Do the biggest waves come during a certain time of year?
JC: We re in it right now. There s a certain type of storm that brings a swell. It takes a big weather system to drop that big rock in the pond and make it swell. TW: How often do you surf Mavericks? JC: Whenever it breaks. It s like snowboarding or skiing on powder days. When those days come, you drop everything and go, right? That s how waves are, because you may only get a handful of good wave days a year and the guys who are totally committed to doing what we do riding big waves they don t miss them. TW: Do you do any special conditioning to keep yourself in peak form for this sort of thing? JC: I surf a lot. That s the best training for surfing. You need to do some strength training too, but you don t want anything bulky, because bulk is slow and bulk expends energy very quickly, so you want aerobic strength almost to a fault. Then, when it comes to paddling into a wave, it doesn t matter what kind of condition you re in if your mind won t let you paddle over that edge, you re not
