Ken Skindog Collins

Ken Skindog Collins gewinnt Billabong XXL Award

surf2b am 15.04.2007 - 22:34 Uhr

Der kalifornische Big Wave Surfer Ken Skindog Collins aus Santa Cruz gewinnt den diesjährigen Billabong Monster Tube und Ride of the Year mit seiner perfekten Welle in Puerto Escondido, Mexico.
Im Juni 2006 surfte der 37jährige Surfer eine unglaubliche Tube in Mexico. Niemand glaubte, dass er da wieder stehend rauskommt und die Tube zu macht, aber der erfahrene Big Wave Surfer fand die perfekte Linie in der Welle und stand sie bis zum Ende.

BiLLABONG XXL GLOBAL BIG WAVE AWARDS: Ergebnisse im Überblick

BILLABONG XXL RIDE OF THE YEAR AWARD (Surfer prize $50,000 Video prize $5000)
Winner: Ken "Skindog" Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006 Video by Josh Pomer
Second Place: Andrew Marr (Cape Town, South Africa) at Dungeons, South Africa on July 30. 2006
Third Place: (Tie) Rusty Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 2, 2006
Third Place: (Tie) Doug Young (Dunedin, New Zealand) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on October 13, 2006
Fifth Place: Manoa Drollet (Tahiti, French Polynesia) at Teahupoo, Tahiti on July 28, 2006

BILLABONG XXL BIGGEST WAVE AWARD (Surfer prize $15,000 - Photo/video prize: $4000)
Greg Long (San Clemente, California, USA) at Dungeons, South Africa on July 30. 2006 (Photo by Al McKinnon)

MONSTER PADDLE AWARD (Surfer prize $15,000 - Photo/video prize: $4000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Maverick's, Half Moon Bay, California on December 14, 2006 (Video by Ryan Casey)

MONSTER TUBE AWARD (Surfer prize $5,000 - Photo/video prize: $2000)
Ken "Skindog" Collins (Santa Cruz, California, USA) at Puerto Escondido, Mexico on June 17, 2006 (Photos by Edwin Morales o Video by Josh Pomer)

SURFLINE MEN'S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD (Surfer prize $5,000)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA)

BILLABONG WOMEN'S BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE AWARD (Surfer prize $5,000)
Maya Gabeira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)