Chris Bertish Wins the Mavericks 2010 Big Wave event, in California in the biggest paddle waves in the history of the sport Chris Places 3rd, at the Nellscott Big Wave International & becomes the first person ever to SUP Giant Nellscott Reef Read More…

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These three events are International Invitation only events.  12-24 of the World’s Best Invitees, for each event only. Mavericks Big Wave Invitational-Half Moon Bay, Northern California Nelscott Big Wave Paddle Invitational-Orgeon-USA SUP World Champs-Makaha-Oahu-Hawaii

Name: Chris Bertish Nickname: Cristo Born: 11-07-74 Height: 1.72ftWeight: 72kg Sponsors: O’Neill, Jim Beam, Jeff Clark Shapes, DVG Shapes, True Blue Surf Travel, Naish, Hurricane Surfing since: Age 10 Hi, I’m a pretty normal guy like everyone else facing the usual problems and hurdles we have to deal with to get by in life. I’m […]

Cape Times 11 September 2009

Zig Zag Feature December 2009

Reunion-PARADISE LOST After watching Occy tearing up those long fast and barrelling lefts of St. Leau in Reunion and dreaming of one day getting there, it was finally my turn, to make another dream come true and tick it off my list. This quaint little island is bussling with first world progress, traffic and many […]

Mavs 2008 Miss the biggest best swell of the season by a week before you come!!!  What? Hi my name is Chris Bertish.  I’m 33 years old and I have been surfing for over twenty years.  I started getting into surfing bigger surf in my late teens and have been going over to California and […]

2008 Big Wave Event Red Bull 08 was a whirlwind year…The event opening period went green and within days there was already a monster swell on the charts which was looking good for a greenlight swell! Could the event run literally days after the two month waiting window opened, were the organisers and contest owners […]

2006 Mavs Journel Reality Check! 14 Weeks ago I was desperately trying to get an emergency flight back from Northern Chile to the UK for emergency surgery, after I broke my Patella-kneecap into about five pieces, tow surfing before a surf event in remote South America. Three screws, a whole lot of wire, six weeks […]