Kiteboarder Wins 68K for Surfing Monster Wave
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The veteran waterman from Sunset Beach took a beating when he was forced to straighten out after racing down the 68-foot monster. "It was an amazing day, just massive," said Moore of the December session. "We saw that wave forming way outside and my partner, Mark Anderson, made sure I got it. He pulled me into it really deep and it just walled up across the reef and I took a Award Winners real high line. I was going faster than I've ever gone on a wave in my life, and there The Monster Paddle Award were all these crazy chops, bumps and steps in the face. I was trying to hang on and Shane Desmond, Santa Cruz it was borderline out of control. When I saw the lip coming over ahead of me, I knew The Monster Tube Award I was in for it. It was just a full rinse cycle. Now I know what a gecko feels like when Dylan Longbottom, Bendalong, New South Wales a person steps on it." Dan shows off his 68K smile. The Surfline/Jay Moriarity Best Overall Performance Photo Ryan Riccitelli Billabong has held the XXL for the last five years which challenges surfers to conquer Shane Dorian, Kona, Hawaii the biggest wave of the winter season. Many of the participating teams spend weeks studying weather charts and marine The Monster Women's Award forecasts trying to predict the biggest swells of the winter. Moore received his check at the Billabong XXL Awards cer- Jamiliah Star, Santa Cruz, California emony at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California in front of over a hundred of the who’s who of surfing. Photographer The Best Wipeout Award Richard Brown received $5,000 for capturing Dan racing death. Check out www.billabongxxl.com for more photos. Darryl "Flea" Virostko, Santa Cruz, California Kiteboarders Win Three Years in a Row In a contest as crazy as the XXL, everyone who participates deserves respect. Many of the tow teams would be charging even if there wasn’t the $1,000 per foot incentive. For most, riding giants is just another day in the office. For the last three years several members of the winning tow teams have also been kiteboarders. In 2003, professional surfer and kiteboarder, Ryan Rawson towed his partner Makua Rothman into the winning wave which earned them $66,000. In 2004, Pete Cabrinha, owner of Cabrinha kites, was towed into a 70-foot wave by Rush Randle, also a kiteboarder, which earned them $70,000. This year’s winner Dan Moore helped pioneer kiteboarding on Oahu and made one of the early kiteboarding Ryan Rawson videos called Wind Junkies. It’s great to have these guys in our sport. They deserve respect as watermen Photo Ryan Riccitelli Pete’s winning wave from 2005. 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