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"\"&lt;p&gt;Kelly Slater, Lisa Anderson, and Bruce Irons have another accolade to add to their list. The three were each honored with an Nea Award yesterday.&lt;P&gt;[IMAGE 1]&lt;P&gt;About 1600 VIP guests, 400 journalists, and a number of fans gathered in Munich, Germany on July 23 to honor action-sports athletes at the Nea Awards 2001. Awards were given to the best male and female athletes and the best newcomers (male or female) in eleven extreme-sports categories ranging from surfing and skateboarding to kite surfing and mountain biking. Additionally, special awards were given for the best action-sports video, industry Web site, and print-ad campaign.&lt;P&gt;Slater was awarded best male surfer and Anderson took home the honors for best female. Irons was voted best surf newcomer. &lt;P&gt;Rip Curl took home the Nea video award for &amp;#8220;Super Computer&amp;#8221;; Billabong was awarded for having the best &lt;a href=http:\\/\\/www.billabong.com&gt; Web site&lt;\\/a&gt;; and Quiksilver nabbed a trophy for the best print-ad campaign.&lt;P&gt;[IMAGE 2]&lt;P&gt;On the skate end of the deal, Bob Burnquist was voted best male skateboarder and Elissa Steamer grabbed best female skater. Jurgen Horwarth was honored best newcomer.&lt;P&gt;FMX rider Carey Hart was given the Special Achievement Award for his back flip, and Tony Hawk won yet another Lifetime Achievement Award. &lt;P&gt;For more info, visit &lt;a href=http:\\/\\/www.nea-awards.com&gt;www.nea-awards.com&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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