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?
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.
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.