Active Action Sports: 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards

The 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are quickly approaching and will take place April 11 in Anaheim, California. There was an enormous amount of big wave rides this year so the competition will be tough. Check out the video below to see the nominees and let us know how you would rank them.

This is the order of nominees in the video:

2008 BIGGEST WAVE NOMINEES

Grant Baker (South Africa)

Cortes Bank (off California)

January 5, 2008

Tyler Fox (California)

Ghost Tree, California

December 4, 2007

Brad Gerlach (California)

Ghost Tree, California

December 4, 2007

Vincent Lartizen (France)

Belharra Reef, France

January 4, 2008

Mike Parsons (California)

Cortes Bank (off California)

January 5, 2008

RIDE OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Michael Brennan (Australia)

Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania

January 14, 2008

Carlos Burle (Brazil)

Ghost Tree, California

December 4, 2007

Shane Dorian (Hawaii)

Teahupoo, Tahiti

November 1, 2007

Manoa Drollet (French Polynesia)

Teahupoo, Tahiti

November 1, 2007

Ian Walsh (Hawaii)

Teahupoo, Tahiti

November 1, 2007

What do you think? How would you rank the nominees?

To see the nominees for other awards go to 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.

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Apr 1, 2008 9:44 PM

Winston says:

Wow, I don't even know how anyone can judge which of those waves is the biggest and heaviest. I'd have to go with the one in France, just for sheer size, but those Teahupoo waves have to be unmatched in sheer speed, power and gnarliness of the break. If you fall, you're in deep doo-doo because that reef is within touching distance of the surface.

Apr 14, 2008 1:11 PM