CHAMPIONS
BIG WAVE WORLD CHAMPION 2010 / 2011 -JAMIE STERLING (HI)
Nick Name: Sterls
Age: 29
Height: 1.72m
Sponsors: Red Bull, Matuse Wetsuits, Mana Tahiti, Astrodeck, Destination Surf Company Hawaii, Futures Fins, Kaenon Polarised, GFH Skateboards, HIC Suncare, Stretch Surfboards, Paddle Surf Hawaii, High Surf Accessories.
Records:
2010/2011 BWWT Champ
1st Billabong Pico Alto Invitacional Peru 2010–
4th Quiksilver Ceremonial Punta de Lobos Chile 2010
3rd Nelscott Reef 2010
3rd place ’08 Maverick’s Surf Contest
1st place ’06 Maestro del Gringo Tube Riding Contest.
4th place ’06 Red Bull Dungeons Big Wave Event.
Surfline Best Performance Award ’06 Billabong XXL Awards.
2nd place ’05 Big Buey Surf Challenge.
12th place ’04 Aikau.
Semi final ’04 Xcel Pro.
4th place ’03 Hansens Pipeline Pro.
6th place ’03 Red Bull Dungeons Big Wave Event.
10th place ’02 Eddie Aikau.
Big Wave World Tour Champion 2010/2011. He finished fourth as the tour kicked off at Punta de Lobos, Chile, took home the title at Pico Alto (Peru) in August, then finished third at Nelscott Reef (Maverick’s and Todos Santos are the tour’s final two events). None of this is surprising to anyone who has followed Sterling’s career, back to the days when he broke into the big-wave hierarchy as a North Shore teenager. In the 2006 Billabong XXL awards, he took the trophy for Best Overall Performance. He finished an impressive third in the 2008 Maverick’s contest, after dominating his first two heats, and he won the Jay Moriarity Award that day for the spirit best exemplifying the late, great Santa Cruz surfer.
BIG WAVE WORLD CHAMPION 2009 / 2010 -CARLOS BURLE (BRA)
Nick Name: The Jackal
Age: 42
Height: 1.71m
Sponsors: Red Bull, Redley, Kenner, Mormaii, Teccell and Bridgstone
BWWT Records:
BWWT Champ 2010 2011
3rd Billabong Pico Alto Peru ’10
5th Quiksilver Punta de Lobos Chile ’09
2nd Billabong Pico Alto Peru ’09
5th Mavericks Surf Contest ’10
4th Todos Santos ’10
Carlos reached a career peak last winter by taking the overall first place in the Big Wave World Tour 2009/2010.
Burle has caught some of the biggest tow-in waves on record, including a kelp-ridden monster at Ghost Tree that earned him 2009 Billabong XXL award nominations for Monster Tube and Ride of the Year. He also won Biggest Wave honors in 2002 for a Maverick’s wave measured at 68 feet on the face. Grant Baker calls him “the most intelligent person I have surfed big waves with. He makes no mistakes and still surfs the biggest waves of any day.”