All five nominees for the 2015 Billabong Ride of the Year Award are presented in a single clip for your review. Featuring (in random order) Brad Domke at Puerto Escondido, Shane Dorian at Jaws, Gabriel Villaran at Puerto Escondido, Dean Morrison at The Right and Shane Dorian at Puerto Escondido. Video by Dylan Palmer, Bruno Lemos, Daniel Nava, Tim Bonython and Alejandro de la Torre. The Billabong Ride of the Year is the top category at the 2015 WSL Big Wave Awards and features $64,500 in prize money.
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The ocean went quiet this time. Just as Northern California skiers endured a most depressing winter, giant surf was nearly nonexistent and the Titans of Mavericks big-wave contest is officially off.
Even with a three-month window, beginning Jan. 1, there wasn’t a contest-worthy swell in sight. Mavericks broke several times, but not with the type of conditions (at least 40-foot faces, preferably closer to 50) to challenge the event’s elite field. The last day of the waiting period is … More
Since the early days of the sport, surfers have had their own language. In many cases, they’ve invented or repurposed existing words to describe waves and surf conditions. To the layman, many of these terms make absolutely no sense when taken out of context, but to any surfer, the words listed below have simple and specific meanings.
Here’s a quick reference guide for any of you who are confused and/or curious as to what the hell the dude is talking about when he says … More
Timmy Reyes started surfing at the age of nine in Huntington Beach, California. After a stint on the ASP World Tour, Timmy chose the road less traveled and now spends his time surfing remote, isolated, cold-water destinations. For Timmy it’s not about crowds…