The winning surfer, Yuri Soledade, and the winning photo by Jimmie Hepp. - WSL / Jimmie Hepp
TAG Heuer XXL Biggest Wave Winner: Yuri Soledade, Photograph by Jimmie Hepp
Big wave surfing is scary. And when you take a step back and consider exactly how big a wave is it becomes even scarier. Yuri Soledade as scene in Jimmie Hepp's photograph at Jaws was dropping down a wave locked in at 73 feet. Imagine something that big. Then imagine it's moving...well deserved Yuri.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Video by Elliot Leboe.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Photo by Jimmie Hepp.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Photo by Fred Pompermayer.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Photo by Bryan Berkowitz.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Photo by John Patao.
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Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Photo by Elliot Leboe.
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Winner: Yuri Soledade (Haiku, Maui, Hawaii) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. (Photo nominees: Brian Berkowitz, Jimmie Hepp, Elliot Leboe, John Patao and Fred Pompermayer. Video nominee: Elliot Leboe.)
Mick Corbett (Perth, WA, Australia) at Nazaré, Portugal on February 19, 2016. (Photo nominees: André Bernardo and André Botelho.)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Nazaré, Portugal on November 1, 2015. (Photo nominees: Bruno Aleixo, André Botelho, Vitor Estrelinha, Jorge Figueira and Manuel Ricardo. Video nominee: Timelapse Media.)
Niccolo Porcella (Sardegna, Italy) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. (Photo nominees: Erik Aeder, Rick Dobrowski, Dooma Photos, Paul Karaolides and Zack Williams. Video nominee: Marcus Rodrigues.)
Pedro Scooby (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) at Nazaré, Portugal on October 27, 2015. (Photo nominees: Bruno Aleixo, Helio Antonio, Vitor Estrelinha, Pedro Miranda and Hugo Silva. Video nominee: André Callado.)
Yuri Soledade won his first Big Wave Award for the biggest wave surfed this year. His TAG Heuer XXL Biggest Wave at Jaws was recorded at 73 feet. - WSL
2016 TAG Heuer XXL Biggest Wave Winner: Yuri Soledade
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TAG Heuer XXL Biggest Wave Winner: Yuri Soledade, Photograph by Jimmie Hepp
Big wave surfing is scary. And when you take a step back and consider exactly how big a wave is it becomes even scarier. Yuri Soledade as scene in Jimmie Hepp's photograph at Jaws was dropping down a wave locked in at 73 feet. Imagine something that big. Then imagine it's moving...well deserved Yuri.
TAG Heuer Biggest Wave Nominees
Winner: Yuri Soledade (Haiku, Maui, Hawaii) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. (Photo nominees: Brian Berkowitz, Jimmie Hepp, Elliot Leboe, John Patao and Fred Pompermayer. Video nominee: Elliot Leboe.)
Mick Corbett (Perth, WA, Australia) at Nazaré, Portugal on February 19, 2016. (Photo nominees: André Bernardo and André Botelho.)
Garrett McNamara (Haleiwa, Hawaii, USA) at Nazaré, Portugal on November 1, 2015. (Photo nominees: Bruno Aleixo, André Botelho, Vitor Estrelinha, Jorge Figueira and Manuel Ricardo. Video nominee: Timelapse Media.)
Niccolo Porcella (Sardegna, Italy) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. (Photo nominees: Erik Aeder, Rick Dobrowski, Dooma Photos, Paul Karaolides and Zack Williams. Video nominee: Marcus Rodrigues.)
Pedro Scooby (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) at Nazaré, Portugal on October 27, 2015. (Photo nominees: Bruno Aleixo, Helio Antonio, Vitor Estrelinha, Pedro Miranda and Hugo Silva. Video nominee: André Callado.)
Yuri Soledade
2019 XXL Biggest Wave Entry: Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on November 26, 2019. 3 shot sequence by Erik Aeder.
2019 XXL Biggest Wave Entry: Yuri Soledade at Jaws (2 shot sequence by Aaron Lynton.)
2018 XXL Biggest Wave Entry: Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on January 14, 2018. 2 shot sequence by Aaron Lynton.
Yuri Soledade at Jaws, Feb 25, 2016. Photos: Brian Berkowitz, Jimmy Hepp, Elliot Leboe, John Patao, Fred Pompermayer. Video: Elliot Leboe.
Yuri Soledade (Haiku, Maui, Hawaii) at Jaws, Maui, Hawaii on February 25, 2016. Video by Elliot Leboe,
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