Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards Score Huge South Pacific Swells; “Biggest Ever” Days In Tahiti, Fiji & Tasmania Set Stage For Northern Action

Brazil's Danilo Cuoto wins the $50,000 Ride Of The Year and fallen hero Sion Milsoky wins the Overall Performance Award...

Surfing's most beautiful big wave rider shares her picks for tomorrow's Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards.

What better way to kick start your week than watching five of the worst wipeouts from the last year?

Brazilian bombshell Maya Gabeira graces Cote's Cube and breaks down her award-winning year and how she likes to "get in a hot dress and look good." Don't miss the end of the clip where we go backstage at Maya's photo shoot...

South African Grant “Twiggy” Baker Claims Ride of the Year, German Surfer Sebastian Steudtner Wins XXL Biggest Wave; California's Shawn Dollar Breaks Biggest Paddle-in Wave Record

Always a crowd favorite, the 2010 Verizon Wireless Wipeout of the Year contenders are a terrifying product of the awesome hydraulic power to be found offshore of Hawaii, California and the Australian island state of Tasmania

The biggest wave ever paddled into? Perhaps. Either way, this winter's Billabong XXL Awards are shaping up to be one of the best ever. To quote Shane Dorian, "I'd been waiting 15 years for that wave." Check the video clip and exclusive photo here...

If this El Nino shapes up like the one we had in the winter of 96/97 we’re in for a treat…and if it shapes up like the famed winter of 1982 you best batten down the hatches!

The five worst wipeouts of the year caught on film...

The Biggest Waves and Best Rides from Around the World Vie for $130,000 as Surfing's Top Big Wave Event Prepares for Annual Awards Ceremony on April 17

The Atlantic Ocean has produced a bounty of massive storms and swells, becoming a key focus of the 2009 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards as the event heads into the final six weeks of its yearlong event period.