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The nominees have just been announced for the 2013 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Pacifico, and it’s going to be another amazing year for surfing as the sport’s best continue to smash down the barriers of what was once thought possible.

The Billabong XXL Awards competition window closed on March 20, the start of spring, with every wave ridden at every big wave break around the world in the previous 12 months in contention. The five biggest or best in each of the key categories have now been identified based on the photographic evidence, and the winners will be crowned at a gala awards show at the Grove Theater in Anaheim, California on May 3, with over $120,000 up for grabs across seven diverse event categories. (Four are announced today, leaving the wipeout and two performance categories to be announced in April.)

FIVE BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD NOMINEES (Surfer prize $50,000  –  Video prize $5,000)

• Shawn Dollar (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Cortes Bank, California on December 21, 2012.
• Shane Dorian (Kona, Hawaii, USA) at Jaws, Hawaii on October 9, 2012.
• Greg Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Jaws, Hawaii on October 10, 2012.
• Reef McIntosh (Kauai, Hawaii, USA) at Cloudbreak, Fiji on June 8, 2012.
• Dave Wassel (Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA) at Cloudbreak, Fiji on June 8, 2012.

read more @ billabong.com