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Surfers scrap for safer ground as Keali'i Mamala drops into his winning was while competing in the 2008 Nelscott Reef big wave surf contest in Lincoln City, Oregon. This was the first year that a paddle-in contest was held, where contestants caught waves on their own power without the assistance of personal watercraft (which were used only for safety).