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2022 Women's Biggest Tow In Winner: Justine Dupont at Nazare

2022 BWA Women's Biggest Tow In Nominee: Justine Dupont at Nazare Video by Thomas Slavik.

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2022 Women's Ride Of The Year Winner: Justine Dupont At Teahupoo

2022 Women's Ride Of The Year Justine Dupont At Teahupoo on August 13, 2021. Video from Manea Fabish.

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Kai Lenny is put to The Test at Pe'ahi | Life of Kai Season 2 Finale

It’s Super Swell Saturday at Jaws and Kai aims to turn in the year’s best performance at his home break. But a series of tests, both physical and mental, take him to the brink of what he thinks is possible.

In the fifth and final installment of Life of Kai, Season 2, we jump in the passenger seat as Kai tackles super swells and continues to explore his cross training regiment. Dive in now as Kai pushes himself and the sport to new heights

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À La Folie: The Rise of Justine Dupont

Justine Dupont’s à la folie showcases the “best year” of her surfing life

From her beloved Nazaré and across the seas to Mavericks and Jaws, Justine Dupont just compiled a career season, but the Frenchwoman is far from finished...

Carissa Moore Wins Stab Surfer of The Year 2021 (Females)

According to the Stab Surfer of the Year voters' almost unanimous agreeance, Carrissa Moore was untouchable in 2021.

At the end of our 10-day peer-reviewed poll, she’d just about doubled the votes of Stephanie Gilmore, who landed in second place. 16-year-old Caity Simmers came up behind Steph by a few points and won the Best Junior accolade.

But each peer-reviewed vote is significant in SSOTY and those who received the nod from three or more of our esteemed pool of surfers, photographers, and industry folk deserves to be recognized.

XXXL Nazare: Exclusive Highlight Reel

On Saturday, January 8th, 2022, the strongest storm the North Atlantic has seen, or will see, all winter unloaded a fierce, XXL-approaching XXXL swell upon Praia do Norte, prompting Portuguese officials to green-light the Gigantes de Nazare event just three weeks after the WSL Nazare Tow-In Surfing Challenge wrapped. As far as we can tell, no records were broken this day. But the consensus is that Saturday, January 8th, 2022 was, nonetheless, “one for the books.” Here are some highlights, filmed by intrepid Portuguese lensman Helio Antonio.

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The Best Of The Best From The 2021 Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge

All craziest action captured during the 2021 TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge presented by Jogos Santa Casa

Featuring Lucas Chianca, Kai Lenny, Pedro Scooby, Justine Dupont, Axier Muniain, Francisco Porcella, Pierre Rollet, Rodrigo Koxa, Kealii Mamala, Andrew Cotton, Nic von Rupp, Pedro Scooby, João De Macedo, Antonio Silva, Maya Gabeira, Eric Rebiere

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Potential For TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge Presented by Jogos Santa Casa To Run Dec 12 or 13

The World Surf League has put the TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge presented by Jogos Santa Casa on standby to potentially run on Sunday, December 12 or Monday, December 13. With a large WNW swell and favorable winds headed toward Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, there is high confidence that the event could run over one of these two days.

Event officials are closely monitoring the upcoming swell, watching for the conditions that will produce waves in the competition range. The next call for a potential Green Alert will be made on Saturday, December 11 at 12:00 a.m. GMT. Once the call is made by the event officials, competitors will have approximately 34-hours' notice to be ready to compete.

"We are expecting waves in the 40-to-60-foot range on Sunday and Monday, and we are closely watching the forecast over the next few days," said Jessi Miley-Dyer, WSL SVP of Tours and Head of Competition. "If we see this forecast continue to track the way we are seeing now, we will make an updated call on Saturday, December 11 at 12:00 a.m. GMT for a potential Green Alert. We are working with Garrett McNamara on the ground at Nazaré and utilizing all of his expertise and knowledge to help inform when we will run the competition. We will check back in over the weekend with more updates."

The TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge presented by Jogos Santa Casa will be a one-day, specialty event with tow-in surfing teams. There will be nine teams made up of two competitors in each team. The teams will be divided into three groups with three teams in each group. The competition will have a total of six 60-minute heats, where each group will participate in two heats, with each team alternating between surfing and driving the team's jet ski.

A surfer's best two waves after surfing both heats will count to an individual total score, with the best wave counting as double points. In total, a surfer's maximum individual score will be 30 points, as each wave is scored from 1-10 points. Surfers will be awarded across multiple categories at the end of the competition day.

**TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge presented by Jogos Santa Casa Invitees:**

**Team 1:** Kai Lenny (HAW), Lucas Chianca (BRA)
**Team 2:** Nic Von Rupp (PRT), Pedro Scooby (BRA)
**Team 3: **Rodrigo Koxa (BRA), Eric Rebiere (FRA)
**Team 4:** Andrew Cotton (GBR), Will Skudin (USA)
**Team 5:** Axier Muniain (EUK), Francisco Porcella (ITA)
**Team 6: **João de Macedo (PRT), Antonio Silva (PRT)
**Team 7: **Maya Gabeira (BRA), Sebastian Steudtner (DEU)
**Team 8:** Justine Dupont (FRA), Pierre Rollet (FRA)
**Team 9: **Michelle des Bouillons (BRA), Ian Cosenza (PRT)

*The TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Challenge presented by Jogos Santa Casa is proudly supported by TUDOR, Jogos Santa Casa, Red Bull, Corona, Hertz, MEO, Portuguese Waves, Visit Portugal, Oeste Portugal, and Nazaré City Council. *

**Watch LIVE **
When called ON, the TUDOR Nazaré Tow Surfing Presented by Jogos Santa Casa will be broadcast LIVE on WorldSurfLeague.com and YouTube, as well as the free WSL app. Check local listings for coverage from the WSL's broadcast partners.

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Who were the strongest XXL swell chasers last year? | Red Bull Big Wave Awards 2021

Nothing is simple in the world right now, but if you're the kind of surfer who chases XXL swells around the planet, then you're used to switching your plans every time the wind and weather change their minds. This year, the World Surf League and Red Bull switched things up a little as well and the 2021 Red Bull Big Wave Awards were the result.

Chris Coté and Rosy Hodge were in charge of hosting the live show in Los Angeles, as we shocked our winners with a string of door-knock videos to announce the results. As you can imagine, the surprise nature of the reveal caught a lot of our winners off-guard and led to some genuinely candid moments of emotion.

On the ladies side of things Frenchwoman Justine Dupont took home three-quarters of the bacon, claiming Ride Of The Year, Performer Of The Year and the Biggest Tow award for her wave of a lifetime at Jaws. The only trophy left went to Paige Alms, who successfully defended her Biggest Paddle award with yet another Jaws bomb to keep the trophy in Maui.

For the men, Kai Lenny reminded us once again that he's built slightly differently and claimed both Performer Of The Year and the Biggest Paddle award. Peter Mel brought the house down, with his incredible Mavericks wave earning him Ride Of The Year, an honour he touchingly dedicated to his recently-passed mother. German heavy water specialist Sebastian Steudtner claimed the Biggest Tow trophy, with yet another Jaws bomb to add to his resume.