Le Californien Ken "Skindog" Collins est le grand vainqueur cette année, avec un ride incroyable sur le beach break mexicain de Puerto Escondido (photo ci-dessus): il empoche les prix dans deux catégories avec à la clé une petite prime de 55 000$!
Voir ici pour les photos et vidéos: http://xxl.billabong.com/
Les Résultats:
BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD
(Surfer prize $50,000 - Video prize $5000)
Ken "Skindog" Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006
(Video by Josh Pomer)
BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD
(Surfer prize $15,000 - Photo/video prize: $4000)
Greg Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Dungeons, South Africa on July 30. 2006
(Photos by Al McKinnon, Shaun Timoney)
MONSTER PADDLE AWARD
(Surfer prize $15,000 - Photo/video prize: $4000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Maverick's, Half Moon Bay, California on December 14, 2006
(Video by Ryan Casey)
MONSTER TUBE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000 - Photo/video prize: $2000)
Ken "Skindog" Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006
(Photos by Edwin Morales • Video by Josh Pomer)
SURFLINE MEN'S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA)
BILLABONG WOMEN'S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Source/photo: Billabong/Surfersvillage.com