Friday, June 2, 2006

Thank You Southern Slang



Photo: courtesy of Billabong

Diego Medina, Chilean surfer, won the prize "Billabong XXL Monster Paddle Award. This is a prize that is awarded the international Billabong surfers who ran the biggest wave in 2005 around the world. The hard part of this award is only given to the surfer who runs the biggest wave without the help of jet skis, that is, have to catch the wave just paddling!
This wave, which gave him the opportunity to Diego to win the award, left Punta de Lobos in the May 11, 2005. Day in which there were 3 surfers in the water: Ramon Navarro and Cristian Merello Diego Medina. The latter was at the time and precise location necessary to win the most important Reconnaissance had a Chilean surfer in history.
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