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Inches from death/Teahupoo explodes in shattering force

02 May, 2005 : - - (Teahupoo Tahiti): In one death defying moment the heaving left hander of Teahupoo has displayed its full lethal potential to the worlds best surfers in town for the Billabong Pro Tahiti serving up monster 5-6m (12-15ft) waves.…
Keala Kennelly becomes first women to Tow at Teahupoo

03 May, 2005 : - - (Teahupoo Tahiti): With just days remaining until the start of the Billabong Pro Tahiti for 2005, the world’s top 45 men and 17 women have been treated to another day of epic waves at the dredging left hander of Teahupoo with pristine 4m (10-12ft) conditions being touted the best in decades.…
CJ Hobgood catches a giant paddle-in wave at Teahupoo

3 May, 2005 : - - Former ASP world champion and last year’s Billabong Pro Teahupoo runner up CJ Hobgood (Florida, USA) (pictured) caught one of the biggest waves ever paddled into at Teahupoo, Tahiti today. Hobgood arrived in Tahiti last night and paddled out in the 10-15ft surf for his first practice session before …
Aussie surfer accepts XXL Monster Tube Award from Tahiti

26 April, 2005 : - - (Teahupoo Tahiti): Australian surfer Dylan Longbottom (Gold Coast) has had the perfect confidence boost heading into tomorrow’s Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials by winning the Monster Tube Award at the XXL Ceremony in California on Saturday night.…
Mavericks champion in line-up for Red Bull Big Wave Africa

25 April, 2005 : - - Anthony Tashnick, winner of the 2005 big wave event staged in seven metre plus (over 20 foot) surf at Mavericks, near Santa Cruz, California in March, has joined the star-studded international line-up for the 2005 Red Bull Big Wave Africa event that runs from May 22 to June 12 in Cape Town.…
Dan Moore wins Billabong XXL Award on 68ft wave at Jaws

ANAHEIM, CA -- (April 22, 2005) - - Hawaii's Dan Moore was announced as the winner of the 2005 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy for his legendary 68-foot wave at Jaws on the north coast of Maui.…
Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards Webcast on Friday

NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- (April 22, 2005) - - The world's best big wave surfers have begun gathering in Southern California ahead of Friday night's Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy at the Grove Theater in Anaheim.…
NBC to broadcast Mavericks Surf Contest Sunday at 16h00

20 April, 2005 : - - Produced and directed by a National Emmy Award winner, NBC Sports' broadcast of The 2004/2005 Mavericks Surf Contest™ marks big-wave surfing's network television premiere. On Sunday, April 24th at 4pm ET/1pm PT, NBC's viewing audience will get a first-hand look at "the Super Bowl of big-wave surf…
K38 Rescue: Big Waves at 54, Biggest wave, Horror wave

10 April, 2005 : - - Gary Linden is as versatile a surfer as you'll find anywhere on earth. He surfs monster waves at the drop of hat, has been the past president of the ASP and was instrumental in setting up professional surfing as it is today. All that and he is without a doubt one of the best shapers on earth and …
Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau airs on TV this w/end

8 April, 2005 : - - Honolulu - (Thursday, April 7, 2005) - Those fortunate enough to reside in Hawaii, or visit the islands in the coming weeks, will be able to view two local KGMB9 television presentations that focus on the life of big-wave rider and Waimea Bay lifeguard Eddie Aikau.…
Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 205 Finalists/Spanish text

Sábado 02 de Abril, 2005 (Newport Beach, California) Los 5 finalistas para el Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards 2005 presentado por Monster Energy fueron anunciados hoy. El evento anual presenta un interesante duelo entre renombrados surfistas que desafiaron las monstruosas olas de Jaws en Maui, Hawai, y las enorm…
Lone Aussie Dylan Longbottom nominated in XXL Awards

Burleigh Heads, Australia (April 3rd, 2005)--- Gold Coast surfer Dylan Longbottom has today become the only Australian to be nominated in the finals of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards for 2005.…
Billabong XXL Big Wave Awards 05; Finalists announced

NEWPORT BEACH, CA -- (April 2, 2005) -- The finalists for the 2005 Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy were announced today and the annual event is shaping up as a face-off between surfers at a world renown break off Maui, Hawaii and those at a recently discovered spot off Pebble Beach, C…