Titans of Mavericks 2014-2016:

Surf Competition Trophies

Building the trophies for the Mavericks surf competition for 2015; variations on Cruz the Wave burning man 2014 project.

The beginning: Cruz the Wave

For burning man 2014, I was working with a group of burners (people who go to Burning Man) to make a project to take to Burning Man to represent Santa Cruz. Several people came up with the idea of a surf wave. I made a physical model of what I thought it should look like, and it was that model that was the basis of the project. It turned into a huge undertaking; 18' tall, 80' long, and 32' wide. It took a Peterbuilt tractor towing a 45' trailer and a big pickup towing a 16' car hauler trailer to get the materials out to Nevada.

After the event, I started working with a company called Cartel-Management to build trophies for the Titan's Of Mavericks Surf competition for 2015. The pages that follow show some of the steps along the way.

See burningman 2014 for more picture of the burning man project.

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med | big | huge	med | big | huge	A nicely lit shot from Brenda. I think this may have been the image that Griffin or Brian saw that prompted them contacting me to make trophies back around may-June 2014 med | big | huge	med | big | huge
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