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Big Wave Awards: Best Performance, Worst Wipeout Noms Announced
WSL
Nominees for the final categories -- TAG Heuer Wipeout of the Year, Women's Performance and Surfline Overall Performance -- have been announced. Among the brave surfers who took on gigantic waves in an historic El Niño winter, 15 surfers (10 men and five women) have been nominated for being the best. Five have been nominated for getting the worst, suffering some of the gnarliest wipeouts we've seen in years.
Here are the finalists:
TAG Heuer Wipeout Award
Awarded to honor the most committed -- yet least successful -- wave of the event window.
First Place: $3,000 + TAG Heuer Watch - Videographer: $3,000; Second - Fifth Videographer: $500
Surfline Men's Best Overall Performance Award
Awarded to the male surfer who not only puts on the greatest number of outstanding performances in the most diverse number of venues, but also demonstrates a high level of excellence in water safety leadership. Both paddle-in and tow-in disciplines are considered.
First Place: $15,000 + TAG Heuer Watch; Second Place: $5,000; Third Place: $2,000
Women's Overall Performance Award
Awarded to the female surfer who not only puts on the greatest number of outstanding performances in the most diverse number of venues, but also demonstrates a high level of excellence in water safety leadership. Both paddle-in and tow-in disciplines are considered.
First Place: $10,000; Second Place: $2,000; Third Place: $1,000
The 2016 Big Wave Awards will stream live April 23, 2016. Tune in to see who wins these categories as well as Billabong Ride of the Year, TAG Heuer Biggest Wave, Pure Scot Barrel of the Year, and the Paddle Award. See all of this year's nominees and submissions here.
Trevor Carlson
The first set of 2019 WSL Big Wave Awards Nominees are in with some of the year's most incredible rides and spills of the 2018/19 season.
2019 Wipeout of the Year Nominee: Trevor Carlson at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on November 27, 2018. Video by Marcus Rodrigues.
2019 Biggest Paddle Entry: Trevor Carlson at Nazaré, Portugal on November 13, 2018. 2 shot sequence by Rafael G. Riancho.
2019 Ride of the Year Entry: Trevor Carlson at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on March 18, 2019. Video by Mike Latronic.
2019 XXL Biggest Wave Entry: Trevor Carlson at Nazaré, Portugal on November 9, 2018. 2 shot sequence by Manuel Ricardo.
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