The Mavericks surf contest was held near Half Moon Bay, CA this past Saturday. Check out the photo gallery:
[url]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/mavericks2007?o=0&f=/g/a/2008/01/12/mavericks.DTL/url]
Whoops, let me try that again...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/mavericks2007?o=0&f=/g/a/2008/01/12/mavericks.DTL
Interesting short article in the Jan. National Geographic about how it forms.