‘I don’t have any desire for any titles or awards. I just know I want to surf big waves’
For the first time in a long time, Hawaiian surfer Shane Dorian didn’t walk away with a prize at this year’s Billabong XXL Awards, held Friday. Do you think he was worried? Not one bit. GrindTV.com caught up with Dorian to get his views on big waves, prizes, and being the world’s best big-wave surfer.
How much do the rewards of big-wave surfing play a part in your mission to ride giant waves?
None. I don’t have any ambition to win a Big Wave [World Tour] world title. I don’t have any ambition to win … More
Silvana Lima has claimed victory at the Port Taranaki Pro 2014, in Fitzroy Beach, New Zealand.
Some of the world’s best female surfers battled for relevant ranking points and prize-money in reeling three-foot (one meter) lefts and rights.
Lima was sitting in second place with only three minutes left … More
Hawaiian Keala Kennelly smashed her way through the big-wave surfing door more than a decade ago, forcing entry into one of most elite (and testosterone filled) men’s clubs there is. Naturally, her arrival didn’t sit well with some. But that was then. Today, Kennelly, 35, is one of the most celebrated big-wave riders in the world, and during Friday night’s Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards in Anaheim, one of her incredible tube-rides at Teahupoo, Tahiti, was nominated as one of the best of the year. Teahupoo, by the way, is a monster of a wave. It’s one of the most feared on earth. Only a handful of surfers go near it when it’s over 15-feet … More