One in the final, one in the hospital :)

This weekend was the RIP CURL Grom Search in Ribeira D'Ilhas, Ericeira.
It started off great with some excellent waves.
The set up was really cool as the event was sponsored by SUMOL and they had a whole play ground for the kids, at the car park in Ribeira.

Klaus of course was one of the first ones to try the trampoline and show everyone " how not to do it " as he went down, an older and heavier kid came up, hitting him in the nose with his knee. Blood poured out from everywhere and eventually the paramedics decided it was better to take him to Hospital to have him X' rayed.
After many hours and tears, it was good news for his nose as it just had to be put back and was not broken, but more tears were to come when he heard he had missed his heat at the Grom Search. As the nurse said, he will have many more heats but noses, he only has one :)

As for Keshia, it was plain sailing for her as she made it to the Final of the Under 16's Girls.
With some excellent choice of waves and variation in her maneuvers, she claimed second place, earning herself a spot in the European Finals :)

This one came with two :)

Luis has just returned from doing the GUL NIGHT SURF, in Croyde, UK.
It's a novelty event as surfers go out to prove what they are made out of, in the middle of the night!        The beach is flood lit and the contest went on until 12:30 AM.
There were bands playing, BBQ's, fireworks and of course, lots of surfing.

The contest started on Friday with the Open category and as Luis had no seeding from 2009, he went in Round One and making it all the way to the final, seeing big names like Russel Winter, Josh Ash and Sam Lamiroy getting knocked out in the earlier rounds.

The final 4 were Luis, Gordon Fontaine, Ruben Ash and Johnny Frier. It was a close call to start with, as all surfers has a very small difference between them. Gordon seemed to adjust to the dark conditions better than the rest, getting two excellent waves and putting him conformably in the lead.
Luis was in 4th place with only a minute to go but managed to get a solid wave to grant him 3rd place.

After a long day...and night, with a few hours sleep, it was time for the Pro Junior event on Saturday and Sunday.

Again, there were some surfers that you would normally expect to see in the final, specially being in Newquay and so many locals entering the contest but at the end, only one made the final and the rest were all "outsiders ", including Luis.

This has put Luis in a great position in the rankings as he is the only competitor to have made both finals in the Pro Junior claiming a 1st and 3rd place.

Now there is a long break for the summer and Luis will be concentrating on the european events.
Back to the UK in September :)

Thanks to Gul, UK Pro Tour and Saltbox for broadcasting the event live over the internet!

2 new videos

Two new videos are available for you to check them out.

1 is from the Portuguese Nationals where all 3 Eyre's are features, Klaus and Keshia surfing and Luis surfing, interviews etc as he took the title :) How cool is it to see all 3 of them in one contest and showing on National TV.....

http://vimeo.com/12155982

The other one is during the UK Pro Juniors in Croyde with Luis taking 1st place.

http://www.hollaboxxtv.com/video/junior-ukpsa-event-761223

Magazine Coverage

It's been a great week for magazines :)
Luis got a full page on SP, a half page in Pit Pilot and Keshia got 2 pages on ONFIRE! How cool is that ?

And summer is not even here......!