BIG WAVE AWARDS 2010/11 SLAB NOMINEE Chris Ross
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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