Before Maverick’s became a household name in the mid-’90s, Peter Mel looked like he’d slip into relative anonymity — a semi-successful pro surfer turned Santa Cruz shaper. As it was, he was on Mav’s every time it broke, rising to prominence along with California’s most famous big wave.
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Pete Mel reports from the Jay Moriarity Paddle in Santa Cruz by jtierney
6/21/08 Saturday
After a long stressful night hoping that my in-laws home didn’t burn in the Trabing fire, I woke up to another seventy degree dawn patrol. I got word that they had a very close call, they only lost a small barn and there house was spared by inches. Thank you CDF.
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He said a prayer. He placed ti leaves, used in Hawaiian ceremonies for protection before entering the water, on his personal watercraft for luck.
Then he surfed.
Whether you’re full-on kooking it or flat-out ripping, there is no group more honest about the quality of your surfing than your hometown bros. So when Santa Cruz heavies Adam Replogle, Daryl “Flea” Virostko, Shawn “Barney”Barron and Anthony Ruffo all deemed Peter Mel as the winner of the second Red Bull 5X surf contest, you can consider their call indisputable.
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