Watch the WSL Big Wave Awards' Billabong XXL Ride of the Year Nominees Surfing Magazine
go to original March 27, 2015

For the past fifteen years, the Billabong XXL Awards have pooled together the most psychotic big-wave rides of the year – sifting through countless entries in search of a single gem which deserves the coveted title and the pretty payday of 50k. Submissions pour in across the globe from every big-name hellman to every Joey Barrles with a JetSki and a life vest (and, apparently, a skimboard). Now here are the best from this season, in 2015 Ride of the Year category:

Brad Donke is the first ever skimboarder to be nominated for the XXL Ride of the Year award – take that how you want to.

Shane Dorian paddled into this wave – with his arms. +50 points

Shane Dorian eats JetSkis for breakfast.

Dean Morrison on a wave that probably should have never been ridden. The ski whipped him in, but it was his gonads pulling the throttle.

Gabriel Villaran is a small, unassuming Peruvian. Here he is on a big, very assuming wave.

For more information and to watch the live webcast of the show on May 1, go to WorldSurfLeague.com/XXL.

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