The blow that Coco Nogales took during his round 1 heat of the Puerto Escondido Challenge ended up putting him among the five candidates for worst wipeout of the year, according to the WSL, which today informed all the finalists of the world big wave awards.

“(It was) definitely one of the worst wipeouts of my life, if not the worst!” Coco wrote on social media about it a few months ago. “There were just a few minutes left in my set and when this set of waves came I wasn’t in the best position, but I had to give it my all and the only way to know if I could get it down was to try, if you don’t try you’ll never know, but sometimes everything can go wrong and you pay the price.”

Nogales was nominated alongside Andrew Cotton, for that legendary hit in Nazaré, Billy Kemper and Eli Olson, who paid in Jaws, and Owen Schultz, who also took a hit in Zicatela. One of them will take home $5000.

The rest of the nominees are as follows:

The best surfing of the year

Prize for the surfer: 125000 dollars, for the filmmakers 13000

Ross Clarke-Jeles (Avoca, New South Wales, Australia) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 18, 2018.

     (Video by Pedro Miranda.)

Ryan Hipwood (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on October 28, 2017.

     (Video by WSL Video Team.)

Kai Lenny (Paia, Hawaii, USA) at Nelscott Reef, Oregel on November 29, 2017.

     (Video by Ian Kennelly.)

Sebastian Steudtner (Nuremberg, Germany) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 18, 2018.

     (Video by Javier Goya.)

Ian Walsh (Haiku, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on October 28, 2017.

     (Video by Dan Norkunas.)

The biggest wave ever paddled

Surfer Prize $30,000 - Photographer Prize $5,000

Lucas Chianca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 4, 2018.

      (Photos by Vitor Estrelinha and Rafael G. Riancho.  Video by Cesinha Feliciano.)

Lucas Chianca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) in Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018.

      (Photos by Tely Heff, Aarel Lyntel and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Elliot Leboe.)

Nenhan Florence (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) in Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018.

     (Photos by Dooma Fotos, Aarel Lyntel and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Aldo Tassara.)

Aarel Gold (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 13, 2018.

     (Photos by Dooma Fotos, Aarel Lyntel and Fred Pompermayer. Video by Bruno Lemos.)

Aarel Gold (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018.

     (Photos by Erik Aeder, Brent Broza, Robin Ernst, Tely Heff and Aarel Lyntel. Video by Tely Heff.)

The biggest wave

Surfer Prize $25,000 - Photographer Prize $5,000

Ross Clarke-Jeles (Avoca, New South Wales, Australia) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 18, 2018.

     (Photos by Bruno Aleixo and Ricardo Bravo.  Video by Humberto Santos.)

Rodrigo Koxa (Guarujá, SP, Brazil) in Nazaré, Portugal on November 8, 2017.

     (Photos by Raphael Alvim, Pedro Cruz, Rafael G. Riancho, Manuel Ricardo and Leandro Sieves. Video by Carlos Murielgo.)

Kai Lenny (Paia, Hawaii, USA) in Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018

     (Photos by Dooma Photos, Tely Heff, Aarel Lyntel, Fred Pompermayer and Stu Soley. Video by Marcus Rodrigues.)

Benjamin Sanchis (Hossegor, France) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 18, 2018.

     (Photos by Bruno Aleixo, Helio Antelio, Andre Botelho, Antelio Bravo and Vitor Estrelinha. Video by Michael Darrigade.)

Sebastian Steudtner (Nuremberg, Germany) in Nazaré, Portugal on January 18, 2018.

     (Photos by Helio Antelio, Andre Botelho, Rafael G. Riancho, Surfemotiels and Gillen Usandizaga. Video by Nuno Dias.)

Tube of the year

Surfer Prize $10,000 - Photographer Prize $5,000

Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa) in Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018.

     (Photos by Dooma Photos, Aarel Lyntel, Fred Pompermayer and Randy Sarrow.)

Mick Corbett (Perth, WA Australia) at The Right, Western Australia on May 16, 2016.

     (Photo by Trent Slenter.)

Tyler Hollmer-Cross (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia) in Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania on July 25, 2017.

     (Photo by Andrew Chisholm.)

Billy Kemper (Haiku, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on October 27, 2017.

     (Photos by Richard Hallman, Tely Heff and Keoki Saguibo.)

Ian Walsh (Haiku, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on October 28, 2017.

     (Photos by Adam Carbajal, Richard Hallman, Paul Karaolides, Tracy Leboe and Sofie Louca.)

Best female performance
First place: $15,000, total prize to be distributed of $32,500

Paige Alms (Haiku, Hawaii, USA)

Justine Dupelt (Seignosse, France)

Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Keala Kennelly (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA)

Bianca Valenti (Mill Valley, California, USA)

Winners will be announced on April 28 at the Big Wave Gala in Los Angeles, California.