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2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ryan Williams Mick Fanning Mick Fanning tucks into a tube at his local break
1/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ryan Williams Mick Fanning Mick Fanning tucks into a tube at his local break
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Simon Williams Happy chip Chipper Wilson in the pit in Indo
2/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Simon Williams Happy chip Chipper Wilson in the pit in Indo
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist . Picture: Russell Ord Double Up Taj Burrow and Mark Mathews, caring is sharing, even in extreme circumstances. Probably one of the craziest moments of 2014.
3/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist . Picture: Russell Ord Double Up Taj Burrow and Mark Mathews, caring is sharing, even in extreme circumstances. Probably one of the craziest moments of 2014.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Andrew Chisholm Giant Among Giants Everything about Shipstern Bluff is big, from the waves to the cliffs and rocks to the giant 6’5” Tyler Hollmer Cross, who loves to stand tall in massive barrels.
4/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Andrew Chisholm Giant Among Giants Everything about Shipstern Bluff is big, from the waves to the cliffs and rocks to the giant 6’5” Tyler Hollmer Cross, who loves to stand tall in massive barrels.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Stuart Gibson Desperate Matt Stevo at a really heavy shallow wave called ‘Desperations’, and right here he’s very desperate to get under this bomb that just unloaded on our heads! I love shooting these underwater images showing the crazy storm like clouds.
5/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Stuart Gibson Desperate Matt Stevo at a really heavy shallow wave called ‘Desperations’, and right here he’s very desperate to get under this bomb that just unloaded on our heads! I love shooting these underwater images showing the crazy storm like clouds.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ed Sloane Aqua Helix The beauty of these rings belies their raw power.
6/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ed Sloane Aqua Helix The beauty of these rings belies their raw power.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Brodie McCabe Your Curve These two dolphins where playing out in the deeper ocean for some time. As a set of waves came through, they followed the swell toward the shore, racing each other for the key position. As the wave started breaking, one pulled off the back so as not to ‘drop in’ on the other.
7/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Brodie McCabe Your Curve These two dolphins where playing out in the deeper ocean for some time. As a set of waves came through, they followed the swell toward the shore, racing each other for the key position. As the wave started breaking, one pulled off the back so as not to ‘drop in’ on the other.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Peter Joli Wilson Gabriel Medina In late December Gabriel Medina equaled Kelly Slater’s record for the youngest surfer ever to win the World Professional Surfing Title. He was also the first Brazilian surfer to do it and was surrounded by adoring fans as he came up the beach. The pressure and emotion shows is final released as Gabriel lets out a primal scream. Pipeline, North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii Friday December 19 2014
8/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Peter Joli Wilson Gabriel Medina In late December Gabriel Medina equaled Kelly Slater’s record for the youngest surfer ever to win the World Professional Surfing Title. He was also the first Brazilian surfer to do it and was surrounded by adoring fans as he came up the beach. The pressure and emotion shows is final released as Gabriel lets out a primal scream. Pipeline, North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii Friday December 19 2014
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Deb Morris Sea Shell An early morning shoot, with this being my 5th shot of the day , I knew that I had captured something special. Two waves colliding forming this artistic seashell, only lasting for a blink of an eye. Ultimately this wave cost me my sunnies but well worth the glare!
9/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Deb Morris Sea Shell An early morning shoot, with this being my 5th shot of the day , I knew that I had captured something special. Two waves colliding forming this artistic seashell, only lasting for a blink of an eye. Ultimately this wave cost me my sunnies but well worth the glare!
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Stuart Gibson Nightmare I’m not good enough with words for such a crazy image, but Mikey Brennan dropped down this monster which looked 100% unmakable, somehow he stuck this huge staircase and pulled into a monster barrel wave of the year at Shipstern Bluff
10/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Stuart Gibson Nightmare I’m not good enough with words for such a crazy image, but Mikey Brennan dropped down this monster which looked 100% unmakable, somehow he stuck this huge staircase and pulled into a monster barrel wave of the year at Shipstern Bluff
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Jason Childs Wooden boards Kids in a remote island in Indonesia surf only wooden surfboards. The Pacific Ocean, somewhere in Indonesia.
11/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Jason Childs Wooden boards Kids in a remote island in Indonesia surf only wooden surfboards. The Pacific Ocean, somewhere in Indonesia.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ted Grambeau Matahi Madness Matahia Drollet at the tender age of 16 is towed in to one of the most perfect waves of the season by his brother Manoa, who is one of the most respected surfers ever at Teahupoo in Tahiti.
12/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ted Grambeau Matahi Madness Matahia Drollet at the tender age of 16 is towed in to one of the most perfect waves of the season by his brother Manoa, who is one of the most respected surfers ever at Teahupoo in Tahiti.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ray Collins Avalanche Unknown surfer experiencing the fight or flight moment as a waterfall prepares to land on his person.
13/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ray Collins Avalanche Unknown surfer experiencing the fight or flight moment as a waterfall prepares to land on his person.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ted Grambeau Matahi Madness Matahia Drollet at the tender age of 16 is towed in to one of the most perfect waves of the season by his brother Manoa, who is one of the most respected surfers ever at Teahupoo in Tahiti.
14/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ted Grambeau Matahi Madness Matahia Drollet at the tender age of 16 is towed in to one of the most perfect waves of the season by his brother Manoa, who is one of the most respected surfers ever at Teahupoo in Tahiti.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Mark Onorati Shadows Shadows are cast by light. Luke Stedman turns his face towards the sun & they fall behind him.
15/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Mark Onorati Shadows Shadows are cast by light. Luke Stedman turns his face towards the sun & they fall behind him.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ray Collins Convection The force of a breaking wave on this particular spots busiest day of the year. Observed from a helicopter.
16/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Ray Collins Convection The force of a breaking wave on this particular spots busiest day of the year. Observed from a helicopter.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Trent Mitchell Mick Fanning. Somewhere, Indonesia. A forgotten moment of Mick’s during back to back days of mindless travel in search of the perfect warm water wave.
17/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Trent Mitchell Mick Fanning. Somewhere, Indonesia. A forgotten moment of Mick’s during back to back days of mindless travel in search of the perfect warm water wave.
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Andrew Chisholm Dancing With The Devil He is no fool, Marti Paradisis dances where angels fear to tread. Marti paddles into a wave at the edge of the world, right under the famous Shipstern Bluff
18/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Andrew Chisholm Dancing With The Devil He is no fool, Marti Paradisis dances where angels fear to tread. Marti paddles into a wave at the edge of the world, right under the famous Shipstern Bluff
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Peter Joli Wilson Kirra Line Up A classic Kirra line up shot during a 4 day run of swell in late August. Conditions at times were flawless but judging by the cloud build up over Surfers Paradise they might not have stayed that way for long. Coolangatta, Queensland Australia. Wednesday August 27, 2014
19/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Peter Joli Wilson Kirra Line Up A classic Kirra line up shot during a 4 day run of swell in late August. Conditions at times were flawless but judging by the cloud build up over Surfers Paradise they might not have stayed that way for long. Coolangatta, Queensland Australia. Wednesday August 27, 2014
2015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Jack Dekort Summer rain Shot during a tropical down at Noosa Heads
20/202015 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year Top 20 finalist. Picture: Jack Dekort Summer rain Shot during a tropical down at Noosa Heads
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