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1st place Community Choice Award

Phil de Glanville Western Australia

34°57'42.5"S 117°21'02.5"E

Surfer Jack Robinson rides the famous break known as ‘The Right’, home to some of the heaviest waves in the world. “The clean lines in the wave displays its graceful movement and leads the eye to the surfer, dwarfed by the massive wave,” says photographer Phil de Glanville. “The rainbow and heart shaped wash were a bonus, representing the ocean’s beauty and power and the respect we should have for it.”

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2021 Community Choice Award winner, Phil de Glanville

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  • 4.5m swell
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