A etapa do Porto é um dos campeonatos que mais sentido faz no calendário da Liga Meo Pro Surf. A etapa nortenha é sempre aquela onde o público acompanha o melhor do surf nacional como em nenhum outro sítio. Este ano as ondas também corresponderam com boas esquerdas e algumas direitas na Praia Internacional, e a acção foi muita, dentro e fora de água. Mais uma vez Vasco Ribeiro acabou no topo mas quem ganhou mesmo foi o surf nacional. “Bibó” Porto! The event in Porto is one of the contests that makes the most sense out of the whole portuguese tour. This is where the surfing public really shows up to see the best of surfers in Portugal. In 2012 the waves showed up as well with good lefts and some rights in Praia Internacional and the level of surfing was really impressive. Once again Vasco Ribeiro took out the event but the real winner was everyone who watched! Porto definitely Rules!
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A Praia Internacional, no Porto, é sempre um bom palco para a Liga Meo Pro Surf. João Guedes enquadra-se na paisagem local como poucos. Praia Internacional, in Porto, is a great location for portuguese league events. João Guedes becomes part of the local landscape.
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O surfista local, Sebastião Furtado, não teve muita sorte na sua escolha de ondas e perdeu cedo. Mas não o fez sem ter mostrado bons momentos. Local boy Sebastião Furtado didn’t have a good wave choice and went down early.
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Francisco Canelas trouxe mais uma vez os seus bigodes ao circuito, e manteve o estatuto de melhor rankeado entre os “farfalhudos�. Francisco Canelas showed up at the Portuguese Pro Tour once again and kept the status of best mustache in the rankings.
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Um 9º lugar era um resultado impensável para um surfista do nível de Frederico Morais mas o estranho seeding desta etapa acabou por ditar esta sua derrota prematura. A 9th place finish is a poor result to a surfer like Frederico Morais but the weird heat seeding helped in this early loss.
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Tomás Ferreira é o surfista do Porto com mais potencial para seguir as pegadas de João Guedes, e reentrys como este mostram que está no caminho certo. Tomás Ferreira has the potential to follow João Guedes as best representative of the north of Portugal. Turns like this prove he is in the right direction.
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GIRLS IN BIKINI CAN GET RED BULL FOR FREE AT THE BEACH!
UUU, MUST GET MY BIKINI FAST!
MARLON LIPKE. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
THIS IS BIKINI, AKA DRESSKINI
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NICOLAU VON RUPP. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
N-I-C-O-L-A-U! YES, GOT IT!
I WANT ONE!!!
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O vencedor da primeira etapa da Liga, Frederico Morais, estava a experimentar uma prancha com uma pintura “Adriano de Souzazeska” que trouxe muita plasticidade aos seus “toques”. The winner of the first event of this tour, Frederico Morais, rode a board with an airbrush that resembled Adriano de Souza’s paint jobs and looked really sharp on it.
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Algumas manobras não parecem tão impressionantes até as congelarmos. André Faria acertou este impressionante voo mas acabou por perdeu cedo. Some airs don’t look very impressive until you freeze them and watch them frame by frame. André Faria’s backside air but still failed to advance.
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Logo num dos primeiros heats do campeonato, Marlon Lipke fez aquela que seria uma das melhores manobras de todo o evento. Marlon Lipke did this turn in one of the first heats of the contest. It would become one of the best moves of the whole event!
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35 anos s達o os novos 19, Justin Mujica mostra toda a elasticidade e plasticidade de um teenager. 35 is the new 19, Justin Mujica is as loose and limber as any teenager.
DIOGO APPLETON I
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DIOGO APPLETON I
POS-HEAT “UNSMILE” I
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PLEASE DON’T EAT ME I HAVE FEELINGS TOO!
RUBEN GONZALEZ PRE-HEAT LIGHT MEAL. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
RUBEN GONZALEZ POS-HEAT HEAVY LOST DIGESTION. PHOTO BY HUGO VALENTE
FREDERICO MORAIS PRE-HEAT ADRENALIN RUN. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
FREDERICO MORAIS POS-HEAT DECEPTION WALK. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
THE WITCH LOOKED AT MY HAND AND TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO WIN THIS!
WEIRD, TOLD ME THE SAME...
MIGUEL BLANCO PRE-HEAT MOMENT. PHOTOS BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
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WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU?!?
I KNOW, I KNOW!
MIGUEL BLANCO POS-HEAT SEQUENCE (THINKING (ABOUT), LISTENING (ABOUT) & WATCHING HIS MISTAKES)”.
ALEXANDRE FERREIRA PRE-HEAT BEST COMPANY. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
ALEXANDRE FERREIRA POS-HEAT “WANT TO BE ALONE” MOMENT. PHOTO BY HUGO VALENTE
WAX ON, WAX OFF! KARATE KID STYLE!
NICOLAU VON RUPP PRE-HEAT GOOD MOOD. PHOTOS BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
NICOLAU VON RUPP POS-HEAT AGONY (OF DEFEAT).
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Frederico Morais fez questão de entreter o público com a suas fortes “sprayzadas”. Esta foi tão forte que até do cargueiro se deve ter visto! Frederico Morais likes to entertain the audience with his big water sprays. This one was so powerful that, for sure, could be seen from the freighter!
Filipe Jervis está com um surf cada vez mais técnico, como se pode ver por este belíssimo grab.
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Filipe Jervis’s surfing is getting pretty new school as you can see by this nice grab.
O espanhol Gony Zubizarreta traz o nível do WQS à Liga Meo Pro Surf e, apesar de não poder disputar o título, poderá acabar no topo do ranking. Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta brought the WQS level into the Portuguese League and despite not being able to fight for the title, he could finish at the top of the rankings.
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A entrevista de Tomás Fernandes no Spotlight da edição 56 da ONFIRE chegou às bancas poucos di
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Tomás Fernandes’s interview on ONFIRE was released a couple of days before the Moche Porto Pro a
ias antes deste evento comeรงar e parece ter-lhe dado muita confianรงa.
and it looks like it gave him a boost of extra confidence.
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Filipe Jervis vem a ameaรงar um grande resultado hรก anos e nas primeiras fases parecia imparรกvel. Filipe Jervis showed great potential and looked unbeatable in the earlier rounds.
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A fazer um 2 em 1 neste evento, treinador e competidor, pode-se dizer que Nuno Telmo fez um bom trabalho em ambos os campos! Nuno Telmo had two jobs at the Moche Porto Pro, coaching and competing. And one can say he excelled in both!
FALL, FALL, FALL!
Por ser o melhor surfista do Porto, Jo達o Guedes era um dos favoritos para vencer esta etapa. Infelizm
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Local legend Jo達o Guedes was one of the favorites to win the event but ended up losing early (round
mente para a torcida local acabou por perder cedo (round 3), num heat muito equilibrado.
3) in a close heat.
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Alexandre Grilo mostrou bom surf nos primeiros rounds mas n達o conseguiu passar dos quartos de final. Alexandre Grilo looked really sharp through the earlier round but failed to advance out of the quarter finals.
O jovem talento da Linha do Estoril, Miguel Blanco, mostrou momentos de muito bom surf no inĂcio da prova.
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Miguel Blanco performed well in the beginning of this event with power snaps like this.
EDUARDO FERNANDES.
GONY ZUBIZARRETA. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
VASCO RIBEIRO. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
NUNO TELOMO. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM
LOVE MY NEW “VASCO RIBEIRO” TATOO! W
WEIRDO ALERT!
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FRANCISCO CANELAS. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
WHO’S THE WEIRDO?
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WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING?!?
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VASCO RIBEIRO. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM
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Ruben Gonzalez recusa-se a envelhecer, e com 34 anos ainda consegue dar na pá a qualquer surfista de qualquer idade. Manobras como esta mostram porquê!
Ruben Gonzalez is aging like fine wine. At 34 years of age, he can beat any surfer of any generation. Backside airs like this show why!
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O surfista da Ericeira, Tomás Fernandes, estava com um surf de backside muito “afiado” e, ao acabar em 5º lugar, foi a revelação do evento.
Ericeira boy, Tomรกs Fernandes, was really sharp on his backside and ended up being one of the standouts of the event.
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Esta grande “voaça” de Filipe Jervis aconteceu depois do heat acabar. A sua expressão corporal diz tudo: frustração por não ter sido a tempo!
Filipe Jervis pulled off this huge air reverse just after the end of his heat. His body expression says it all: frustration for a move out of heat time.
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Alexandre Ferreira conseguiu no Porto o seu melhor resultado do ano até agora, um 5º lugar. Alexandre Ferreira had his best result of the year so far, a 5th place finish.
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HAVE TO DO THAT!
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I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT!!!
Está cada vez mais difícil de derrotar Vasco Ribeiro, e com o tempo serão cada vez menos os surfistas portugueses com capacidade de o fazer. As time goes by it is getting harder and harder to defeat Vasco Ribeiro. In a few years only a hand full of surfers in Portugal will have the capacity do so.
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As direitas no pico mais ao fundo do campeonato quebravam longe do palanque dos juízes o que dificultava a visibilidade e as notas. Gony Zubizarreta foi dos poucos que conseguiu pontuar forte aí e nesta sequência percebe-se muito bem porquê! The righthanders breaking on the opposite side of the judges tower were hard to see and score. Gony Zubizarreta was one of few who rose above it and scored well out there!
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Mesmo com um fin partido, Justin Mujica fez um heat impecável nas meias finais e deu um novo significado à expressão “soltar as quilhas”. Justin Mujica gives a new meaning to the term “fin free maneuver” by making this backside air reverse with only two of them on his board.
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GO SON!!! (VASCO RIBEIRO)
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HUMMM, WHAT IS THIS BUTTON FOR?
I’LL GET YOU!!!
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NO WAY “JOSE”! I’LL GET YOU!
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O que faz de Justin Mujica tão bom surfista é o facto de conseguir conjugar o surf progressivo com as manobras mais clássicas. One of the reasons why Justin Mujica is such a stand out surfer is his ability to mix the old and new school of surfing.
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HE GOT ME, DAMN!
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Vasco Ribeiro, mais uma final, mais uma vit贸ria. Vasco Ribeio, another final, another win.
IT’S OVER? YES, UNFORTUNATELY!
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YEAH, TWO IN A ROW!
HAVE TO GIVE YOU A WINNER KISS BIG BROTHER! THANK’S LITTLE BROTHER!