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Amazing day of perfect XXL surf at Mavericks on Sunday November 30, 2008

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The nominees for the Verizon Wireless Wipeout Award include: Australias Dean Bowen for a head-over heels step-jump at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania; Ross Clarke-Jones mission to oblivion at Pedra Branca, Tasmania: Greg Longs eardrum-bursting depth charge at Mavericks; Ramon Navarros twisting somersault into the barrel at Santos del Mar, Chile; and Grant Washburns cockroach-influenced backslide down the face at Mavericks, Northern California. The winner of Best Wipeout honors will receive a Water Resistant GzOne Casio Boulder Phone with one year of free service from Verizon Wireless.

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Check out the highlights from the 2009 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards

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Big wave surfing at Waimea Bay. Another solid swell hit the islands Sunday night, and the Bay was firing on Monday morning, January 11th.

Lots of wipe outs, a tow-in ride at first light, heavy barrels.

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Music: “Vicarious” by Tool

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BillabongXXL.com There are still five months to go in the 2010 BIllabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards and the shots coming in from the Southern Hemisphere action are all-time. Check out the latest from Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania to Dungeons, South Africa to Puerto Escondido, Mexico to Sydney, Australia. Featuring the surfing of Marti Paradisis, Karl Atkins, Greg Long, Grant “Twiggy” Baker, Mark Mathews, Maya Gabeira and Layne Beachley.

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Shane Dorian and Mark Healey paddle into what may be the biggest wave ever caught without a jet ski at Waimea Bay on December 7, the day before the Eddie contest. A very likely finalist for the Monster Paddle category of the 2010 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. See www.BillabongXXL.com for more

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This wave, Belharra, is in the French Basque Country. Seb St-Jean and Fred Basse got the 2nd place in the Billabong XXL Challenge 2003 (Biggest wave of the year).

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Miguel Del Toro, the greatest big wave surfer on the planet, rides 100 foot
wave. One of the most respected big wave surfers that you never hear about. Way bigger than anything in the Billabong XXL.

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http://www.discoverynews.com When surfers make the news for riding big waves, how do we know how tall those waves actually are? James Williams finds out by asking Bill Sharp, creator of the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2007 BILLABONG XXL GLOBAL big waves AWARDS.

BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD
(Surfer prize $50,000 Video prize $5000)
Winner: Ken “Skindog” Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006 Video by Josh Pomer
Second Place: Andrew Marr (Cape Town, South Africa) at Dungeons, South Africa on July 30. 2006
Third Place: (Tie) Rusty Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 2, 2006
Third Place: (Tie) Doug Young (Dunedin, New Zealand) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on October 13, 2006
Fifth Place: Manoa Drollet (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on July 28, 2006

BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD
(Surfer prize $15,000 – Photo/video prize: $4000)
Greg Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Dungeons, South Africa on July 30. 2006
(Photo by Al McKinnon)

MONSTER PADDLE AWARD
(Surfer prize $15,000 – Photo/video prize: $4000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Maverick’s, Half Moon Bay, California on December 14, 2006
(Video by Ryan Casey)

MONSTER TUBE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000 – Photo/video prize: $2000)
Ken “Skindog” Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006
(Photos by Edwin Morales • Video by Josh Pomer)

SURFLINE MEN’S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA)

BILLABONG WOMEN’S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

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