. >> 140 miles north of half moon bay, dan quarrels and his fiancee, betsy forman, are planning a romantic valentine's weekend when they get word of mavericks. >> my fiance and i had decided to take turns with who was responsible for the plans of february 14th for valentine's day, and this was his year. >> betsy is a surfing fanatic. dan knows that taking betsy to mavericks will be a dream come true. >> she had never got to see an actual surf competition before, so this would have been her first competition to actually be a spectator at. so she was really excited to get to go. >> on the day of the contest, betsy and dan hit the beach. >> the ocean was quite turbulent. i remember being rather fascinated that waves were coming to the left and waves were coming to the right. it definitely was an active ocean that day. >> hundreds of spectators and media are setting up, including tyler short. >> i was just standing behind the podium, looking around for a place to watch. >> the surfing competition takes place about a half mile offshore and tyler can't get a good vantage point. soon he forgets a