Jeff Clark
Mavericks Pioneer
One of the most noteworthy big-wave surfers, famous for surfing Mavericks alone for 15 years before it was widely discovered by the big-wave surfing community.
Maya Gabeira
World record holder for largest wave surfed by a female
Most known for having surfed a 73.5 ft / 22,4 m high wave in Nazare, Portugal, 2020. Recorded by Guinness World Records as the biggest wave ever surfed by a female - It was also the bigget wave surfed by anyone that year.
Darryl "Flea" Virostko
Three Time Mavericks Contest Winner
A professional "big-wave" surfer from Santa Cruz, California. He is a 3-time Maverick's competition winner. Virostko appears as himself in the surfing films Riding Giants, Step Into Liquid, and Billabong Odyssey.
Chris Bertish
Mavericks Invitational Champion
South African, born surfer, first to paddle out and surf Jaws, Mavericks and Toto Santos on the same swell. Winner of the 2010 mavericks surf contest. Stand up paddled across the Atlantic Ocean unassisted.