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

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

Taking a break from filming the major motion picture Soul Surfer, Kauai's Bethany Hamilton tows into a solid wave at Jaws on the island of Maui.

A brand new Ride of the Year entry video is now posted of Brazilian Maya Gabeira on what's clearly one of the heaviest tubes ever by a female.

Some amazing tube rides and horrific wipeouts mark the opening of big wave surfing worldwide...

A mad dash from their homes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa paid off for Maya Gabeira and tow surfing partner Carlos Burle as they rode the biggest waves of the season at the notorious Dungeons break this week.

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!