The day before the first race of the 2009 Melges 32 Gold Cup in Fort Lauderdale, the kick-off to the class’s winter series, it blew 25 knots with big waves. By the first race, the wind dropped to 5 ...
Cortes Bank, a shallow seamount 100 miles into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, is a mystical place; a legendary, yet fabled spot in the world of big-wave surfing. But Cortes Bank is also ...