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BIG WAVE Overall Performance 2020 Nominees!! | Red Bull Big Wave Awards

OVERALL PERFORMANCE
This category of the Red Bull Big Wave Awards is for the ones who put on a show every single time a massive swell hits. No matter what equipment they’re riding or what mutant wave they’re charging, these are the best overall performers from this Big Wave season. Head over to http://worldsurfleague.com/gobig to see all the Overall Performance Award nominations.
Nominees:
Grant Baker (Durban, South Africa)
Russell Bierke (New South Wales, Australia)
Lucas Chianca (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Nathan Florence (Hawaii, USA)
Billy Kemper (Hawaii, USA)
Kai Lenny (Hawaii, USA)
Tom Lowe (Cornwall, United Kingdom)
Eli Olson (Hawaii, USA)
Nic Von Rupp (Sintra, Portugal)
Ian Walsh (Hawaii, USA)
Paige Alms (Hawaii, USA)
Justine Dupont (Seignosse, France)
Michaela Fregonese (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Felicity Palmateer (Queensland, Australia)

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WSL Big Wave At Large: NAZARÉ 2020 - THE LARGEST WAVES EVER SURFED?!!! ft Kai Lenny, Justine Dupont

In February 2020, massive storms hit Nazaré for the Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge pres. by Jogos Santa Casa. For the full episode head to https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts...
Featuring surfing from Justine Dupont, Kai Lenny, Alex Botelho, Lucas Chianca, Grant Baker, Pedro Scooby, Andrew Cotton, Nic von Rupp, Maya Gabeira

Nazaré Big Wave Tow Surfing Challenge RECAP

It was a monumental day in Portugal as the Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge Presented by Jogos Santa Casa went off in 40- to 50-foot surf.
19 of the most elite big wave surfers were paired up in tow teams to battle it out in a six-hour, no-elimination expression session.
In a new format, where winners were judged by their fellow competitors at an athlete reception afterwards, the Rides of the Day went to Kai Lenny and Justine Dupont.
The Best Team award went to the "Young Bulls" -- comprised of KAI Lenny and Lucas "Chumbo" Chianca.
And finally, the well-earned Commitment Award went to the badass, hard-working Water Safety Team.

Featuring surfing from Kai Lenny, Alex Botelho, Andrew Cotton, Maya Gabeira, Sebastian Steudtner, Pedro Scooby, Rodrigo Koxa, Benjamin Sanchis, Francisco Porcella, Axier Muniain, and Justine Dupont.

2020 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge | Highlights

Watch the highlights of the 2020 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge, held at Praia do Norte, in Portugal.

Big wave surfers were greeted by 40-to-50-foot waves.

Kai Lenny and Lucas Chianca ended up claiming the Team Champions trophy, Lenny won Men's Wave of the Day, and Justine Dupont took the Women's Wave of the Day.

The Commitment Award went to the local Water Safety Team who made sure all athletes got picked up and also saved the life of Portuguese charger, Alex Botelho, who nearly drowned after being hit by a jet ski.

The new format introduced by the World Surf League (WSL) featured ten teams of two athletes, taking turns on the waves and the jet ski.

The teams surfed a four-hour expression session with no elimination stages or rules.

A rotating heat format and priority system ensured that the five teams were in the water at all times.
Each team had two, one-hour heats to tow each other into the giant waves of Nazaré.

Nazaré, the "Eighth Wonder of the World," is home to three Guinness World Records - men's largest surfed wave, women's biggest surfed wave, and largest kitesurfing wave.

2020 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge | Results

Team Champions: Team Young Bulls - Kai Lenny (HAW) / Lucas Chianca (BRA)
Men's Wave of the Day: Kai Lenny (HAW)
Women's Wave of the Day: Justine Dupont (FRA)
Commitment Award: Water Safety Team

Maya Gabeira Returns to Surf Gigantic Nazare - The Inertia

Maya Gabeira is back in the game and pushing the limits surfing XXL Nazare. Video by Shannon Marie Quirk

Relive the greatest waves Nazaré has to offer. | Sessions

The last five years have produced some of the most memorable moments in big wave surfing, and many of them went down on the peaks of Praia do Norte. Watch the best bits above. Would you throw yourself into these waves?

Let the big wave games begin. | Nazaré 2017

In this business, there are always false starts. A swell map goes purple, but the angle is off. The waves come, but the wind wreaks havoc. Nothing could be truer at Portugal's famed Nazaré, where the forces of nature are often laid bare in the form of massive surf. Did you already ride them?

The Discovery of the Wave | 'Maya Gabeira: Return to Nazaré'

Watch the full film now on Red Bull TV: http://win.gs/NazareFilm