Category: Big Wave Tour 2004-2015

Body Glove Mavericks Invitational Presented by Go Pro is ON for Friday, January 24th

HALF MOON BAY, CA (January 22, 2013) – Contest organizers for The Body Glove www.mavericksinvitational.com Presented By GoPro®, the Crown Jewel of the http://www.xpreshon.com Big Wave World Tour, have confirmed that the world’s premier big wave surf contest will take place this Friday, January 24, 2014 in Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, CA.

Mavericks Invitational Contest Director Jeff Clark stated, “This is going to be a powerful and memorable swell, and we are looking at waves upwards of 40 feet.” The first heat takes place at 8 a.m.

Finding new ways to let fans experience the action, Mavericks Invitational organizers are also expanding the Mavericks Viewing Festival. The festival will be held on Friday, with gates opening at 7:30 a.m., on the grounds of the Oceano Hotel & Spa in Princeton Harbor, just down the road from Mavericks.For… Read the rest

2 April 2012

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Australian Big Wave Surfer Jeff Rowley Finalist in the 2012 Oscars of Surfing

Big Wave Surfer and Adventure Athlete, Jeff Rowley has just been announced as one of five finalists in the 2012 Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards in the prestigious Ride of the Year category.

Jeff Rowley from Torquay, Victoria Australia caught the finalist ride on 30 January 2012 at the home of the world’s biggest waves, the infamous Peahi ‘Jaws’ in Maui, Hawaii.

Rowley caught the monster ride by paddling in at Jaws, which was until recently considered impossible to catch and ride without the use of a jet ski ‘tow-in’ and foot straps.Ride of the Year is the most prestigious award in the Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards, which are regarded as the Oscars of surfing.

The XXL awards celebrate the greatest achievements and advancements in big wave surfing performance throughout the year.… Read the rest

BILLABONG XXL GLOBAL BIG WAVE AWARDS UPDATE!

• EUROPEAN ENTRIES ROCK THE BILLABONG XXL BIG WAVE AWARDS
• AWARDS CEREMONY SET FOR APRIL 29 IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
• “XXL EXPERIENCE” IN SANTA CRUZ AT SACRED CRAFT SURFBOARD
SHOW TO SHOWCASE THE BOARDS THAT MADE BIG WAVE HISTORY
• TOYOTA AND CONTOUR ANNOUNCED AS EVENT SPONSORS

NEWPORT BEACH – (February 18, 2011) – With the competition window of the 11th Annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards fueled by Monster Energy closing in just over a month, a stunning list of new developments have supercharged the event like never before.Benjamin Sanchis’ recent huge wave at Belharra, France:

The groundbreaking contest (often referred to as the Oscars of big wave surfing) honors the brave watermen (and women) who have taken on the greatest waves of the last year at any break anywhere in the world, based on the photographic evidence.… Read the rest

BILLABONG XXL BIG WAVE AWARDS LAUNCHES EVENT AND WEBSITE FOR 2011;

SURFERS TAKE ON MONSTER WAVES WORLDWIDE, ALL ON VIDEO AND STILLS

NEWPORT BEACH, CA – (October 5, 2010) — The competition window for the 2011 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy runs through the end of Winter next March, but already a tsunami of entries have been received thanks to a run of massive swells in the Southern Hemisphere in recent weeks. The Billabong XXL Awards recognize the best rides and biggest waves challenged by top surfers at every break on the planet at any time of the year, with the winners decided based on the photographic evidence.While it’s been a banner year for extra-hollow surfing focal points like Tasmania, Fiji and Mexico (which have produced loads of entries in the Monster Tube category), the XXL Biggest Wave division had been off to a slow start – until yesterday, October 4.… Read the rest

The latest in the series of the acclaimed [url=http://stormsurfers.tv]Storm Surfers TV[/url] documentaries takes two times World Champion surfer Tom Carroll and world renowned big wave surfer Ross Clarke-Jones to a remote corner of New Zealand. This epic adventure, airing on the Discovery Channel, July 14, 2010, follows the duo as they face almost insurmountable odds on land and in the sea.Using state-of-the-art GPS devices and satellite storm tracking technology, meteorologist and surf forecaster Ben Matson helps the Storm Surfers find what they’re looking for – the world’s biggest waves in the most challenging conditions. After several hair-raising adventures, they finally achieve their goal in remote Fiordland, an uninhabited region in New Zealand’s far south.

After a 44 kilometer (27 miles) Jet Ski trek down the stunningly beautiful but frigid Cascade River, the surfers, camera crew and support team finally reach their destination.… Read the rest