The 2010 Verizon Wireless Wipeout of the Year contenders show you the awesome power of the ocean and what lengths surfers will go to to get that ultimate ride!
Grant Baker from South Africa takes on Maui’s notorious Jaws break – but unfortunately, comes off worse with a super high-speed face plant.
Hawaii’s Shane Dorian took off on one of the biggest waves ever seen at Maverick’s in Northern California, only to be bucked off by the choppy face conditions and tossed head over heels into the 50-degree water. Dorian then experienced a delayed Niagara-in-a-barrel-style plunge into the Maverick’s depths, resulting in the dreaded two-wave hold-down.
You can see the video evidence yourself of the other three contenders as Ryan Hipwood (Gold Coast) going over the falls, Hobart’s Dan Griffith doing a spectacular butt-first landing and fellow Tasmanian local Brooke Phillips looking like an inverted crash-test-dummy.
Just to allay any of the your fears – none of the surfers were seriously injured in their wave riding mishaps!!
The wipeout and performance nominees for 2010, in alphabetical order:
Verizon Wireless Wipeout Award Nominees:
GRANT BAKER at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on December 25, 2009
SHANE DORIAN at Maverick’s, California on February 14, 2010
DAN GRIFFITH at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania on August 7, 2009
RYAN HIPWOOD at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania on October 19, 2009
BROOKE PHILLIPS at Shipstern Bluff, Tasmania on October 19, 2009
