Super Bowl of surfing returns to California with 25-foot waves

In this file photo from Saturday, Jan. 12, 2008, Matt Ambrose, of Pacifica, Calif., front, drops in with Grant Washburn, of San Francisco, center, at the Mavericks Surf Contest in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Dave Wassel, of Hawaii is holding on to his board in the lip of the wave above Washburn. Big wave surf fans will not be allowed on the beach or bluffs during the legendary Mavericks contest this year, after spectators were swept off their feet by strong breakers at the last contest, harbor officials said.