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"Santa Cruz surfers made their town proud on the 2014 ASP Big Wave World Tour in Peru as Anthony \"Tazzy\" Tashnick charged bombs and placed second, while Shawn Dollar placed third.Both surfers have trained hard for most of their lives catching monster waves at Mavericks in Half Moon Bay. On Thursday they were competing in Peru for the Billabong Pico Alto\u00A0against the greatest big wave surfers in the world.There was a lot of Santa Cruz talent in the lineup, including Ken \"Skindog\" Collins, Tyler Fox, Nic Lamb, and Ryan\u00A0Augenstein.Waves were pumping during an hour-long final as Tashnick and Dollar dropped into 25-foot wave faces. To many surf fans' surprise, Hawaiian Makua Rothman emerged as a dominating force and looked comfortable riding heavy surf.\"Rothman\u00A0lead the pack with a pair of performances that totaled 19.17. Nearly halfway through, he pulled out style, too, impressing with seemingly casual laybacks on a big wave board,\" ASP commentators said.With 20 minutes left, Dollar moved to the lead, but the rookie regained first place when he dropped into a wave that walled up and looked unrideable. Rothman\u00A0tipped over the edge and held on across the steep face, earning a 9.40.Grant 'Twiggy' Baker, the defending BWWT Champion, didn't catch a wave until the final 10 minutes, when he made what was arguably the biggest wave of the day. But the bomb closed in and chased him into the wash for a hold-down.The Billabong Pico Alto became Rothman's\u00A0first ASP BWWT title.VIDEO: Top Waves from July 3 Billabong Pico AltoBest waves"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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