"The best wave is the one you don't think you'll make."
That's 22-year-old Laurie Towner's surf philosophy in a nutshell and it earned him $20,000.
Laurie, from Yamba in northern NSW, won Biggest Wave in the Oakley Surfing Life Big Wave Awards at a crazy presentation evening in Bondi, where the cream of Aussie and New Zealand megasurf chargers gathered to honour their finest rides of the past year.
A crazy collection of colossal waves and courageous riders, from the wilds of south-west Australia to the chilly nooks of New Zealand’s South Island.
That’s what faces the judges as the Oakley Surfing Life Big Wave Awards enters its final selection phase.
We’re now down to six Biggest Wave nominees, four Biggest Paddle-In contenders, and six possible Biggest Slabs from the 50-plus entries registered with organisers over the past eight months.
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