As we may have mentioned in our feature last week, Mav's was big and clean and scary and "as good as it gets." Here is the definitive edit of the historic day from our good pals over at Powerlines, who've been documenting Maverick's since the beginning.



Speaking of the beginning, much has changed over the past few decades out here. Mostly crowds and performance level, both of which have gone through the roof. But along with frothing crowds comes serious safety issues -- a fact that became clear last Thursday. "I've been doing rescues out at Maverick's for nearly 20 years now," Frank Quirarte wrote in a Facebook post. "I've seen the crowds out there expand from a handful of surfers to nearly 50 surfers in the lineup on every big swell. To put things into perspective, during a WSL event, we have eight rescuers and skis to cover six surfers. During this past swell, we had two trained rescuers covering nearly 50. And the size of the crowds are only getting bigger."



Here's the thing: Frank does not charge to pick your tattered ass up after a trip through the rocks. But skis take maintenance. And more guys need training. With all that in mind, after much back and forth on social media, Quirarte started a GoFundMe page. "to cover the cost of annual CPR, environmental and survival training for the Maverick's surfing community and equipment maintenance and repairs for the Rescue Boat Operator volunteers."



If you're interested in learning more and/or donating to the Mavericks Volunteer Rescue fund, check the GoFundMe page.

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