NIKON SURF PHOTO & VIDEO OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2021

Australia’s best surf photographers and video-makers show off their talents in the 2021 Nikon Surf Photo And Video Of The Year Awards.

The stunning images in this year’s Nikon

Hobart-based photographer Stu Gibson has won the Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year award for 2021 with his stunning image of Tyler Hollmer Cross surfing at Shipstern Bluff in southern Tasmania. Stu’s prize is a Nikon Z 6II full-frame mirrorless camera paired with the Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/4.0 S zoom lens. The Nikon Surf Video Of The Year award was won by Spencer Frost, who also receives a Z 6II with a 24-70mm zoom. Frost’s winning film is titled

A Corner Of The Earth and is about extreme surfing in subzero conditions around the coast of Iceland with pro surfer Fraser Dovell.

Now in its ninth year, the competition was judged by a panel of 13 experts, including seven-time World Surfing Champion Stephanie Gilmore, who is also a Nikon brand ambassador and keen photographer. The panel was tasked with selecting the best surfing photo and video based on four criteria – innovation and creativity, dramatic effect and sensory impact, uniqueness, and composition.

John Young, General Manager of Marketing for Nikon Australia, commented, “We’re proud to celebrate the incredible talent and passion of Australia’s surf photographers and videographers in partnership with Surfing Australia. Continuing to see the stories captured by the best surf photographers and videographers with such a high calibre of creativity has been awe-inspiring”.

Surfing Australia’s CEO, Chris Mater, added, “Each year, we look forward to hosting such an esteemed event, where we recognise the outstanding achievements of the Australian surfing community and the creatives behind the lens who capture the action”.

Free Fall by Stu Gibson. Tyler Hollmer Cross at Shipstern Bluff, southern Tasmania. Winner of the Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021.

Front Row by Alex Van Kampen. Will Clarebrough at Noosa National Park, Queensland. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021. Nothing Rhymes With Orange by Will Van Kampen. Maya Grzegozewski and Luca Groh at Noosa National Park, Queensland. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021.

Sunrise Supernova by Ed Dallimore. Unknown surfer at Manly Beach, NSW. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021. Supernova by Warren Keelan. Shellharbour, NSW. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021.

The Next Step by Jack Ogrady. Bronte Macaulay, north-west Australia. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021. The Sinking Feeling by Eden Pogonoski. Lucas Wrice at Wollongong, NSW. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021. Purple Rain by Eden Pogonoski. Keanu Miller at Wollongong, NSW. Finalist, Nikon Surf Photo Of The Year Award 2021.