Maya Gabeira - Big wave award entry

This year has seen what are probably the biggest swells ever seen at Teahupoo, Tahiti, Shipstern Bluff. Tasmania and Cloudbreak, Tahiti, all combining for the biggest Southern Hemisphere action in the history of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards. A lot of epic rides and a lot of shocking wipeouts have already gone down in this even which runs through March 19, 2012. What will the North Pacific and North Atlantic add to the mix? Sit down, and fasten your seatbelts....this is going to be...

A high-speed recap of all the action and all the winners from the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California. Featuring Nathan Fletcher's epic bomb at Teahupoo, Tahiti, Garrett McNamara's world record 78 foot wave in Portugal and Dave Wassel's huge Monster Paddle-in beast at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii.

California's Nathan Fletcher goes for it, pulling in and blowing minds on one of the most massive liquid caverns in the history of surfing at Teahupoo, Tahiti. Angle Two, shot by Mike Jones.

Brazilian Rodrigo Koxa sets the bar for Teahupoo mayhem during the Code Red swell. Video by Simon Saffigna. An entry in the VeriOn Wipeout category of the 2012 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards.

Nouveau record du monde ? Avec: Carlos Burle, Sylvio Mancusi, Rodrigo Koxa, Maya Gabeira, Felipe "Gordo" Cesarano, Hugo Vau, Eric Rebiere, Pedro Scooby, Andrew Cotton and Garrett Macnamara Shooté avec Canon 7D and canon lens 300mm f.4 A film by Hélio Valentim heliovalentim.com

Teahupoo est une des vagues les plus intenses du World Tour, et quand on va y surfer, il y a des situations dans lesquels on ne veut pas se retrouver.

Chris Shanahan s'est pris un wipeout ultra violent à The Right, en Australie Occidentale. Il signe son entrée dans la catégorie wipeout de l'année au Billabong XXL.

Lundi 13 et mardi 14 mai 2013, Teahupoo a été frappé par un swell epic, de la même violence que la fameuse session "Code Red". Voici la première partie du récit.