{"id":5432,"date":"2012-10-04T21:12:48","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T04:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=5432"},"modified":"2023-12-31T07:43:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T23:43:43","slug":"evan-slater-brock-little-grant-baker-tyler-smith-greg-long-mavericks-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/evan-slater-brock-little-grant-baker-tyler-smith-greg-long-mavericks-2006.html","title":{"rendered":"Evan Slater, Brock Little, Grant Baker, Tyler Smith, Greg Long, Mavericks 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight I received a request for a shot of Evan Slater at Mavericks, for use in an upcoming documentary series on big wave surfing<\/a>. Looking over some of the shots I made that day, at the Mavericks Contest in 2006, I was struck by how perfect the conditions were. For a section of the California coast not known for calm seas, it sure was ideal that day: warm, sunny, almost glass calm with a heavy long period swell rolling through creating some really big waves. The morning’s sets were the biggest, and the press boat upon which I was shooting got out in position early when the light still had some of that sunrise yellow color to it. It was a great day. Here is a nice shot of Evan Slater from that day …<\/p>\n

\"Evan<\/a><\/p>\n

Evan Slater in semifinal one, Slater would finish fifth in the finals later in the day, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006.
\nImage ID: 15324<\/a>
\nLocation: Mavericks<\/a>, Half Moon Bay<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2026 as well as a few other men who ride mountains: Brock Little, Grant Baker, Tyler Smith and Greg Long …<\/p>\n

\"2006<\/a><\/p>\n

2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006.
\nImage ID: 15299<\/a>
\nLocation: Mavericks<\/a>, Half Moon Bay<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Brock<\/a><\/p>\n

Brock Little, final round, Mavericks surf contest (third place), February 7, 2006.
\nImage ID: 15300<\/a>
\nLocation: Mavericks<\/a>, Half Moon Bay<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Tyler<\/a><\/p>\n

Tyler Smith, final round, Mavericks surf contest (second place), February 7, 2006.
\nImage ID: 15301<\/a>
\nLocation: Mavericks<\/a>, Half Moon Bay<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Greg<\/a><\/p>\n

Greg Long of San Clemente surfs a heat one wave at the 2006 Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006.
\nImage ID: 15306<\/a>
\nLocation: Mavericks<\/a>, Half Moon Bay<\/a>, California<\/a>, USA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonight I received a request for a shot of Evan Slater at Mavericks, for use in an upcoming documentary series on big wave surfing. Looking over some of the shots I made that day, at the Mavericks Contest in 2006, I was struck by how perfect the conditions were. For…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,116],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-california","8":"category-surf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11738,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5432\/revisions\/11738"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}