Greg Long, the 26-year-old big wave surfer from San Clemente, California, won the grand prize at the ninth annual Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards for the Ride of the Year Category. This morning, the 20 members from Brices Himex team donned uniforms and strolled into the record setting match in Gorak Shep to introduce themselves and Tissot replica watches announce their upcoming game. Along with the friendly introduction, Brice extended an offer to todays winner to join the climbing teams at Camp II on April 28. --Kyle Dickman
Long Received $50,000 in recognition of his performance at the Red Bull Big Wave Africa event held at Dungeons off Cape Town on July 26, 2008.Long made the winning ride without the aid of a PWC, or Jet Ski, him the only one in his XXL replica iluxury watches category to do so. The wave was close to 40 feet on the face, and it was quite arguably the best tube ride ever successfully completed on a paddle-in wave of that size, said Bill Sharp, Billabong XXL’s event director.
I am glad to have won this as a paddle-in wave and without a PWC, because most recognized big-wave surfers will tell you this is the most difficult of the two, said Long. To catch a wave on your own power is an unbelievable feeling ing in at replica Longines watches second place for Ride of the Year was Ryan Hipwood from Gold Coast, Australia, for his ride at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, on Oct. 11, 2008. James Holmer-Cross from Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, came in third for his ride at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania, on Oct. 11, 2008.--Aileen Torres
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