Jeff Clark

Jeff Clark

출생 : 1957-03-26, Redwood City, California

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jeff Clark (born March 26, 1957, Redwood City, California) is one of the most noteworthy and respected big-wave surfers, famous for surfing Mavericks alone for 15 years before it was widely discovered by the big-wave surfing community. Born in Redwood City, Clark moved with his family to Miramar Beach in Half Moon Bay when he was a young boy. He soon began surfing and seeking out bigger, stronger waves along the rugged Northern California coast. In the winter, Clark and his friends could see the large waves off Pillar Point breaking from the hillside of Half Moon Bay High School. After carefully studying the conditions, Clark paddled out at Maverick's at the age of 17, leaving behind his high school friend who declined the adventure and instead told Clark he would "call the Coast Guard and tell them where I last saw you." He surfed Maverick's alone for the next 15 years before he could get others to surf it with him (although several would paddle out, none would take on the massive waves). Since then, his name has become linked to Maverick's for his dedication to the spot without wave models or water patrol. Additionally, Clark shaped his boards specifically for the conditions at Maverick's. Clark is among the few ambidextrous big wave surfers in the world. Others in this category include Todd Smith and Andy Littenstall, who both also surf at Mavericks. A natural goofyfooter, Jeff spent ten years learning to ride regularfoot. This allowed him to ride frontside (facing the wave) when he started taking on the more dangerous right-breaking waves at Maverick's. Labeled one of the "world's best big-wave riders" by Surfer Magazine in 1994, Clark, along with Maverick's and the Half Moon Bay surf scene, has been featured in such films as Riding Giants and Adventures in Wild California. He is the only surfer in the San Mateo County Sports Hall of Fame. Clark founded the annual Mavericks Surf Contest with surf clothing manufacturer Quiksilver in 1998 and later joined forces with Evolve Sports, a San Francisco-based sports marketing group, to form Mavericks Surf Ventures (MSV). In 2009, MSV took over the contest and Clark later resigned from the Board of Directors, thus cutting ties with MSV. Clark is recognized as one of the premier big wave surfboard shapers in the country and shapes a full line of custom boards. He owns Mavericks Surf Shop in the Princeton Harbor neighborhood of Half Moon Bay, not far from the break. He sells his own line of clothing and surfboards at his shop. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Clark (surfer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Jeff Clark

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Discovering Mavericks
Producer
Winner of the Newport Beach Film Festival 2013 Audience Award, Discovering Mavericks is an epic film that reveals the true story of this famous and deadly wave, from the decade it was surfed solely by lone surfing pioneer Jeff Clark to the events that followed - leading it to become one of the most famous big wave surfing spots in the world.
파도타기
Jeff Clark
누군가가 스포츠 정신을 없앨 수 있을까 라고 묻는다면 대답은 당연히 노우다. 월드컵이나 올림픽의 역사가 세기를 넘어 지속되어 왔듯이 자연을 향한 가장 위험하고 도전적인 스릴중의 하나가 파도타기일 것이다. 보기에도 아찔한 거대한 파도를 가르며 질주하는 써퍼들. 여기 이 다큐멘터리는 거친 파도와 자연이 주제가 아닌 그 속에 담긴 인간의 숭고한 도전 정신일 것이다. 써퍼들의 이야기를 담은 다큐멘터리는 단지 일상을 담은 이야기만이 아닌 그들의 스포츠 역사와 문화를 우리에게 이야기해 준다. 스타시 페랄타- 감독 자신의 전설적이며 천재적인 파도타기의 명수인 그의 해변의 인생관이나 진정한 써퍼의 스포츠 정신을 보여준다. 그레그 놀-파도타기를 스포츠 장르로 도전한 써퍼, 제프 카터-15년동안 북쪽 캘리포니아의 가장 위험한 매버릭을 파도타기한 유일한 써퍼 그리고 레어드 해밀턴-높은 파도타기의 메시아라 불리는 써퍼. 여기에서 유명한 전설적인 써퍼들의 스포츠 정신과 그들의 고도의 파도 타기 기술을 엿볼 수 있으며 써퍼들의 인간적인 아름다움을 보여준다. 파도타기를 사랑하지 않아도 스릴감에 흠뿍 빠지게 될 이 도큐멘터리에서 우리는 위험하지만 거대한 파도와 싸워 나가는 써퍼들의 위대한 모습에서 극도의 스릴감과 대리 만족을 느낄 것이다. 평범하지 않은 범상한 이들의 영원한 자연에 대한 도전 정신에서 평범한 일상을 탈출하는 쾌락과 자유에 빠지고 만다. 일상에 지친 이들에게 무한한 활력소를 가져다줄 비타민 같은 다큐멘터리이다. (2005년 제9회 부천국제판타스틱영화제 - 이선화)