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wsl big wave awards |makua rothman |kai lenny |justine dupont |grant baker |andrea moller
Kai Lenny dropping in on his XXL Biggest Wave-winning ride.
Every year, the World Surf League awards cash prizes and bragging rights to surfers who push their limits on terrifyingly large waves. The prizes are awarded for Ride of the Year, Biggest Wave, Biggest Paddle Wave, Best Wipeout, and Best Overall Performance. Here are this year's winners:
Grant Baker's Ride of the Year/Biggest Paddle Wave:
Kai Lenny's XXL Biggest Wave:
Justine Dupont's XXL Biggest Wave:
Andrea Moller's Biggest Paddle Wave:
Makua Rothman's Best Wipeout:
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This week in Women in the Ocean, we sat down with surfer and co-founder of Textured Waves Chelsea Woody. Textured Waves is a surf collective aiming to create a surf community for women of color and underrepresented demographics. Bethany Mollenkof + Seea photo. There's this special thing called "sea-sterhood." Chelsea Woody, Danielle Black Lyons, Gigi Lucas, and Martina Duran first coined the term on a surf meetup together to describe their sisterly camaraderie. Despite all living
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The competition already kicked off at Jaws. Red Bull Content pool. Red Bull is making waves with a groundbreaking women’s big-wave video contest. Unlike normal big wave contests—where competitors compete in series of heats on the same break—Red Bull Magnitude is considered a content contest. Essentially the event is structured so that competitors are judged off video edits submitted after a three-month shooting period. Participants will have from December 1st to February 28th to surf