FROM BONJOUR TO ADEUS: The
European Leg
Quiksilver Pro France
Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal
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THE 2014 QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE & THE 2014 MOCHE RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL
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CONTEST OVERVIEW
FRANCE
FRANCE FINAL
T H E 2 01 4 Q U I KS I LV E R P R O F RA N CE
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JADSON ANDRE VS JOH N JOH N FLORENC E
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PORTUGAL
PORTUGAL FINAL
WCT RANKINGS
TO T H E F I N I S H
J ORDY S MITH VS MIC K FANNING
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EDITORIAL Editor | ZANDER MORTON Creative Director | CHATO AGANZA Photo Editor | PETER TARAS Managing Editor | LEO MAXAM Travel & Media Manager | JIMMY WILSON Art Director | NOA EMBERSON Online Editor | BRENDAN BUCKLEY Editor-at-Large | TAYLOR PAUL Editor-at-Large | BEAU FLEMISTER
PHOTOS Corey Wilson and Greg Gyselinck
WORDS BY Brendan Buckley
COVER PHOTOS: COREY WILSON (TOP), GREG GYSELINCK (BOTTOM)
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D-Day
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Matt Wilkinson storms the beaches of Capbreton. Normandy was so 1944.
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FROM BONJOUR TO ADEUS: THE EUROPEAN LEG START HERE: We are gathered here today to talk about the European leg of the 2014 ASP World Championship Tour. Two events. Two countries. Two champions. Four-thousand coffees and three-hundred bottles of wine. All up, five weeks of new life were injected into the old world. It was anchored by…
THE QUIKSI LV E R PR O FR ANCE Oh, Hossegor. Waves, wonders and every French cliché you’ve ever heard. People drank wine and they drank it while gnawing on long, slender loaves of bread. Women were kissed on both cheeks upon greeting and often times, they were unadorned north of the belly button. There was a little party, a lot of pastry and enough good sandbars to keep everyone’s arms tired. The waves for the event were tailored for high-performance surfing in the beginning and barrel riding in the end. There was a little bit of everything in between.
AN D THE MOC HE R IP C UR L P RO P ORTUGA L Peniche is a proud and pungent sardine city, and when the wind blows the wrong way your nose will know. And after Round 1 in fun surf at Supertubos, the wind blew the wrong way for a chunk of days and brought with it the scent of a million dead fish. But that sardine wind blew offshore on the other side of the peninsula, and that chunk of lay days produced some of the finest freesurfing of the year. Just not the most aromatic. When the winds switched back, Supertubos lived up to its hyperbolic name. 014
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Q&A WHAT DI D EV ERY B O DY D O I N B ETW E E N TH E TWO EV E NTS ? There was a week between the Quik Pro France and Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal. A lot of people went to the Billabong Pro in Cascais — an event on the Prime tour, which becomes suddenly important as the I could fall off tour realizations start to seep into a bubbler-dweller’s brain. Some stayed in France and scored an amazing freesurf, then went straight to Peniche.
DID ANYBODY G O BAC K PACKI NG A ND/OR VI SI T P RAGUE? No.
DID ANYBODY T R AV E L V IA TRA I N A ND P OST VAGUELY EX I ST E N T I AL T H I N G S O N SO CI AL ME D I A? Definitely not. Maybe every European cliché box wasn’t checked.
W H AT ELSE HAPPE N E D ? Kelly Slater landed a 540 (you’ve seen it), Kolohe Andino got the best wave of his life (you’ll see it soon) and CJ Hobgood sliced his foot open (send him your condolences).
A N D W HAT A BO U T T H E WO R L D T I TLE RAC E ? It came in like a textbook and out like a Steven King novel. As we headed to Europe, it appeared as though Gabriel Medina had Brazil’s first World Title all but won — he was even followed around Portugal by a slew of non-surf related Brazilian journalists. But as we left, it was a mystery. Brett Simpson took Gabriel out in Round 3 in Peniche. Then Kelly Slater lost to Aritz Aranburu in the next heat. Then Mick Fanning won. And now, it’s headed to Pipe as a three-horse race.
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Goodbye
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Apparently, surf fans aren’t morning people.
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Filipe Toledo, a wolf of the people.
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Lifestyle of the relatively rich and borderline famous.
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A new dawn for Brett Simpson? We’ll see...
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The bible mustn’t have a passage on how to correctly carry a surfboard. PHOTO: GYSELINCK
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Dance like Corey Wilson is watching. Mitch Crews. PHOTO: C. WILSON
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Gloom Sebastian Zietz.
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& boom A lot of French people.
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Top left: Window to the soul with Jadson Andre. Bottom left: Laura Enever’s gift to Matt Wilkinson. Above: Jadson and Matt Wilkinson try to beat Gabriel Medina in something. PHOTOS: C. WILSON
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If photography is a game of angles, then Laurent Pujol and Michel Bourez win.
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Kolohe Andino, well documented.
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Big trees fall hard, but Jordy Smith isn’t much into botany.
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Nevermind the coffees, the crepes, the baguettes and the Bordeaux. This is why you come to France. Evan Geiselman.
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Why wait until midnight? Luke Davis and a fine Frenchman let it all hang out.
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Gone are the days of Kelly Slater’s notorious pre-heat mindgames... at least until Pipe.
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The judging panel and Kolohe Andino didn’t exactly see eye-to-eye during the Quik
Pro. Kolohe stuck a handful of airs they deemed incomplete because he didn’t ride straight for long enough after landing. This unstuck slob, however, birthed no dispute.
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Thunder only happens when it’s raining.
Gabriel Medina, up-pour.
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Wine and Cola Because gin and juice is just a Compton thing. Josh Kerr.
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Jadson Andre.
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Cooking
When the French are learning English, the first phrase they learn is, “Brian is in the kitchen.” The second is, “John John Florence in the barrel.”
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Good from afar. And far from the Round 3 roadblock that has continuously stopped him this year. Jadson Andre in the semifinals.
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John John Florence
FI NAL VS Jadson Andre
See you in 40 minutes.
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This is what your wave selection is supposed to look like.
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Jadson
This isn’t.
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John Wins And to the runner-up goes the the Champagne chug.
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PORTUGAL H AV E YOU TRIE D TH E S EAF OOD?
Sweating room only.
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Get your priorities straight...
Raoni Monteiro unhappily hands one to Michel Bourez.
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Fatherhood... Kai Otton.
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What’s that?
Mitch Crews, Kolohe Andino and Nat Young.
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I’m super, thanks for asking. Dion Atkinson. PHOTO: C. WILSON
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Jordy Smith’s turn has been his bread and butter this year.
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This must be his main course.
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Good morning, Peniche.
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Jacob Willcox’s first cup of coffee.
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It’s the thought that counts...
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John John Florence, bona fide genius.
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Miguel Pupo, gain.
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CJ Hobgood, pain.
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An hour from the forbidden fruit of Lisbon’s dance clubs, Kai Otton grooves in the street.
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We’re fans of the fan. Jordy Smith.
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The ocean, not a fan of khaki.
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No, it’s not all in the hair. Matt Wilkinson.
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Fifty shades of grey, one fin throw. Owen Wright.
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Parking was not an issue.
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Bad wind?
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Let’s just shoot each other with tiny plastic balls of paint. PHOTO: C. WILSON
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Kelly Slater looked for a result that would gain him some prime real estate in the World Title race. He couldn’t find it .
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John John Florence’s head was in the right place. His center of gravity upon landing, however, wasn’t.
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Mick Fanning, 30 frames later.
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5:5 Mick Fanning surfed and won 5 heats this day. Guess which one was the most important.
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A taste of Champagne and the scent of blood — Mick will be headed to Pipe looking to clinch his 4th World Title.
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WCT R A NKI N GS AFTER THE END OF THE 2014 MOCHE RIP CURL PRO PORTUGAL
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Finally.
See that, Nat?
Why wouldn’t he be?
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G abriel Medina Mick Fanning Kelly Slater J ohn J ohn Florence Michel B ourez J oel Park inson J ordy Smith Adriano de S ouza Taj B urrow Kolohe A ndino J osh Kerr O wen Wright Nat Young B ede D urbidge Miguel Pupo Filipe Toledo Adrian B uchan Kai O tton Freddy Patacchia J r.
BIGGEST JUMPS Kai O tto n : A r it z A ra n b u r u : Jord y S m i th :
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BIGGEST SLUMPS 6 places 4 places 2 places
Julian W ilson: Taj Burrow: M itch Crews: Ti ago Pires:
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WTF! One spot away from getting cut?
Hopefully the foot heals up for Pipe.
One heat away from a defeated season.
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