World Surf League Reveals Wipeout of the Year Nominees

Those of you who enjoy surfing as a hobby may want to think twice about viewing the video above.        

As Hemal Jhaveri of USA Today's For the Win explained Wednesday, the World Surf League recently announced its nominees for the 2017 Wipeout of the Year award, which it will hand out at the Big Wave Awards in Huntington Beach, California, on April 29.                

In anticipation of that event, the WSL released a video of the nominated spills, and the footage is jarring.

Truth be told, we're not sure if it would be worse to be the person who fell from the very top of a wave or the individual swallowed by the water near the base.

Either way, you may want to remain on land after viewing these wipeouts.

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