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MAVERICKS: Battle Emerges Between Clark, Ex-Wife
Big-wave veteran surfer challenges application for contest permit from Katherine Kelly Clark.
Tensions ran high at last night's San Mateo County Harbor Commission meeting in Half Moon Bay as Mavericks surf break founder Jeff Clark spoke out strongly against ex-wife Katherine Kelly Clark's bid for control of the next annual surf contest.
On the agenda was a recommendation by Harbor Commission General Manager Peter Grenell to approve a permit application (contingent upon submission of additional information on the contest plan) submitted by Kelly Clark's new group, a of the Half Moon Bay Surf Group. The Half Moon Bay Surf Group took over the right to run last year's Mavericks contest but disbanded after sponsor Barracuda Networks announced it had pulled out of the contest in mid-April.
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