Jeff Clark

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Jeff Clark (Surfer) (born March 26, 1957 Redwood City^[1]) is one of the most noteworthy and respected big wave surfers, famous for surfing Mavericks alone for 15 years before it was widely discovered by the big-wave surfing community.

As of the year 2000, Jeff Clark is the only active ambidextrous big wave surfer in the world, and one of the few in history. A natural goofyfooter, Jeff spent ten years learning to ride regularfoot. This allowed him to ride frontside (facing the wave) when he started taking on the more-dangerous right-breaking waves at Maverick's.

Labeled one of the "world's best big-wave riders" by Surfer magazine in 1994. Jeff Clark, along with Maverick's and the Half Moon Bay surf scene has been featured in such films as Riding Giants.

The annual Mavericks surf contest is now co-managed by Evolve Sports (a San Francisco-based sports marketing group) and Jeff Clark after surf clothing manufacturer Quiksilver withdrew its sponsorship of the event.

Jeff also runs the Mavericks Surf Shop in the Princeton Harbor neighborhood of Half Moon Bay, not far from the famous break; he sells his own custom-made surfboards at his shop.

[edit] References

Matt Warshaw: Maverick's: the story of big-wave surfing, Chronicle Books, ISBN 0-8118-2652-X
Wild Film: Wild Stars Bio and Interview with Jeff Clark (one of many)