Titans of Mavericks

Titans of Mavericks is the world’s premiere big wave surfing action sports event that takes place south of San Francisco, at the surfing site of Mavericks, California. Founded by Griffin Guess in 2014. 30 of the world’s best athletes compete annually in the biggest conditions that can reach up 60 feet in wave height. TITANS OF MAVERICKS is an expansive brand that includes media, television, distribution, apparel, hard and soft goods, festival, and licensing.

In 2016, Titans of Mavericks broke digital user-ship broadcast records for Redbull Media House through online streaming and received over one billion earned media impressions surrounding the 2016 event. Titans of Mavericks TV Special [8] aired on FOX Memorial Day, May 29, 2016. HBO Sports produced a segment show surrounding the competition in March 2016. Titans of Mavericks has a radio station channel with Pandora Radio.

The first surfing contest at Mavericks, now known as Titans of Mavericks, was held in 1999, and has been held nine times through 2014. The organizers invite 24 big wave surfers annually to compete in the one-day event, but it is only held if wave conditions are favorable during the competition season (currently November 1-March 31).

Darryl Virostko ("Flea") won the initial contest in 1999, while Richard Schmidt, Ross Clarke-Jones and Peter Mel took second, third and fourth places, respectively. The following year put Virostko, Kelly Slater, Tony Ray, Peter Mel, Zach Wormhoudt, and Matt Ambrose in first through sixth places. In 2004, Virostko, Ambrose, Evan Slater, Anthony Tashnick, Mel and Grant Washburn placed in spots first through sixth. Tashnick came first in 2005. In 2006, Grant Baker, from South Africa, won first place, with Tyler Smith and Brock Little in second and third. The 2007 contest was called off because unusually mild weather resulted in no days with suitable waves by the end of March, the usual cutoff time for holding the competition. In 2008, Greg Long was crowned Mavericks Champion, Baker won second and Jamie Sterling won third place, followed by Smith in fourth, Washburn in fifth and Evan Slater in sixth. The contest was canceled again in 2009. In 2010 South Africa's Chris Bertish took first place; winning a surfing prize purse of US$150 000, sponsored by Moose Guen, Jane Sunderland and Barracuda Networks.

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