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2008 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards

Active Sara — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:10:40 GMT

The 2008 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards are quickly approaching and will take place April 11 in Anaheim, California. 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:

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? Biggest wave? Ride of the year?

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

NorCal surf spots

amandasurf24 — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:03:11 GMT

Hey guys! I live in Orange County but next year I'm moving to Berkeley for college. What are all the good spots near Berkeley?

Anyone have any cool surf pictures or videos?

baileygurl21 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:47:10 GMT

Anyonoe have any cool surf pictures or videos? They can be of you or not...doesn't matter. I love really sweet pics and vids. Share em!s

Advice for 10 Year Old Son

katiedid6789 — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:05:30 GMT

My 10 year old son is very athletic and has always wanted to get involved in surfing. As a protective mother, I must say I am a little weary but I think it would be a really great experience for him. We live in Connecticut. Are there any camps around us that he could go to? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Katie

Anyone surfed The Point?

Active Sara — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:44 GMT

Sweet video on EXPN from The Point. Curious to hear if anyone has surfed it before or knows anything about it. Check out the video...

Life Rolls On comes to NJ - June 22nd - Surfing for SCI (paralyzed) participants!

Livnot — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:57:15 GMT

Event #17 June 22, 2008 Pier Village, Long Branch, New Jersey

http://www.liferollson.org/site/pp.asp?c=egLLKTNJE&b=79281

Program Summary

They Will Surf Again, a no-cost program underwritten by Life Rolls On and generous sponsors, is the most popular program of Life Rolls On. Injured athletes from around the country gather together for a day of surfing! Some have not surfed since their injury, some have never surfed, some surf all the time despite their varying mobility. TWSA connects dozens of volunteers, with a handful of injured surfers, together for a day of excitement, joy, and best of all, surf! Safety precautions and experienced watermen (and women), along with lifeguards will be present. No prior surfing experience is necessary. Quality of Life surveys may be required for future participants. www.liferollson.org

Anyone looking to participate or knwo someone who wants to... please have them register!

Thanks!

Joe Levy

Welcome to the Billabong Camps Community: READ ME!!!

Active Toby — Fri, 30 May 2008 23:52:19 GMT

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Best spot to get started?

EggoryZ — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:34:58 GMT

So I've lived in SD for a little over 4 years and have yet to attempt to surf. I've played traditional sports for the better part of my life with most of that time being dominated by footbal up through my Sophmore year in college. With those days behind me, I do whatever I can to stay fit. I snowboard in the winter and wakeboard pretty much year round when the water is good. With everyone always telling me that surfing is one of the best workouts you can get, I have always wanted to find out for myself. With my current workout routine starting to get old, the idea of wanting to get out there and try it has once again krept into my head. I live 4 blocks from the beach and own two boards (both the result of friends moving to land locked areas and sayin "here, take em") but I really have no where to go from there. I'm hesitant to just grab the longboard and head out to the water because 1) I don't know what I'm doing, although I'm sure I could figure it out through much trial and error, but more so 2) I don't want to get in the way of those surfers that are out there trying to enjoy the sport that they are already established at. So with that said, my question is what would be a good break to go "learn" at if I live in the Pacific Beach area of San Diego?

Check out Billabong's Trilogy

surfstar94 — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:33:43 GMT

One of the sickest videos I have seen in a while. Everyone should check it out.

Camp in California

ShredJS — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:24:05 GMT

Anyone have info about any of the Billabong camps in California? I'm interested in going to one and would like to hear some feedback.