Who said that in Brazil there is no big wave? The Brazilian Ocyan Big Waves Prize is there to prove that in addition to the big wave, the country has plenty of fearless surfers!
Check out the photos and meet the winners:
OCYAN WAVE OF THE YEAR WOMEN’S AWARD
1st Michelle des Boullions/Renan Vignolli
2nd Raquel Hackert/Devin Henning
3rd Michaela Fragonese/Yana Vaz
OCYAN WAVE OF THE YEAR MALE AWARD
1st Daniel Rangel/Jair Ferreira
2nd Pedro Calado/Gleyson Silva
3rd Paulo Diego Imbica/Teo Cury
BIGGEST WAVE OF THE YEAR
1st Pedro Calado/Gleyson Silva
2nd Luciano Costa/Xande Bahia
3rd Ian Cosenza/Renan Vignolli
BIGGEST WIPEOUT / COW OF THE YEAR
1st Kalani Latattanzi/Matheus Couto
2nd Beg Rosemberg/Ronald Lima
3rd Michaela Fragonese/Michaela Fragonese
BEST FEMALE BODYBOARD WAVE
1st Paola Simão/Guto Ribas
2nd Camille Oliveira / Adriano Lopes
3rd Clarissa Barros/PatrÃcia Ladeira
BEST MALE BODYBOARD WAVE
1st Breno Kuster/Jair Ferreira
2nd Dudu Pedra/Kalani Latattanzi
3rd Carlos Bell/Jair Ferreira
BEST WAVE OF THE YEAR KITESURF
1st Sebastian Ribeiro/Tiago Azzi
2nd Pedro Matos/Leo Chines
3rd Rafael Franco/Alessandra Viana
BEST BODYSURF WAVE
1st Breno Diniz/Sheila Machado
2nd Higor Scheiner/Felipe Simões
3rd Yuri Pecene/Pedro Rolon
The award distributed more than R$ 55 thousand in cash.
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