Cow Bombie, WA. Video credit: Rick Jakovich<br /><br />The Awards, now in their ninth year, have come to highlight a side of surfing that's way beyond both the recreational mainstream and the professional competitive arena -- a zone where seemingly normal people take seemingly outlandish risks, and achieve huge things with seemingly little concern for fame or renown -- Surfing Life and Oakley reward their spectacular achievements.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/visser_bitg.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Big Wave Awards 2010/11 Biggest Wave Nominee Mark Visser" title="Big Wave Awards 2010/11 Biggest Wave Nominee Mark Visser" width="150" height="90" alt="Big Wave Awards 2010/11 Biggest Wave Nominee Mark Visser"/>
