GIRLS WHO RIDE MAG #02 (english)

GIRLS WHO RIDE #02 I OCT-DEC.14

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ROAD TRIP Oreli and Claire are two friends road tripping around the world. From Paris towards Tokyo, New Zealand and California, searching for the best waves, the best snow, the best roads and that perfect moment to photograph their adventures.

Oreli, 28 years and still with all her teeth was born in Lyon. She’s a dedicated photographer for several years. After finding snowboard 4 years ago, she blended her art with her passion for the mountains.

Claire, 23 years old, comes from Paris. At 18th she moved into the mountains for an everyday ridding life and to live her dream.

In this edition, they shared some of their moments with GWR and left us with water in our mouth waiting for more news!

And we were stoked to have some more!

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gwr.mag staff oriana brĂĄs catarina faustino susana torroais previous editions like us on Facebook e-mail

colaboradores Oreli & Claire Carla TomĂŠ LCM Team Bandeira Nikita Spirit Skim Girls Carina Carvalho

big thanks Teresa Almeida APWW WakeVilla Suicide Industry Atalanta Batista cume ccboard center hackbrett black veins ganesh

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EDIT

Winter is here, and with it, the cold weather and the will to run away to more icy destinations. In this edition, we will take you around the world on an amazing road trip, with sheep’s and penguins mixed with two natural born adventurers.

We will also introduce one of the best national snow and bodyboard riders, and will have reviews on some of the most important moments of wakeboard from last summer.

But despite the cold, surf in always on, and Carla TomĂŠ gives us her national perspective.

Join us in this edition, and enjoy these pages, while drinking a hot cocoa.

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flash interview

TERESA ALMEIDA

You may know her as Tere, Teresinha or Tecas, but her name is Teresa Almeida and she was born in Caldas da Rainha on May, 22th, 1992.

Currently she lives in Lisbon, and between her masters on physical education and the several action sports she practices (bodyboard, snowboard and surf) she has conquered several national and international titles.

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3x portugal cup champion

THE BEGINNING

snowboard and surf.

Since I was a child, I loved water and I spent hours with those Since I was 5, every year I went to Andorra with my family. plastic boards catching foam. Later, when I was 13, my cousin

I started in ski, and I delayed the change to snowboarding

started bodyboarding, I wanted to try it too.

for many years. At 14, when I saw my cousins switching

As time went by, I got together with some friends from Nazaré to snowboard, I decided to switch as well. Since then, my Alternative Sports Club and everything started getting more

evolution has been fast, and since we have a big family, we

serious. I started practicing, competing, traveling, and surfing

end up pushing each other’s and this makes it fun. Lately I

all together, and this made me evolve and get hooked on the

have traveled to snow more often and I have learned with the

sport.

help of some friends.

Besides bodyboard, I also like to adventure myself at

Surf… well, surf came naturally. Being on the beach with

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permanent contact with surfer friends, ended up being an

BOARD TRIP

incentive to start practicing. In our days, when the waves are

The best board trip I ever had was to Indonesia. For an all

smaller, it ends up being a great solution to have fun in the month I was in Sumatra with some friends catching some water.

of the best waves in the world. Great waves, Dream Island, Warm water and friends!

INSPIRATION Family

LESSONS

DREAMS

Sports give us some of the best lessons in life. I have learned

Living in a place where I can have snowboard and bodyboard to respect, to be, not to give up, fight, and of course believing practically in my backyard.

until the end! Losing or winning we are always learning. | 09

ph. romain dujean

Š Red Bull Media House

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CURIOSITY

TITLES

I’m super quiet and discreet. I love being on my own. However,

Sub 18 Bodyboard National Champion 2010

if you give me a board, I transform, I get restless and lose

Sub 20 Bodyboard European vice-champion 2011

track of danger.

Bodyboard National vice-champion 2013 3X Bodyboard Portugal Cup champion 2010, 2011, 2014

WOMEN IN SPORT

Snowboard National vice-champion 2013

I see more and more girls practicing action sports, which gets the level to increase, and making people look more closely to ph. stephen ciuccoli

women sports.

I think we have everything to make the sports grow more. We have good skills, an image that sells, and above all, we have more joy and commitment in what we do. | 11

ALWAYS BELIEVE

YOU CAN DO IT

*

if you are persistent you will reach everything you wish for

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP APWW

wakeboard & wakeskate

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APWW National Wakeboard and Wakeskate Championship

We are thrilled with the appearance of new faces, showing

took place on September 13th and 14th. The election spot for

that the future of the sport in Portugal is assured. In Men’s

the event was Centro Naútico do Zêzere (Trízio), located at

Open, Bernardo Branco showed us again that he is probably

Dam of Castelo do Bode in Sertã.

the best boat athlete in Iberia. He’s solid run was impressive,

Once again the organization was at the highest levels, from landing a Toeside 720 that ensured him the first place in the the championship itself to the famous WakeParty, which has

competition. I can’t imagine the future of this athletes if we

already become legendary amongst riders.

can get more support for this sport in the future. Promising, for sure.”

According to André Matos, president of APWW “It might have been the best APWW National Championship that we

We also enlighten the participation of young athlete Alice

have done in the last years. Lots of audience watching, great

Faustino, with just 5 years old that conquered the heart of all

weather conditions, no wind and very sunny, with young competitors and organization. talents rising, like Inês Segadães, winning the Open Ladies

According to the organization “the future of Ladies

in her first competition in this category. We are talking about

wakeboard and wakeskate is assured with athletes like Inês

an athlete with 15 years old!

Segadães, Alice Faustino or Leonor Carvalho in wakeboard,

and Joana LeitĂŁo in wakeskate.

We are talking about athletes with high performance, competing for the first time in their categories and showing to be up to the task. This only shows that wakeboard and wakeskate are sports for both genders and they can only benefit from the experience sharing promoted by these events.�

We hope next year, there are more girls competing,

Marta Leit達o, Paul do Mar

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ROAD TRIP

by Ollie & Claire A little introduction, we are two friends Oreli and Claire, little tour of the Pacific, skate and surf, why not? ;) we are travelling the world in search of sheep, that’s how we We went in early June, loaded down like a mule, ended up here in New Zealand. More sheep then people here destination Tokyo. Three days of intense walking around and check out this one… the town, skateboarding on colored avenues, chilling at the markets, discovering a new culture, playing in their flashing Haha, nah indeed we really are two friends but we are arcades, eating sushi and living in a manga. Wauw we will be totally in love with snowboarding, filming, and traveling going back for sure (well yeah there is the big powpow over around the Pacific to do what we love most: riding and there :). shooting pictures.

Our best address and standout memory is a very typical restaurant “Chinya” in the district of Asakusa. There you can Oreli, 28 and all her teeth, got her roots in Lyon. She is enjoy the local kitchen amongst the locals. You should just a dedicated photographer for many years. After discovering accept the idea of eating eel for starter, main and dessert… snowboarding 4 years ago, she started to blend her art with her love for the mountains.

After this quick stopover, we arrived in New Zealand and Claire, 23 years old, comes from Paris (yeah we know...).

That’s why at 18 she moved to the mountains for a life of shredding hard every day and living her dream.

We met in Avoriaz 3 years ago. Last winter, on a drunk afternoon, Génépi took charge of our thoughts. And we decided to keep living the wintertime and came up with the idea to shred in New Zealand, take the opportunity to do a

its so f ***en good! This country is absolutely gorgeous and we signed up for 5 months riding and some road tripping, life is good, right?

Living in Wanaka, we divide our time between riding at Cardrona and enjoying the seasonnairs life. End of July, our great friend Karlien, who comes from Belgium, joined us to share this adventure. A good trip between girls! | 17

For sure, New Zealand isn’t like the French Alps with hundreds of miles of slopes and endless free ride terrain.

I still remember the first time when we took the road up to Cardrona: we were surprised to find an unpaved dirt road of 20km which smashes all the cars. Arrived on the top, the second surprise: only 4 chairlifts? What the fuck! Are you kidding me? (..excuse my French) Third surprise about 20cm of snow accumulated on the resort. But in terms of freestyle ... We definitely fell in love with the Cardrona park. An endless amount of boxes, rails and kickers for all different levels, so we are progressing day by day. Special thanks to the shapers for their amazing work around the park! They re-shape 5 times a day!!

We had lots of awesome meetings, people like us who are there for the season and passionate about board sports. The atmosphere is magical and we never get tired of riding with friends for more fun and progression! We keep shredding hard ;) Now it’s coming to the end of the season and injuries accumulate in our group of friends … We took the opportunity to travel around, let’s go girls, let’s go find penguins!!

We leave Wanaka in three weeks. Almost time to say bye bye to the snow and buddies, everyone’s taking their own bag for a new adventures...

For us, we will be heading North to ride some other surfaces … concrete and water.

More about our upcoming adventures in our next episode And don’t forget to keep smiling!

Antes do susto de dia 28 Outubro na Praia do Norte, Maya já tinha estado perto da morte em Agosto de 2011, em Teahupoo.

Só regressou à gigante do Tahiti em 2013!

Follow the adventures of Ollie and Claire eat : http://makeitfunkyy.wordpress.com/

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ph: Ivan Donadio

CARLA TOMe photography

chronic

Another year of Surf world Cup.

It’s a time of the year where we have great waves and really pleasant temperatures.

Besides, for many of us, autumn is the best wave season, low on wind and few people in the water. Our surfer tourists are back to their “normal” lives and our line ups are empty. World Cup in Peniche has, and it will always have, a very special meaning for | 23| 29

me, for in 2011 I had one of my best photos as billboard for this

This giant set came in and I started shooting a sequence where

event. I feel very proud with this conquest as a surf photographer, this wave provided two good perfect tubes and the closed with and I feel accomplished.

It’s an unexplainable feeling when we see a 6mtx4mt billboard at

the junction of the Super right, but I still took another awesome photo that I named Teahupoo.

the main entrance of the city we live in. It was taken during other

Let’s hope the World Cup keeps coming to Peniche for a few

National Super Tubos Championship in 2006 with unforgettable

more years, because the city and the economy really needs it,

condition for many, one of them André Pedroso.

and Cascais not that much. I hope that political interest can win

I know the beach of Super Tubos very well, and in that day I was sharp for the giant waves coming on the side of Consolação, where usually nobody surfs, especially with 4m, but this has always been the more photographed wave, because it’s always empty.

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this victory and people start thinking more on the quality of the waves and life here in Peniche/Baleal/Serra d’el Rei, and they can help those who really need it.

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16th IWWF e&a

wakeboard &wakeskate championship

On October 20th to 26th the 16th IWWF E&A wakeboard and wakeskate championship took place in Portugal.

The small, but enchanted village of Montargil hosted this event that created the perfect mix between fun and sport.

A record number of 130 athletes from 17 countries competed in the event, with Colin Hart as Chief Judge, and a high qualified team to evaluate the performance of all participants.

A lot of surprises in this event, with an absolutely amazing weather in plain October.

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In wakeskate, Luisa Motalbetti, from Switzerland got the first

got a 3rd place. Caroline had a flawless run, leaving behind

place, followed by Portuguese Joana Leitão that won the

Giorgia Gregorio with 2nd place.

title of European vice champion. Small reminder, that she was the only Portuguese athlete in the competition. In the

On the Sunday Super Finals, a surprise, with Giorgia Gre-

youngest athletes, Alice Virag and Chiara Virag, got the 1st

goria winning amongst women and taking the prize money

and 2nd place. The Italian sisters showed some high perfor-

home.

mance, despite they’re tender age. Caroline Benzidana, the only French girl in this final, got the 3rd place, very closed to

A luxury event, sponsored by Mastercraft, IWWF, Hotel do

Chiara.

Lago, Município de Ponte de Sor, Wake Villa Wakeboard

In Junior Ladies, it was Sanne Meijer from Netherlands

School, Dynamize, Suicide Industry, Brother, FuelTV, Ski

that got the gold medal, with a total score of 60.22, almost

World and Jobe.

double from the 2nd place Katie Batchelor.

The queen category Open Ladies, took place on mid Saturday with Caroline Sjupso from Switzerland winning the title from former champion Megan Barker (UK) that only 30 |

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LCM TEAM BANDEIRA | 33

HOW &WHEN LCM Team Bandeira comes from a long time family dream.

Though the team was only official in 2012, we had in previous years participated on some events.

We are 4 brothers, 3 girls and 1 boy, and since always, a lot due to where we live – Lousã – we practice outdoor extreme activities. Every weekend we would go together to the mountains to ride our bikes and our motorcycles, with our parents.

In Lousã, at the time we started downhill, there were a lot of friends that already practiced it, including our dad, and when we tried it, we were in love with downhill.

Our first competition was Avalanche, a collective downhill that happens every year and it starts on the top of the mountain, the Trevim.

PATH When we were old enough to compete national, we decided that it was time to formalize our brother’s team, where only the three of us (Leonor, Constança and Margarida) would compete, because Gonçalo was not, and still isn’t, old enough to do so. That being said, we officialize the team with the Portuguese Cycling Federation and we went searching for supports for our dream.

In the first year we got some very good feedback from our supporters, especially from our parents that have always supported us from the beginning of our project and have always pushed us to go further, having as main gold fun.

Since then, LCM already goes to its 5th year in competition, where only Leonor and Margarida are competing right now.

Unfortunately Constança doesn’t compete in downhill, anymore, but she is still our company in practices and everything else, as well as our brother Gonçalo, he does so much

part of the team like any of us.

2014 This year, was bitter sweet because in the Portugal Cup, Margarida won the first place and Leonor the second, a result that left us very happy, however in the National Championship we didn’t get the expected result, we got 3rd and 4th place.

We are very happy with the feedback from our sponsors to whom we thanks for all the support and confidence.

Five

Ten,

Climb

Tools,

Publiseg,

Montanha

Clube, BS Seguros, Spidycat, EKS Brand, Polisport.

MOTORCYCLES Besides downhill, as we referred already motorcycles have always been in our childhood and it’s still there. We all like riding our motorcycles and we take the chance to complement our training, but we also participate in some amateur competitions.

Next year, we will continue stronger and more willing than ever, to achieve our gold’s, both national and internationally.

LEONOR

MARGARIDA

2008 – Ladies Junior

2011 – Ladies Cadete

3º DH Portugal Cup

National Champion

3º DH National Championship

4º DHI Portuguese Cup 1º Maxxis Internacional DHI – Gouveia

2012 – Ladies Elite

1º Maxxis Internacional DHI - Lousã

6º National BMX Race Championship

2º DHU 2011 National Championship

5º DH Portugal Cup

3º Downhill Açores

6ºDHI Vodafone 2012 National Championship 6º Gouveia Internacional Downhill

2012 - Ladies Cadete

72º Mega Avalanche Alped´Huez

1º Portugal Cup 2º Gouveia Internacional Downhill

2013 – Ladies Elite

3º BMX Race National Championship

National Vice Champion

won the DHI Vodafone 2012, National championship, with-

4º Portugal Cup

outh getting the title due to her age.

5º Copa Catalana Internacional 2013 Andorra 4º Gouveia Internacional Downhill

2013 – Ladies junior National Champion 3º Portugal Cup 3º Copa da Catalana Internacional 2013 Andorra

CONSTANÇA

2012 Seoson: Avalanche 20011: 1º Ladies Portugal Cup ranking Ranking Final:11ºplace 4#Portugal Cup :5º place 5#Portugal Cup :3º place National Championship: 5º place Avalanche Licor Beirã: 8º place Gouveia Internacional Downhill: 3º place

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SPIRIT SKIM GIRLS

Spirit Skim Girls emerged in the 2011 edition of the International Skimboard Championship, inside the Ocean Spirit Festival.

The founders – Sofia Lewis Lopes, 26 years old and Maria Filipa Pinto divide their every day between works – Environment Engineer and Dental Technician – and the passion for skimming.

Sofia, spends most of the time in Praia Grande, while Maria Filipa Pinto prefers going to Sesimbra, Lagoa de Albufeira and Santa Cruz.

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HOW AND WHY? Well, every year we are more and more girls competing in this championship, Portuguese and foreigners. The spirit

believe there are many more all over the country), either for our performance and attitude.

It’s the place where we combine our skimming,

that you live in this championship is unexplainable. Great championships, logistics and we talk all the same. conditions, structures, waves, environment, good vibes, so we thought that SPIRIT was a must to define our passion for this sport that is skimboard.

So the name came very natural among all athletes in the competition of 2011´s.

To be honest we have always been a group very famous in all four parts of the world.

Either for the quantity of participants (around 25, though I

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Besides Skim Girls, we are all good friends and that also defines us :) EVENTS The first edition of Spirit Skim Girls in 2011 and now the second in 2014, both incorporated in International Skimboard Championship organized by our good friend Zé Costa among many other people that we thank for making it possible.

Without forgetting anyone that has been supporting us

since the beginning and that has always believed in us. The

both at sea as well as discrimination against Women’s

prestige company Resul, that made it all possible and today

Sports, which unfortunately we have felt each day more often

we are proud to be able to say that we are part of the national in skimboarding. and international skimboard history.

We are trying to change our situation on the national circuit

Big Thanks to them for believing in us, because it was them (there is a prize money for men, but not for women). We have that gave us credibility and visibility.

FUTURE

sent several e-mails to the federation asking for urgency in this delicate matter. So far we have been unsuccessful, and we totally ignored. We have hope that if we keep fighting,

To make this championship a mandatory stop on the world’s eventually we will change the minds and we can come back skimboard circuit.

strong to the national circuit.

And also as an organization, to reinforce the image and

Skimboard in Portugal has been evolving since it started,

spreading these talented skimboard warriors around the

30 years ago, though its growth it’s not exponential, I think

world.

mainly due to the lack of supports by brands and sponsoring

But to do so, we must continue to fight for better condition,

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in the sport. Also the low visibility and the opportunity that has

been given to it. has been given to it.

However, and we can check that we are the proof that the mindset is changing. Just like Spirit Skim Girls can say that it’s a part of the Sports history (thanks again Resul) So we say goodbye with some familiar faces and our group. .

GOOD WAVES! AND SHOW UP YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US! Furia.pt Cable Park

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with CARINA CARVALHO

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This year, I decided to do a surf trip in search of perfect waves, with lots of action and adventure. Indonesia, more precisely Java island on no west shore, seemed like the more likely destination to gather all the ingredients I wanted in this trip, an affordable place with great waves and few crowd.

First sessions were on a right, located in front of the place we used to stay, consistent for this time of the year, but tubing only once in a while, and because it’s so close to town still was a bit crowded. Even so, I took advantage of the early morning with glass sea, catching some positive and intense waves.

Swell pointed to good waves on other spots, so we decided

ramps after the first section. The problem was the exposed

to look for a peak that was five hours from where we were, reef that ended in case we headed for the lip. Things that something described as isolated and inhospitable. We packed

we overcame as we caught more and more waves. This

and hit the road.

was definitely the wave I enjoyed best, the most intense and

We ended up finding an amazing shore with yellow sand beaches and single waves, in a fresh and involving scenario.

There was an epic left that didn’t stop working on the days we were there. It broke quickly, opening good tubes and good

challenging in the all journey.

Four days of pure adrenaline, surfing and sharing side by side with good vibes people, in a very virgin place in Indonesia, where tourism massification is yet not felt.

I leave a very special kiss to Mariana, Gui and Adam, surfer mates that I’ve met there, and with whom I have spent some very nice moments in and out of water, and of course thanks to my mate Nuno from 8Oito productions for the excellent work on this trip, and for the final production of the video.

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