O'Neill Wave of the Winter 2020/21 Movie

The O’Neill Wave of the Winter is the pinnacle of the North Shore season. It's the most spectacular ride from the most challenging stretch of coast on Earth over a four-month period as chosen by our elite judging panel of Gerry Lopez, Shane Dorian, Pancho Sullivan and Shawn Briley.

And yeah: this year was very, very close. Hundreds of entries. Some of the craziest Outer Reef waves we've ever seen, mixed in with equally intense Backdoor, Off-the-Wall and Pipe barrels. And while there is only ever one winner -- who will take home $25,000 -- we documented the best of these spectacular rides over the whole darn winter and packaged it into a short film that celebrates the heroes of the North Shore, complete with insights from Surfline's Director of Forecasting Kevin Wallis on the crazy winter season, the judges on how they made their (tough) call, and the winning surfer (who was understandably very stoked.)
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[MGW]

I nominate the rouge wave that caught everyone inside and sent the sea doos flying. Awesome footage.

[TheSurferkid]

So many absolutely amazing waves. But my favorite wave this winter that amazed me when it happened and now when I saw it again was Nathan’s early season backdoor wave. Absolutely critical. Clean drop, Super deep, doggy door. A beaut.

[storm]

Lots of disgruntled judges here lol. Thanks for the awesome video Surfline and grats to Mark Healey!

[ChrisVanLennep]

😀😀💯💯👋👋🙌🙌 Well Done Mark . Last Season But Pipe is Always THE PLACE for Surfing

[arthurvidal]

outter reefs' one won my heart guys, such raw beauties, insane to watch

[hootie]

Billy Kemper's wave was insane 2:33

[CLANK...]

Hmmm, tbh, none of the judges nor Mark Healey seemed to have any conviction in that decision. I think the pressure of it having to be a 'pipe' style wave got to them. The outer reef waves were on a whole other level

[cudavrage]

Michael Ho Back Door.
Let's see who else is still ripping pipe for as long as him...💚💛❤️

[Sir_Jake]

Congrats Healey! So many great ones to choose from... Nate, Billy, every wave John John rides, the entire Outer Reef session.

[cudavrage]

So stoked for you Mark!!! Stoked Gerry mentioned the December 5, 2018 wave which is arguably one of the best waves ever filmed at Pipe. Congratulations keep up the good work!

[joerobinson]

Healey's wave is great, any other year, but JJF and KR got bombs on that massive day. I protest!

[arrzfr]

JJF rides a barrel the size of a shopping mall at Himalayas and it‘s not the wave of the winter? Psyched for Mark Healey, don‘t get me wrong. I would have agreed with the selection any other year, but not with the waves that were ridden at the outer reef this year. They were simply unrideable for almost anyone with very few exceptions. Some guys tried, most of them ate it, only JJF and Koa were able to ride waves for the history books.

[Darksagan]

So much dope shit in one video and that Jetski flying was nuts. I thought Griffin completely killed it.

[Optable]

Deepest two waves are brothers. Incredible.

[patrickbutler]

Love Mark Healey! Seems like such a chill and genuine dude. Congrats!

[paulrobinson]

Congrats to Healey on that bomb. The man is an animal. I would have probably picked either Colapinto's wave or one of the JJF backdoor ones.

[bluntmagazinePH]

this comp is just soooo hard to judge but good on Mark Healey!!!! Congrats water ops!!!

[gabaganoosh]

Sooo many sick rides. Congratulations to Mark and everyone who submitted. I loved watching all of them.

[robbphillips]

Well done every one of you. Insane surfing. Congrats Mark Healey

[rolandevans]

This years edit /video was sub par - Great wave Healey, Mel's Mav & JJ's Outer Reef were the most memorable.