Billabong XXL Challenge ... and the winners are :

Les résultats sont tombés pour le Billabong XXL Challenge.

FINAL RESULTS:

BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD
1st: Grant Baker  (Durban, South Africa) at Maverick’s, California on February 13, 2010.     (Video by Noel Robinson)
     (Surfer prize $50,000  –  Video prize $5,000)
2nd: Ramon Navarro  (Pichilemu, Chile) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 8, 2009.
      (Surfer prize $5,000)
3rd: Shane Dorian (Kona, Kauai, Hawaii) Maverick’s, California on February 13, 2010.
     (Surfer prize $1,500)
4th: Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17, 2010.
     (Surfer prize $1,500)
5th: Mark Healey/Shane Dorian (Sunset Beach & Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Waimea Bay, Hawaii on December 7, 2009.
     (Surfer prize $1,500)

WINNER BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD
Sebastian Steudtner (Nuremburg, Germany) at Jaws, Maui on December 7th, 2009.    (Photo by Batel Shimi)
     (Surfer prize $15,000 and a Honda Aquatrax watercraft with HSA sled – Photo/video prize $4,000)

WINNER MONSTER PADDLE AWARD
Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Mavericks, California on February 13th, 2010   (Photo by Fred Pompermayer)
     (Surfer prize $15,000  –  Photo/video prize $4,000)

WINNER MONSTER TUBE PHOTO AWARD
Raimana Van Bastolaer (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on March 17th, 2010.  (Photo by Ben Thouard)
     (Surfer prize $5,000 – Photography prize $2,000)

WINNER BEST MALE OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD
Shane Dorian (Kona, Hawaii)
     (Surfer prize $5,000)

WINNER BILLABONG GIRLS BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
     (Surfer prize $5,000)

WINNER VERIZON WIRELESS WIPEOUT AWARD
Brook Phillips Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania, Australia on October 19th, 2009.

Pour revoir toutes les vidéos et images de l'année, c'est ici! Et si certains se sentent le courage de participer, vous pouvez vous jeter à l'eau dès aujourd'hui sur la Réunion où une houle de 3m50/4m est rentrée dans la nuit ... tout juste la moitié de ce que shootent les participants du BILLABONG XXL Challenge!