into science fact technology.
there with my boys David on the right and Maverick on the left and they're fighting over who gets to pump the Water
decide to give up your regular jobs and join this Maverick great team because it's it's something I think we could all
Some of those innovators in the labs who were real mavericks, they didn't follow the rules, they were difficult to deal with, a lot of people
So this is Dirk Nowitzki of the Dallas Mavericks.
OK, mavericks. Any mavericks?
And he's also very well-known in the Mavericks community. The Cortes Bank is a really unusual
Jeff: Yeah, Mavericks comes up much more abruptly where it's gradually comes up at Cortes bank. Mavericks because it comes up so abruptly, when he talks about the swell
Jeff: What is Waimea compared to Cortes or Mavericks?
And we had a President who is basically dressing up like Maverick for a very serious set of issues:the Iraq War. We have Rambo III. It took place in Afghanistan. Obviously, we're
kind of political correctness and it makes him seem like a maverick and it makes – it immediately gives some kind of swagger to the whole thing.
when I was in the Senate I was a Maverick the Democrats didn't like me
Rattan and all of these innovators and kind of all of these Mavericks who were trying to do something remarkable trying
The first thing he talked about, supporting the mavericks.
crew that included Mark Healey, Peter Mel of Mavericks, Greg's brother, Rusty, and Grant Twiggy Baker, on this ridiculous yacht the day after Christmas in 2009. And it was going
before so they wanted to see if it was possible to surf Mavericks and then make it down to Cortes. And they proved that indeed it was. These are some shots that Jason took. This
But it just doesn't have the impact of a building that Mavericks has.
Chris: I think some people would argue -- Greg might agree if Jason -- Jason has surfed Mavericks I might point out; Rob is more sane like me. I've seen Rob on his boat
but was done by an Investment Bank would you believe me lo and behold this Maverick James