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Posted In Events by Beckersurf Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Billabong Announces XXL Nominees

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Beckersurf

The Billabong XXL Awards, surfing’s annual big-wave awards show, recently announced their list of nominees in four of their six categories. Nominees announced are for the Ride of the Year, the Pacifico Paddle Award, the XXL Big Wave Award, and the Pacifico Tube Award. Finalists for the worst wipeout and an overall female performance award will not be released until April.

All points of the compass are represented in this year’s Billabong XXL Awards, as nominees submitted big-wave surfing videos from around the globe: north, south, east and west.

At the top of the list, Hawaii’s Shane Dorian was nominated in four of the possible categories and California’s Shawn Dollar was nominated in three.

Videos will be judged and voted upon with the winners to be announced on May 3 at the annual awards show in California. It will also be streamed live at BillabongXXL.com.

Here is the list of nominees:

BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $50,000 — Video prize $5,000)
SHAWN DOLLAR (Santa Cruz, California) at Cortes Bank. (Video by Steve Kennedy.)
SHANE DORIAN (Kona, Hawaii) at Jaws. (Video by Elliot Leboe.)
GREG LONG (San Clemente, California) at Jaws. (Video by Bruno Lemos.)
REEF MCINTOSH (Kauai, Hawaii) at Cloudbreak. (Video by Talon Clemos.)
DAVE WASSEL (Kaneohe, Hawaii) at Cloudbreak. (Video by Nick Pollet.)

PACIFICO PADDLE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $20,000 — Photo/video prize $4,000)
GRANT BAKER (Durban, South Africa) at Cortes Bank. (Photos by Pat Stacy. Video by Neil Goss.)
SHAWN DOLLAR (Santa Cruz, California) at Cortes Bank. (Photos by Robert Brown, Rob Gilley, Greg Huglin, Frank Quirarte and Pat Stacy. Video by Jason Murray.)
SHANE DORIAN (Kona, Hawaii) at Jaws. (Photos by Erik Aeder, Richard Hallman, Bruno Lemos and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Jace Panebianco.)
MATT MEOLA (Haiku, Hawaii) at Jaws. (Photos by Bruno Lemos and PhotoBrent. Video by Bruno Lemos.)
MAKUA ROTHMAN (Sunset Beach, Hawaii) at Jaws. (Photos by Eric Aeder, Sean Hower, Bruno Lemos, and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Elliot Leboe.)

BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $10,000 — Photo/video prize $4,000)
DANILO COUTO (Bahia, Brazil) at Mullaghmore Head. (Photo by Laurent Pujol,. Video by Sebastian Muller.)
SHAWN DOLLAR (Santa Cruz, California) at Cortes Bank. (Photos by Robert Brown, Rob Gilley, Greg Huglin, Frank Quirarte and Pat Stacy. Video by Neil Gross.)
SHANE DORIAN (Kona, Hawaii) at Jaws. (Photos by Erik Aeder, Richard Hallman, Bruno Lemos and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Bruno Lemos.)
KEALII MAMALA (Haleiwa, Hawaii) at Nazaré. (Photos by Bruno Aleixo, Luis Bento, Greg Huglin, To Mane, Wilson Ribeiro and Ricardo Bravo Santos. Video by Greg Huglin.)
ANTONIO SILVA (Cascais, Portugal) at Nazaré. (Photos by Bruno Aleixo, Diogo D’Orey and Ricardo Bravo Santos. Video by Greg Huglin.)

PACIFICO TUBE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $5,000 — Still photography prize $2,000)
PETER CONROY (Miltown, Malbray, Ireland) at Mullaghmore Head. (Photos by Roo McCrudden.)
SHANE DORIAN (Kona, Hawaii) at Jaws, Hawaii. (Photos by Erik Aeder, Richard Hallman, Bruno Lemos and Fred Pompermayer.)
REEF MCINTOSH (Kauai, Hawaii) at Cloudbreak. (Photos by Fred Pompermayer, Rusty Russel and Tom Servais.)
RAMON NAVARRO (Pichilemu, Chile) at Cloudbreak. (Photos by PhotoBrent and Rusty Russell.)
DAVE WASSEL (Kaneohe, Hawaii) at Cloudbreak. (Photos by Brian Bielmann, PhotoBrent, Ted Pompermayer and Tom Servais.) Continue reading →

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Posted In Events by Beckersurf Monday, March 25th, 2013

Greg Long is Crowned Big Wave World Champion 2012/2013

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Beckersurf

The Big Wave World Tour has successfully completed its fourth season and Greg Long is crowned Big Wave World Champion for 2012/2013 The crowning happened last night at the Surfing Heritage Foundation Museum in San Clemente, CA. Long’s competitors (and … Continue reading →

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Posted In Art by Beckersurf Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Surfing’s First Surf Book, “The Surf Riders of Hawaii,” will Hit Auction Block May 11

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Beckersurf

The first book to ever exclusively focus on surfing, The Surf Riders of Hawaii, will be auctioned off on May 11 through the Surfing Heritage Vintage Surf Auction at the OC Fair and Events Center in Costa Mesa. It is expected to raise upwards of $30,000. That’s a whole lotta dough!

The Surf Riders of Hawaii was first printed in 1914 by surfer/photographer A.R. Gurrey and highlights surfers in Waikiki between the years 1910 and 1914.

It’s been estimated that only between six and eight copies of The Surf Riders of Hawaii were printed, making this one of the rarest pieces of surf memorabilia in existence. Each version of the book was assembled and bound by hand and the images were printed on silver-processed paper. A separate copy of the book recently sold for $37,000 in a Sotheby’s auction.

The man responsible for creating the book, A.R. Gurrey, is regarded as the father of surf photography. Gurrey was also a surfer, close friend of Duke Kahanamoku, and member of the Hui Nalu surf club. Duke Kahanamoku, appears extensively throughout all of the books.

“The Surf Riders of Hawaii is the first book ever done exclusively about surfing,” said Joel Smith, an expert on the book. “This is a pretty remarkable piece…it’s a landmark in surf literature because it’s the first book dedicated to the sport.”

Who’s diving in for the bidding? Going once, twice… sold to someone who wants to have a fantastic piece of surfing history!
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Posted In Surf by Beckersurf Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Slow Dance

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Beckersurf

Marine Layer Productions has posted a clip from the upcoming Craig Anderson movie, “Slow Dance.”

The 30-minute color surf video is due out this June 2013.

While we wait for its release, we can check out this gorgeous black & white teaser with Ando and Dane Reynolds. And if you’re curious about the perfectly paired background music, it’s “Give You What I Got” by Wendy Rene.

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Posted In Art by Beckersurf Monday, March 18th, 2013

Anything Sing

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Beckersurf

The What Youth group is currently working on a beautiful film called “Anything Sing” set in Morocco, Mexico, Bali, Australia, Hawaii and California. Shot with surfers Luke Davis, Nick Rozsa, Ford Archbold and Beau Foster, here are a few sneak preview pics from their surfing mission to Morocco.

According to What Youth, “the waves were pumping, the breakfasts were sketchy and filled with bees but the rest of the trip was a classic [f’d up] mission: driving, searching, laughing and ripping.”

The photos we saw are absolutely beautiful. They’re touring the flick around all of April and it will premiere on the What Youth site on May 1st.

For more photos and details, go to: What Youth

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