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The five finalists for the Verizon Wipeout of the Year category of the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are presented for your examination. No surfers were seriously injured in the making of this clip. For more information see the event website at www.BillabongXXL.com
Auckland teenager Gaby Sansom has won the ITL New Zealand Women’s Open title at Fitzroy Beach, New Plymouth with a stunning display of progressive surfing today. The 15-year-old will now face kiwi favourite Sarah Mason and former world champion Steph Gilmore in the first round of the Dow AgroSciences Pro ASP Women’s World Tour event tomorrow (April 11 NZT) . Sansom 9.8, who overcame Gisborne’s Airini Mason, 8.5, Wini Paul, 9.3, of Sandy Bay and Taranaki’s Thandi Durham-Tipene, 4.5, to secure the Dream Tour wildcard, was overwhelmed by … More