Natxo was second and Ramón third at the Big Wave Awards

Twiggy Baker ruined the party for Hispanics again thanks to her historic bombshell in Jaws


May 3, 2019
|EN News
|POR DUKE

Natxo González's 10-point wave at the Nazaré Challenge and Ramón Navarro's Cloudbreak bomb of the century finally placed second and third respectively at the WSL Big Wave Awards held last night in Redondo Beach, California.

As in 2010 (the year of Ramón's bomb at Eddie), it was South African Twiggy Baker who spoiled the party. The wave, also historic, that he surfed during the Jaws Challenge, and which he did not complete, gave him the big win and the 65.000 dollars.

Natxo took 17.000 and Navarro 10.000. The finalists were completed by Kai Lenny and Billy Kemper, fourth and fifth respectively.

In the overall performances, the Basque was placed eighth.

Baker won the biggest paddle-out wave and the wave of the year. He left California with more than $70.000. Photos: WSL/Adrian

The other awards presented on the night were as follows:

BIGGEST MALE WAVE
Winner: Kai Lenny in Jaws on November 26

Other finalists
Carlos Burle at Jaws, Maui on November 26th
Tom Butler at Nazaré on December 14, 2018
Sebastian Steudtner in Nazaré on February 7th
Anthony Tashnick at Mavericks on December 17

THE BIGGEST FEMALE WAVE
Winner: Justine Dupont in Nazaré on November 9, 2018

Other finalists:
Justine Dupont in Nazaré on November 18, 2018
Nicole Pacelli in Jaws on January 12, 2019

THE BIGGEST WAVE IN REMADA
Winner: Grant Baker in Jaws on November 26

Other finalists:
Grant Baker at Mavericks on December 17
Pedro Calado in Nazaré on November 18
Nathan Florence at Mavericks on December 17
Billy Kemper in Jaws on November 26th

Andrea Moller made it into the Guinness Book of Records for surfing the biggest wave ever paddled by a woman (left) and Justine Dupont surfed the biggest wave of the year and won best annual performance.

GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE LARGEST WAVE PADDLED BY A WOMAN
Winner: Andrea Moller in Jaws on January 16, 2016

THE COUP OF THE YEAR
Winner: Makua Rothman in Fiji

Other finalists:
Russell Bierke in Nazaré
Alex Botelho in Jaws
Trevor Carlson in Jaws
Lucas Chianca in Jaws

Ranking of best male performance:
15 Alex Botelho
14 Will Skudin
13 Jamie Mitchell
12: Albee Layer
11: Nic Lamb (qualified for the tour)
10: Trevor Sven Carlson  (qualified for the tour)
9: Jojo Roper (qualified for the tour)
8: Natxo Gonzalez
7: Russell Bierke
6: Nic Von Rupp (qualified for the tour)
5: Billy Kemper
4: Nathan Florence
3: Lucas Chianca
2: Twiggy Baker
1: Kai Lenny

Ranking of best overall female performance
8 Nicole Pacelli
7 Maya Gabeira
6 Andrea Moller
5 Emily Erickson
4 Paige Alms
3 Keala Kennelly
2 Bianca Valenti (qualified for the tour)
1 Justine Dupont (qualified for the tour)

Kai Lenny had a successful night, winning the award for best performance of the year and biggest wave.
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