"Known for their massive waves that can get as high as 60-feet. This is a bucket-list location for most surfers."
If there is one thing sports fans crave more than touchdowns or home runs, it is the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. The annual release features women in bikinis on beaches though those beaches change from year to year. Sometimes, say, Mexico is featured. Other times, the Bahamas are front and center. Very sexy but only marginally sexier than Sports Illustrated’s somewhat annual “The Ultimate Surf Spots for Beginners and Pros Alike” list.
“These are the 11 best locations for surfing in the United States with options that cater to both beginners and experienced riders,” the feature begins, sports fans salivating at home, hiding with computers in closets.
This year, we have Oahu’s North Shore, a fine surf spot and deserving of the top slot, followed by Malibu (California), South Padre Island (Texas), Montauk (New York), Outer Banks (North Carolina), Huntington Beach (California), Cocoa Beach (Florida), Yakutat (Alaska), Narragansett (Rhode Island), Otter Rock (Oregon) and Mavericks (California).
The giant surf spot just south of San Francisco has claimed the life of many heroes though, per the suggestion, beginners are invited to die as well.
“Known for their massive waves that can get as high as 60-feet,” author and guide Dylan Sanders writes. “This is a bucket-list location for most surfers.”
Sanders, who looks like this…
…also explained, “There was a movie made about them and the journey to being able to surf them.”
Over to you, now. As very likely somewhere between “beginner” and “pro” do you dream of Mavericks or is it purely an either/or wave?
Zuck would go.