Nominations for the Billabong xxl awards are out with Mikey Brennan in contention for the Ride Of The Year award and James Hollmer-Cross making the top 5 for Monster Barrell…… Fingers crossed for the lads yeeeeeewwww

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The nominees for 2011, in alphabetical order:

FIVE BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $50,000 plus a year lease on a 2012 Toyota Tacoma truck – Video prize $5,000)
Michael Brennan
Danilo Couto
Mark Healey
Benjamin Sanchis
David Scard

FIVE MONSTER PADDLE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $15,000 – Photo/video prize $4,000)
Danilo Couto
Shane Dorian
Mark Healey
Sion Milosky
Mark Yazbeck

FIVE BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $15,000 – Photo/video prize $4,000)
Eric Akiskalian
Dan Corbett
Rodrigo “Koxa” Augusto Espirito de Santo
Francisco Porcella
Benjamin Sanchis

FIVE MONSTER TUBE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $5,000 – Still photography prize $2,000)
Shane Dorian
Tom Dosland
James Hollmer-Cross
Mark Mathews
Eric Rebiere

FIVE SURFLINE BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Kohl Christensen (Kailua, Hawaii, USA)
Danilo Couto (Bahia, Brazil)
Mark Healey (Sunset Beach, Hawaii, USA)
Sion Milosky (Sunset Beach, Hawaii, USA)
Benjamin Sanchis (Hossegor, France)

FIVE BILLABONG GIRLS BEST PERFORMANCE AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $5,000)
Easkey Britton (Rossnowlagh, Ireland)
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Keala Kennelly (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
Mercedes Maidana (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Jamilah Star (Santa Cruz, California, USA)

FIVE VERIZON WIPEOUT OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES
(Surfer prize $2,000 and a Samsung Tab by Verizon – Video prize $1,000)
Tiago Candelot
Mark Mathews
Everaldo “Pato” Teixeira
Laurie Towner
Ben Wilkinson

Shots published so far in 2011. This post will be updated as necessary…

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