Members and friends of the the South Bay Boardriders Club filled the Hermosa Beach Community Theater for the club’s annual Big Wave Challenge Awards night on Wednesday, May 24. Following a video of the 2016-17 winter surf by Greg Browning, nominees Flavio Pirez, Angel Luhrsen, Tracey Meistrell Alex Gray and Trevor LaShure were called to the stage. The award went to Meistrell for a 25-foot wall he dropped into at the Redondo Breakwater on January 24. Also recognized were nominees for the Hard Charger Award, which is presented to a big wave rider under 18. The nominees were Billy Atkinson, Cody Purcell, Nathaniel Harris and Chad Parks. The Hard Charger award was presented to Atkinson for a Breakwater bomb he caught the same day Meistrell caught his award winning wave.
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