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Travelling to the Tiger’s Jadwin Gymnasium for the annual HYP Meet, both squads will face two of the top teams in the league...
...cape before facing a bull, Banner, a contestant, pauses between two of his sleek surfboards. One is 9 ft. 8 in. and curved like a bow. More maneuverable, it will let him slash his turns across the face of the monstrous 40 ft. waves that he and 23 other top big-wave riders will confront on Saturday, Feb. 13. But if the giant waves "wall out" - imagine free-falling down the glassy side of a four-story building that suddenly explodes - then Banner reckons that a longer, straighter surfboard might give him a chance to outrace his destruction...
Most sensible men of Banner's age (he's in his early 40s) prefer to watch extreme sports rather than experience them. But nearly half of the 24 top riders in the Mavericks contest are in their 40s. It isn't really a competition for punks. Indeed, Banner sees surfing almost as a higher calling: "When I get out of the water, I feel cleansed, like it's what God intended...
Banner is wiry, with a goatee and a quiet, self-assured manner. He is ranked just outside the top 10 surfers vying for the $150,000 prize, but having surfed this windy California point break since he was a teenager, Banner figures he knows Mavericks' moods and furies better than anyone. "I've been humbled out there - really blasted - so I try to respect the wave," he says. (See Hawaii's monster waves and the surfers they attract...
...great pride for the Alpine nation, which holds more direct popular votes than any other country. In fact, in studies of public perceptions of the country conducted annually by Credit Suisse, respondents typically say that democracy is more representative of Switzerland than chocolate, watches and banks. (See the top 10 animal stories...