Watch the winning rides of the 2019 WSL Big Wave Awards.
2019 WSL Big Wave Award | Winners
Ride Of The Year ($65,000): Grant Baker (RSA) at Jaws, Hawaii, on November 26, 2018;
Men’s XXL Biggest Wave ($20,000): Kai Lenny (HAW) at Jaws, Hawaii, on November 26, 2018;
Women’s XXL Biggest Wave ($20,000): Justine Dupont (FRA) at NazarΓ©, Portugal, on November 18, 2018;
Men’s Biggest Paddle ($20,000): Grant Baker (RSA) at Jaws, Hawaii on November 26, 2018;
Women’s Biggest Paddle & World Record ($20,000): Andrea Moller (BRA) at Jaws, Hawaii, on January 16, 2016;
Men’s Overall Performance ($10,000): Kai Lenny (HAW);
Women’s Overall Performance ($10,000): Justine Dupont (FRA);
Wipeout Of The Year ($3,000): Makua Rothman (HAW) at Cloudbreak, Fiji, on May 22, 2018;
Footage: WSL
Music Credits:
“Chasing the Sun” | Composed and Performed by Urbanature
Available in “Flow” (2018): http://hyperurl.co/flow-the-record
Love to know what the music is in this
I can ride waves like that in my sleep yo literally LOL. Jk. Screw the ocean. Isnowboard at 13,600 ft elevation at Copper Mountain on their double blacks in Colorado and kick some trash instead. I hate sharks so I stay away from the water. I'd rather die falling off a cliff or hitting a tree while snowboarding LOL at least I'd see it coming.
You can tell that the WSL awards are just B.S politics involved. Those who "Got the Award" for the category weren't the best of that category. What a Joke
The tow in rides are meaningless. The wipeout of the year was nightmarish, couldn't penetrate the face so he got sucked all the way over the falls inside that huge barrel. Fook that!!
Fucking awesome, a lot of adrenaline….ππ―ππ
no disrespect and these guys are amazing but donβt you have to make the wave to have it count for wave of year contender? Huge balls and props to all of these guys
Everyone deserves an award!!
Seems like twiggy's "ride of the year" was more like wipe out of the year…… Ride to me means completed takes some balls to pack one like that but to me ride of the year should be completed
Awesome rides to control the drops on these waves on the boards AMAZING respect to all surfers and balls of steel for attempting them as they get the thrill of the ride but sometimes at immense cost hope Andrew cotton is better after Nazare wipeout !
Wow, surfing has the same issue as boxing…
In Lord Jesus name,, amen.
Bellissimo, grazie
Kai Lenny absolutely annihilated that wave with so much style.
That chick surfing nazare was hilarious, for starters she looked like an old time square dance caller pumping the front leg up and down to the max, but when you see it again you can almost read her mind, I just want a big flat shoulder to ride like everyone else and I can call myself a nazare hellwoman. Oh shit, I'm going the wrong way, I better go left, Oh Shit, I am NOT on the shoulder, I am on the peak, Oh Shit I may be able to pull off, Oh Shit, if I don't make it, I'll go over the falls, Oh Shit, I better trim for the face and pray, WTF isn't there 50 pounds of lead to stop my front leg from going through my forehead? Is that the shoulder? YESSSS it's the shoulder, thank you jeebius, moman and ron hubbard, I luvs you all, I did it, I AM a hell woman. (Remind me to NEVER do that again)
The ride of this year should in fact give way to a new category;
"The wipe out of the year" category
Kai should of got ride of the year on that wave..crazy. Kai Lenny πͺπ€
Doesnt RIDE OF THE YEAR have to be a wave that is made and not a wipeout? And why does towin even count? Thats cheating!
Now thats a floater insane absolutely fucked up sick mental impossible death defying crazy nice one….
3:48 That lip stall is insane when you consider how high up Kai is… and the ginormous wall of water waiting to chew you up the moment you make a mistake…
Kai Lenny . Off the lip and free fall on a 35+ ft. Wave .
ββββ Phenomenal ββββ !!!!