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Three years ago Dan Hasselshwart and Ollie Richardson were the first to tow into a northwest super barrel, that  is now know by many names. Over the years some of the names have been: The Monster Slab, The Yeti, Scots Reef, Mysto Reef, a cold water Teahupoo, but to Dan and Ollie its home. After their first conquest of Scots, Dan and Ollie started exploring the Northwest coast for new waves to be towed into, and soon after received the tittle as the Lewis and Clark of the Northwest tow surfing scene. At the end of 2009, during the tow in season for the north west, Transworld surf came to the coast to do some photographing of this cold water Teahupoo. Soon after these photos were nominated for the 2010 Billabong XXL Awards. Ollie was nominated for the heaviest wipe out of the year, and Dan was nominated for the monster barrel of the year. The Billabong XXL Awards are on the 23rd of this month of April, so give support to your local chargers. They both have a good chance in winning this award.

Click here to view a video of this Northwest Super Barrel. This Video was filmed in 2007 when Dan and Ollie first subdued this monster barrel. It was filmed by Ken dog from Awesome surf videos. Since then, Dan and Ollie has been surfing this barrel at a whole different level.Click here to view the new nominated photos of Scots Reef and to learn more about the North west tow-in surfing scene.