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2 And The Winner Is?
Shane Dorian With The Most Nominations In The Billabong Xxl Global Big Wave 2013

 2Translation: Heido Sundstrom


The award’s ceremony for the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave 2013 will be held Friday, May 3rd in the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California. These awards are considered the Oscars of the big wave surfing world, where Shane Dorian has five out of seven nominations thanks to the wisdom and expertise of the photographers that have been able to capture all of his surfing action on camera. The waves that were nominated were captured in Ireland, Fiji, Portugal, Australia, Hawaii and Cortes Bank (100 miles off the southern coast of California).

Dorian is nominated for a variety of prizes, including the Pacific Paddle, XXL Biggest Wave, Surfline Overall Performance, Pacific Tube and the Ride of the Year. If he wins, Dorian could potentially walk away with prizes totaling anywhere from $90,000 - $125,000.

In contrast to the distinguished career of Dorian, newcomer Anastasia Ashley of San Clemente, California was nominated for the first time. Ashley, nominated for the Billabong Girls Overall Performance, has recently won as much social media attention for her figure as a model as she has for her surfing. Ashley can now complete her list of accomplishments with this XXL finalist status, affirming her as one of the great Wave of the Year specialists.

To be nominated is a first-class honor in the Billabong XXL, a ceremony that awards $50,000 to the winner as voted for by an “academy” of more than 500 of the best big wave surfers, photographers and magazine editors from around the world. Nominated beside Dorian is Shawn Cruz Dolar, who is conquering the massive big wave swells in the Cortes Bank (the legendary underwater mountains located 100 miles Southeast of Los Angeles, California) and the surfer of Orange County, Greg Long, for his enormous tube in Hawaii’s “Jaws”. The other two finalists are David Wassel and Reef McIntosh for their spectacular waves at Cloudbreak, off the island of Tavarua, Fiji.