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The Next Maverick’s Titan Is In This Nominee List

Riders announced as the waiting period approaches.

news // Sep 20, 2016
Words by stab
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As of November 1st, the world’s most prestigious big wave event could run at the drop of a hat, or dark blob on the swell chart. Twenty-four hellmen and women will drop what they’re doing and make a beeline for Half Moon Bay when organisers are happy there’s enough energy inbound. In the meantime they’ve just released the preliminary list of 56 nominees, who they’ll eventually trim down to 24, including two wildcards as the final list of competitors who’ll tackle Mavs. Shout out goes to the growing women contingent that includes lady-chargers; Paige Alms, Maya Gabeira, Andrea Moller, Emily Erickson, and ‘honorable mention’ Savannah Shaughnessy. 

Nic Lamb took the thing out last year overcoming a hefty wipeout to take the $120k loot, while the Best Barrel was awarded to Jamie Mitchell and Boldest Drop to Mr Greg Long. 

The Titans of Mavericks Opening Ceremony will take place on October 21st.

Full Nominee List:

Nic Lamb
Kai Lenny Jamie
Mitchell
Travis Payne
Derek Dunfee
Mark Healey
Greg Long
Tyler Fox
Kohl Christensen
Anthony Tashnick
Danilo Couto
Zach Wormhoudt
Ken Collins
Colin Dwyer
Nathan Fletcher
Carlos Burle
Garrett McNamara
Paige Alms
Albee Layer
Frank Solomon
Koa Rothman
Matt Becker
Pat Gudauskas
Dane Reynolds
Grant Baker
Will Skudin
Francisco Porcella
Tom Lowe
Andrea Moller
Alex Botelho
Kealii Mamala
Maya Gabeira
Manny Resano
Nic Vaughan
Patrick Shaughnessy
Emily Erickson
Ben Wilkinson
Ian Walsh
Ryan Seelbach
Shane Desmond
Rusty Long
Alex Martins
Ryan Augenstein
Shane Dorian
Grant Washburn
Jamie Sterling
Makua Rothman
Dave Wassel
Aaron Gold
Alex Gray
Chris Bertish
Ramon Navarro
Josh Kerr
John Florence
Kyle Thiermann
Mason Ho

Honorable Mention:
Shawn Dollar
Savannah Shaughnessy

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