Maya Gabeira wins cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave

Maya Gabeira got whipped into an absolute mind-blowingly large wave at Nazaré, setting the Guinness Record for the largest wave ever surfed by a woman at 73.5 ft while also securing the Red Bull Big Wave Awards cbdMD XXL Biggest Wave. For More Check Out: BIG WAVE OVERALL PERFORMANCE WINNER - KAI LENNY | Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://youtu.be/bNnqQeDKtTM CRAZIEST WOMEN'S PADDLE OF THE YEAR! Paige Alms wins Red Bull Big Wave Awards Women's Paddle Award - https://youtu.be/_edAA3DEU9w MEN'S PADDLE IN OF THE YEAR WINNER - Eli Olson | Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://youtu.be/voem4P0gGJw WIPEOUT OF THE YEAR WINNER - Keala Kennelly | Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://youtu.be/iSozcia8hxE THE GNARLIEST BIG WAVE RIDES OF THE YEAR!!! Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiIKB... THE BIGGEST WAVES SURFED IN 2020!! cbdMD XXL BIGGEST WAVE w/ Kai Lenny, Sebastian Steudner - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjfnW... BIG WAVE Overall Performance 2020 Nominees!! | Red Bull Big Wave Awards - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GO5xy...



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Sebastian Steudtner wins the XXL Biggest Wave Award

The German surfer Sebastian Steudtner was the big winner of the XXL Big Wave Awards.

                                                                                                                                                             

Photo: Rui Oliveira

The surfer won with the wave surfed in Nazaré, Portugal on December 11, 2014

Photo:Miguel Prata

Photo: Jeff Flindt


Other Nominees:
Ross Clarke-Jones (Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia) at Nazaré, Portugal on December 11, 2014. (Video Nominee: Humberto Santos. Photograph Nominees: Antonio Balau, Daniela Carneiro, Andre Carvalho, Jose Pinto, Luis Rodrigues, Mark Wengler.)

Mick Corbett (Perth, WA, Australia) at Cow Bombie, Australia on August 9, 2014. (Photograph Nominee: Jamie Scott.)

Jarryd Foster (Dodges Ferry, Tasmania, Australia) at Cow Bombie, Australia on August 9, 2014. (Photograph Nominee: Jamie Scott.)

Hugo Vau (Terceira, Azores, Portugal) at Nazaré, Portugal on December 11, 2014. (Video Nominee: Bro Cinema. Photograph Nominees: Bruno Aleixo, Red Bull/Jeff Flindt, Mark Wengler.)

Source: WSL

XXL Big Wave Awards Wipeouts

The 5 nominees for Wipeout Of The Year for the XXL Awards will make you cringe.

The final nominees have been named for the XXL Big Wave Awards, and they're always a crowd favorite: the Wipeout Award nominees. Seeing big wipeouts are always cringe-inducing, and this year's 5 nominees are some brutal ones. Sporting a menagerie of human-pounding waves, it's tough to decide which one is actually the best (err worst).

Watch all 5 below and let us know which one you think should take the award.

1 Scott Dennis at The Right

2 Marcio Freire at Jaws




3 Billy Kemper at Puerto Escondido

4 Jamie Mitchell & Chapman Murphey at Maverick's

5 Benjamin Sanchis at Nazare