We're looking for the most eye-catching, amazing photographs never seen before in any PWC publication! As PWC performance continues to escalate and spread into different styles of riding, we want to show the world what can be aboard a watercraft.
Personal Watercraft Illustrated's Big Shot Awards will feature four distinct categories for photo submission:

1) The Deepest Barrel

Just like you see on the covers of everyday surfing magazines, we want to see you on your PWC deep inside the "Green Room." The cleaner, deeper, and gnarlier the better. Big-wave champion Garrett McNamara (of www.garrettmcnamara.com) will be guest judging this category. Undoubtedly, you've seen Personal Watercraft Illustrated's May '09 cover of Taylor Curtis. Yeah, beat that!

2) The Biggest Wave

It takes some serious stones to drop down the face of a twenty-footer wave on a surfboard. Now try it on a PWC! Big-wave champion Garrett McNamara will be guest judging this category too. You need to be either on the face, in the impact zone, or dropping in to qualify.

3) The Biggest Air

People might think that a stand-up has the market cornered in this category. Such is not the case. Today's runabouts have the ponies to shoot into the stratosphere. But it's going to take quite a bit of air time to beat what freeriders can do on their lightweight skis. You don't have to land it; you just need to be making physical contact to the PWC.

4) The Biggest Wipeout

You don't have to be a racer to eat it. In fact, we're thinking this category might be filled with more fathers of three showing off to the kids than snap shots from the World Finals. But hey, eating a little "humble pie" might just earn you first place and the respect of the world other.

--This is just an exerpt from the epic adventure that is The Big Shot Awards. For Kevin's full editorial, click here to visit the Watercraft Editorial Forums and read the full story.