European Pro Juniors

The European Pro Juniors have come to an end, it seems like we wait for ages to get these events under way and once they start, its over in no time at all, specially this year as, at the start of the season they were expecting to have 8 events and then only 4 got confirmed.

Spain had 3 contests with the first one in Sopelana, then San Sebastian and the last one in Las Palmas.
The final event was held in Lacanau.
It was a shame for most of the days as the swell didn't really help and only provided the competitors with pretty small waves.

Luis had average results in 3 events but found his path in the Pro Junior in Las Palmas, claiming a 9th place and some nice green dollars.
As Las Palmas was a 2 star event, it gave Luis a good finish to the season and placing his ranking in the Top 20 for next year Pro Juniors.

Below are some shots of Luis during the various events, that appeared on the ASP site.

Grom Search and Portuguese Nationals

Its been an eventful couple of weeks.

Keshia has been busy doing the Grom search events ( she came 2nd in her last one at Ribeira D'Ilhas ) and the next one was during the Ocean Spirit Festival in Santa Cruz. It was a full day with all age groups competing, excellent waves and plenty of sun.
Keshia managed to do it again and came 2nd which means, another set of FCS fins....funny when she is sponsored by Futures and the event was a Rip Curl contest......and a place in the European Finals which will this year will be in Peniche during the WCT event, in October.

Last weekend was another round of the Portuguese Nationals, this time in Viana do Castelo. Blessed with amazing weather and glassy waves on the first couple of days, Keshia found her rhythm scoring second highest in the whole event. The final day, the swell picked up and the waves were bumpy making it harder to be in the right spot. After much searching Keshia only managed to get a couple of average waves, placing her in 3rd place.
The trophies where made by an association of mentally handicapped children from Viana and they are the traditional symbol of that area, called Cabecudos meaning ...big head!! Pretty original and certainly unique.

Next stop for the Nationals will be Sines at the end of September :)

Magazine time for the Eyre's

SURF PORTUGAL has just come out with Luis and Klaus making an appearance :)
Klaus talking about what he's going to do when he is older......maybe its best if you don't understand Portuguese on some of his answers...hahah.
Luis on a man on man battle with Xico....and totally owning the results......but note that they were both full of knowledge when it came for Surfing but anything to do with History was totally out of their league ( at least Luis has the excuse that he did not study Portuguese History )

Also NA ONDA BAR at Foz do Lizandro ( Ericeira ) have just put up a massive poster of Luis. Guess he will not be walking in the bar from now on......!

All in all a good show for the Eyre's