Shane Dorian, Carlos Burle, Savannah Shaughnessy and Darryl “Flea” Virostko have taken the 2011/2012 Mavericks Awards. The event wasn’t surfed at Half Moon Bay this year, but there were fearless big wave performances that should be highlighted. Contest director Jeff Clark, Bruce Jenkins, Matt Ambrose, Grant Washburn and Dick Keating got seated together to analyze hours of video footage and hundreds of still photos taken during the 2011/2012 season at Mavericks. Watch some of the highlights, here . Most of the winning rides came from two swells: January 4th–5th and February 8th-9th. The stand-out and big winner of the awards was Hawaii’s Shane Dorian, taking three of the seven awards, including: Mavericks Barrel of the Year, Mavericks Bomb of the Year, and Mavericks Male Performance of the Year. Though not many females charge the swell, some do have the courage it takes, and Santa Cruz’s Savannah Shaughnessy is one of them. She rightfully took home the Mavericks Female Performance of the Year award.

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Shane Dorian masters the big wave season at Mavericks

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