Shane Dorian’s amazing Jaws paddle-in wave of March 15, 2001 shot by Bruno Lemos. For more details see www.BillabongXXL.com
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There are many magic places on our earth – one is Tahiti with it’s 180 islands. Surfers especially will find a jewel in the Pacific Ocean there — called Teahupo’o. We will discover the secret of this beauty and it’s beast and see what’s beyond Teahupo’o.
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The Right, WA. Video credit: Ben Rufus
After a hectic season of charging and a weeklong wait at the hands of the judging panel, the finalists in Surfing Life’s Oakley Big Wave Awards will find out at 9pm tomorrow night whether they walk away victorious with a share of the $35,000 prize pool.
Biggest Wave, Biggest Slab, and Biggest Paddle-In categories have been decided upon and the countdown to Thursday’s gala presentation evening at the Bondi Openair Pavilion has begun.
With 300 strong crowd, including a who’s who of the surf and media industry, and a grand total of $35,000 up for grabs across the three categories, finalists would be forgiven for feeling a little nervous.
Huge, crazy rides have been thrown into the mix from renowned big-wave stars, pitched up against colossal waves charged by unknown country kids, lifeguards from Tasmania, veteran Western Australian watermen, and one of the nation’s top junior pro surfers.
The Awards, now in their ninth year, have come to highlight a side of surfing that’s way beyond both the recreational mainstream and the professional competitive arena — a zone where seemingly normal people take seemingly outlandish risks, and achieve huge things with seemingly little concern for fame or renown — Surfing Life and Oakley reward their spectacular achievements.
A comprehensive press release and wrap of the awards outcome, along with high resolution images and video of the winning rides will be available shortly after the event’s conclusion.
Stay tuned to www.surfinglife.com.au for up-to-date news, post-event images and video.
BIGGEST SLAB
Karl Attkins – Hammerheads, NSW. Image credit: Nathan Smith
Cale Grigson – The Right, WA. Image credit: Calum Macaulay
Chris Ross – The Right, WA. Video credit: Ben Rufus
Chris Shanahan – The Right, WA. Video credit: Ben Rufus
Mikey Brennan – Shipstern Bluff, TAS. Video credit: Tim Bonython.
Image credit: Andrew Chisholm
Mark Mathews – The Right, WA. Image credit: Calum Macaulay
Tom Dosland – The Right, WA. Image credit: Kerby Brown
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Shane Dorian sets a new world record for the largest paddle-in wave ridden in history with a 57-foot bomb at Jaws. The amazing ride won the Monster Paddle category at the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. For more details see www.BillabongXXL.com
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Big wave surfers Ian Walsh and Carlos Burle team up and ride the massive waves at the infamous JAWS beach on the North Shore of Hawaii. Ian Walsh goes down hard…
Soundwave gives us an inside look at what really happens as surfers risk it all while riding 50-foot waves.
Stay tuned as we follow surfers Ian Walsh, Carissa Moore, Carlos Burle and Maya Gabeira as we get a unique perspective on the action.
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Check out the five incredibly brutal nominees for the Verizon Wipeout category at the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. Starring Tiago Candelot at Jaws, Mark Mathews and Pato Teixiera at Shipstern Bluff, Laurie Towner at Cloudbreak and Big Ben Wilkinson at Maverick’s. Video by Tony Adams, Andy Chiz (2x), Elliot Leboe and Greg Browning.
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Shane Dorian describes how the idea for the Billabong V1 wetsuit was developed following his brutal two-wave hold-down at Maverick’s and Billabong wetsuit product manager Hub Hubbard tells how it came together technically.
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CausewayMediaServicehttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/causewaymediaserviceSportsyt:stretch=16:9, big, wave, surfing, tow, ireland, surf, aileens, mulaghmore, joe, kennedy, al, mennie, andrew, cotton, kelly, slater, laird, hamilton, bodyboarding, tsunami, tidalAl Mennie – Big Wave Surfer
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big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into or are towed onto waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m) high, on surf boards known as “guns” or “rhino chasers”. Sizes of the board needed to successfully surf these waves vary by the size of the wave as well as the technique the surfer uses to reach the wave. A larger, longer board allows a rider to paddle fast enough to catch the wave and has the advantage of being more stable, but it also limits maneuverability and surfing speed.
In 1992, Big Wave Surfers Laird Hamilton, Buzzy Kerbox, and Darrick Doerner introduced a cross over sport called Tow in Surfing. While many riders still participate in both sports, they remain very distinct activities. This type of surfing involves being towed in to massive waves by jet ski, allowing for the speed needed to successfully ride. Tow in surfing also revolutionized board size, allowing surfers to trade in their unwieldy 12 ft. boards in favor of light, 7 ft boards that allowed for more speed and easier maneuverability in waves over 30 ft. By the end of the 1990s, tow in surfing allowed surfers to ride waves exceeding 50 ft.
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