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> Publicada la lista de los nominados a los Billabong XXL

>> Los finalistas de los Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards 2010 fueron oficialmente dados a conocer el pasado 2 de abril en un año calificado por los organizadores como uno de los mejores de la historia. Doce meses de maretones alrededor del planeta con sesiones épicas en Sudáfrica, Hawaii, Australia, Mejico, Tahití o California y que han ofrecido escalofriantes imágenes en búsqueda de las olas más grandes. Los ganadores en las diferentes categorías se conocerán el 23 de Abril, en la ceremonia que tendrá lugar en el Grove Theatre de Anaheim, California. En la ampliación os mostramos los nombres de los nominados junto con un video con los las olas seleccionadas en la categoría "Ride of de Year" que cuenta con el suculento premio de 50.000 dólares. Entre los finalistas destaca Shane Dorian que con dos olas entre las elegidas se sitúa como principal favorito, es la primera vez que un surfer tiene dos olas nominadas en una misma categoría. A nosotros nos gusta la del chileno Ramón Navarro.

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  • BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR (Surfer prize $50,000  –  Video prize $5,000)

– Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Video by Noel Robinson)
– Shane Dorian (Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Video by Noel Robinson)
– Mark Healey & Shane Dorian (Sunset Beach & Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 7, 2009. (Video by Dwayne Fetch)
– Ramon Navarro (Pichilemu, Chile) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 8, 2009. (Video by Marc Beaty/Surfline)
– Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17, 2010 (Video by Aaron Lieber)

  • BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE (Surfer prize $15,000 y una Honda Aquatrax watercraft –  Photo/video prize $4,000)

– Ross Clarke-Jones (Torquay, Vic., Australia) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on December 25, 2009. (Photos by Erik Aeder and Bruno Lemos.  Video by Elliot Leboe.)
– Danilo Couto (Bahia, Brazil) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on December 25, 2009. (Photos by Erik Aeder and Batel Shimi.  Video by Chris Tronolone.)
– Makua Rothman (Sunset Beach, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 11, 2010. (Photos by Erik Aeder, Tracy Kraft, Bruno Lemos and Zak Noyle.  Video by Tim Bonython and Elliot Leboe.)
– Sebastian Steudtner (Nuremberg, Germany) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on December 7, 2009. (Photos by Erik Aeder, Jeff Flindt, Sean Hower, Fred Pompermayer and Batel Shimi.)
– Ian Walsh (Kuau, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 11, 2010. (Photo by Tim McKenna.  Video by Tim Bonython and Elliot Leboe.)

  • MONSTER PADDLE AWARD (Surfer prize $15,000  –  Photo/video prize $4,000)

– Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Photos by Doug Acton, Robert Brown, Tom Cozad, Art Gimbel, Todd Glaser, Ed Grant, Don Montgomery, Fred Pompermayer and Frank Quirarte. Video by Curt Myers, Eric Nelson and Noel Robinson.)
– Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Maverick's, California on February 13. 2010. (Photos by Doug Acton, Robert Brown, Todd Glaser, Guerin Myall, Fred Pompermayer, Tyler Fox and Seth Migdail.  Video by Eric Nelson and Noel Robinson.)
– Mark Healey & Shane Dorian (Sunset Beach & Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 7, 2009. (Photos by Bidu, Brent Bielmann, Todd Glaser and Shorty.  Video by Dwayne Fetch and Thomas Jamur.)
– Alex Martins (San Francisco, California, USA) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Photos by Scott Eggers, Art Gimbel, Don Montgomery, Fred Pompermayer and Frank Quirarte.  Video by Eric Nelson and Noel Robinson.)
– Ramon Navarro (Pichilemu, Chile) at Waimea Bay on December 8, 2009. (Photos by Bidu, Jeremiah Klein, Pete Freiden, Scott Soens, Pete Hodgson, Brent Bielmann.  Video by Mark Beaty/Surfline and Bruce Walker.)

  • MONSTER TUBE PHOTO AWARD (Surfer prize $5,000  – Still Photography prize $2,000)

– Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Photos by Doug Acton, Don Montgomery, Fred Pompermayer, and Frank Quirarte.)
– Manoa Drollet (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17, 2010. (Photos by Fred Pompermayer and Ben Thouard).
– Rusty Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Maverick's, California on February 13, 2010. (Photos by Don Montgomery, Fred Pompermayer and Frank Quirarte)
– Mark Mathews (Maroubra, NSW, Australia) at The Right, Western Australia on June 15, 2009. (Photos by Calum Macaulay and Shorty.)
Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17, 2010. (Photos by Fred Pompermayer and Ben Thouard).

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