The Alicantine town of Denia hosted last Saturday the award-giving gala of the international Ocean Power Watersports Photography Awards... where presidents and representatives of various national federations of our country, photographers and friends of water sports and photography were appointed.

The photograph presented by Samuel Cárdenas, a natural of Tarifa, was awarded as the best water sports photo of 2021, getting the jury's largest vote among all the photos presented at the Ocean Power Watersports Photography Awards 2021.

The Ocean Power Watersports Photography Awards also crowned the best images of 2021 in each of the categories, covered by the eleven water sports federations. Photographers of fifteen different nationalities agreed to get up with the awards of these sports and whose winners were:

- Edgar Marín (Spain), Skiing and Wakeboard
- Natalia Gorka (Poland), Motonautics
- Joao Costa (Portugal), Swimming
- Ainhoa Muñoz (Spain), Fishing and Casting
- Damiano Benedetto (Italy), Piragüismo
- Ellen de Monchy (Netherlands), Remo
- Javier Sánchez (Spain), Salvamento y Socorrismo
- Teresa Losada (Spain), Underwater activities
- Samuel Cárdenas (Spain), Surf
- Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spain), Triathlon
- Clive Mason (United Kingdom), Sailing