Garrett Stand Up Paddle Surfing Maverick’s
Posted on October 25, 2007 - Filed Under Recent Trips and Sessions
Garrett McNamara STAND UP PADDLE SURFING Mav’s???
Kealii Mamala charging BOMBS!!!
Whether its winning this year’s biggest paddle wave, and best overall
performance in the Billabong XXL Awards, tow surfing holding a 16 mm
cam in death defying Chope’s, being towed into waves by a helicopter,
or enduring death defying glacier tsunami waves in Alaska,
G MAC and “The Hawaiian” Kealii Malama are in a league of their own.
You tend to wonder whats next???
Well, believe it or not Garrett rode his Stand Up Paddle Surf Hawaii board
through a crowded of at least 50 surfer at Mavericks.
Then two days later it was even bigger…
That day Kealii rode so many waves it looked
like he had been surfing Mavs his whole life.
Garrett was going deep and went over the falls on a monster. He got a beating that pounded him so hard he was coughing up blood, but just kept on surfing.
Quotes from later at the boat ramp:
A local boat captain “Kealii surfed incredible The
best style I have ever seen, and he rode one of the biggest waves of
the day!!!
Grant Washburn “Kealii Mamama is like no one I
have ever seen, comes from warm Hawaii, paddles out to cold Mavs and
surfed like he was right at home catching more waves then anyone.”
Garrett said “I Watched Kealii catch anything he wanted. He looked so comfortable
and confident. Hawaiian style.
We just like to have fun and let me tell you it was a BLAST!”.
Kealii said this: “Where ever we are Garrett is pushing the limits. That’s why it
didn’t surprise me when the Mad Man paddled out and surfed Mavs on his
stand up board. Our passion is new experiences, and this was one of them!!!”
Maverick’s Video on Surfline (Garrett gets one wave in this video)
