(Left) Nominated posthumously in the Media category, Rhode Island's Joe McGovern, who passed away last January while surfing, was New England's most valuable photographer, writer, and surf historian, as well as one of the finest shooters to call the East Coast home. (Right) A Gulf Coast trailblazer from the mid ’60s who is still very active as a surfer and local leader in beach access rights today, Brenda Stokes is nominated in the Women's surfing category. Left photo: Mez; Right photo: Courtesy Stokes