Luis November video update

Here is Luis' view on November surfing :)

Thanks everyone

November surfing

Keshia wins Ericeira Surf Contest

The 3rd event of the Ericeira surf contest was on this weekend after many attempts.

Great waves with a solid 1.5m on Saturday and slightly smaller on Sunday.

Both Keshia and Klaus only went in on Sunday sailing through their heats to the final but with slightly different results.

Keshia found the winning wave at the start of her heat scoring an 8.5 and getting a back up of 4.8 points and she seemed to have taken them all, leaving none for Klaus as he did not find good potential scoring waves and ending 4th overall.

An excellent weekend with great waves, weather and friends.

Thanks to everyone from the organization to the club, sponsors etc :)

Will see you all in a couple of weeks time for the final event and the crowing of the Ericeira Surf Champ :)

Keep you posted x

Keshia's last contest on TV

Check out the link below with the highlights of Keshia's contest, where she won the event.

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A day in the life of Klaus

Check out the latest video of Klaus, doing what he knows best, surfing and skating :)

A day in Klaus' world

Keshia is Under 18's Girls National Champion

This weekend was the last event of the National Championships.

Keshia has already a pretty strong lead over the other competitors, having won 3 events out of 5, not having been present on one of them due to a European Pro Junior event and 4th in the first event of the year.

As this one was the final, the points where higher and only available to the top 16 in the final ranking.

The waves were solid 2.5 meters on Saturday and the girls had trouble getting back to the outside, once they caught the first wave.
Keshia came out strong with a solid score and therefor guaranteeing a place in the semi finals.

Sunday was a lot more mellow although that made the wave slow and fat and pretty inconsistent.
Even so, Keshia did the job and won her semi and a spot in the final.
With that alone, she was crowned National Under 18' Champion.

With 3 more years in the same category, I am sure we will be seeing a few more titles :)

Thanks to everyone that was there, the organizers of the tour, the federation and all the sponsors.

See you next year :)

Luis free surf session in SURF TOTAL

Just a day after coming back form the UK Pro Junior and with a title and a couple of trophies in his pocket, it was time to score some great waves back in Ericeira.

Reef was the place to go in the morning and the photographers were there to report the moment.

Check out the link below to the site where the shots have just been published :)

Free Surf Session at Reef

Luis is Pro Junior Champion

Last weekend was the final of a series of 8 events for the UK Pro Surf Tour.
Not only did Luis win the final event in Newquay but he also claimed the UK PRO JUNIOR CHAMPION title and was named  Most Promising Junior for 2011.

At the Gala dinner, Luis was called when they announced the Most Promising Junior title....he was speechless, totally took him by surprise. He is not one for big speeches so, having to do 2...was a major thing :)

A great way to finish the year for Luis and big congratulations to him.

Thank you to all the sponsors and organizes of the Tour for making it happen :)

The 8th annual UK Surf Awards in association with UK Pro Surf Tour took place last Sunday (13th November), at Esplanade Hotel, in Newquay. These awards celebrated British surfing in 2011, the winners following categories were:

1. Rookie of the Year 2011 – Winner Taz Knight (Croyde)
2. Wavelength Most Promising Junior 2011 – Winner Luis Eyre (Manchester)
3. Carve Aerialist 2010 Winner – Winner Reubyn Ash (Bude)
4. Surf Girl Most Up and Coming Female Surfer 2010 – Winner Lucy Campbell (Woolacombe)
5. Most Improved Surfer 2011 – Winner Stuart Campbell (Woolacombe)
6. Manoeuvre of the Year 2011 – Winner Micah Lester (Aus / Newquay)
7. English Surfing Federation Best Grommet Award: Winner Angus Scotney (Newquay)
8. Best UK Prospect Award 2011 – Winner Liam Murray Strout (Port Issac)
9. Skinners Surfers Choice Award 2011 – Winner Russell Winter (Newquay)
10.UKPSA Services to the Sport of Surfing 2011 – Winner Matt Knight (Croyde)
11.Ignite UKPSA Best Surf Judge 2011 – Winner Mike Durkin (Newquay)
12.Christian Surfers Sportsman Award 2011 – Winner Micah Lester (Aus)
13.Most Inspirational Surfer 2011 – Winner Russell Winter (Newquay)
14.British Championships Ambassador Award: Winner Ben Skinner (St Agnes)
15.Tiger 24 Brand Award – Winner (Commercial Brand supported surfing in the UK) Winner Relentless

UKPSA Trophies:

UK PST Under 12 Open Champion 2011 – Winner: Liam Murray Strout (Port Issac)

UK PST Marley Mellow Mood Trophy for Under 16 Girls Champion 2011 – Winner: Lucy Campbell (Woolacombe)

UK PST Marley Mellow Mood Trophy for Under 16 Boys Champion 2011 – Winner: Will Davey (Lanza)

UKPST Groundswell Trophy for Pro Junior Champion 2011 – Winner: Luis Eyre (Manchester)

UKPST Nalu Beads Trophy for Women’s Champion 2011– Winner: Hannah Harding (South Devon)

Relentless Super Series Champion 2011: Winner: Russell Winter (Newquay)

UK PST Open Champion 2011- Winner: Russell Winter (Newquay)

The event was a great success and rewarded surfers from across the UK for their achievements in 2011. It included images and videos highlighting the highs and lows of the year and culminated in the Marley Mellow Mood After Party.

Keshia is Under 18's regional champion

This weekend was the last last of the Samadi Regional Championships, which took place in Costa da Caparica.
The forecast was not looking too promising as the swell was increasing considerably from Saturday morning.
The check-in was at 08:00 and when we got there, it looked tiny....hmmmmm is this right?
Contests was on the way at 9am and so was the swell.
By the time Keshia entered her first heat, the waves were around 1.5m and building.
It was a great event and the contest director decided to finish on Saturday due to the ever increasing swell. Keshias final was held in easy 2 meter waves but she managed to drop the biggest waves and pull some strong maneuvers on them, solidifying her scores and making it 4 out of 4 wins and therefor becoming Under 18's Regional Champion for 2011.

One more tittle wrapped up for the year, one more to come on November 20th.

Thans for everything as always and we will keep posting updated :)

Keshia preparing for her heat :)

Increasing swell

Contest podium

Regional title podium

Newcastle Pro Junior

Last weekend, Luis ventured out to the East side.... to compete in the Newcastle Pro Junior and Open event.

Friday was an amazing day and totally unexpected as the waves were shoulder high with good offshore winds. Perfect a frames were forming on the outside.....

Uauuuu one contest with amazing waves, was that going to be possible ? As it was the first time there for Luis, it was all new and exciting. Well, as everything, it did not last long. Two great surfs on friday and he was ready for the event to run Saturday and Sunday. It was not meant to be, Saturday started off nice with clean waves and shoulder high, the organizers run as much as possible so to finish the event in 1 day.....

That was a mission...two categories in one day and all the way to the final in both :) For sure got his moneys worth in heats surfed.

Anyway, at least the end result was what he went there for. 1 win in the Pro Junior and 3rd in the Open :)

Still waiting for the rankings to be updated. One more contest might be confirmed by the end of the year and then it will be the end of the season :)

Will update you soon! Thanks for your support as always.

2 days and 2 podiums for Keshia

The Circus is coming to Peniche for the last leg of the European tour so what better way to get everyone up to speed with everything than throw in the guinea pigs and check judges, sound, score boards etc etc.

Keshia had two events in two day. The first one was the final Pro Junior event, for girls under 21 years of age. This one was due to take place in July, when Keshia was away competing in San Sebastian so, she had not entered it. The organization said that she had to be there early to be the first alternate and try and get a spot. Well, the gods were with her and she was in. The waves were pretty small and not easy for girls to surf as it was fast and closing out but Keshia fought all the way to the final, scoring the highest of all the heats in her semi, with a total combination of 9.50. The final was a fight for first and second all the way to the end, Keshia did not manage to find the wave she needed and came out claiming second spot, which means, Keshia is Pro Junior Vice Champion for 2011 :)

The following day saw the best 16's and under in Europe, compete for the title of Rip Curld European Champ. Keshia, once again was away for one of the comps in Portugal and ended up getting her entry ticket for the event, in the UK. There were girls from Spain, Portugal, UK and France. The semi final was almost a disaster for Keshia, waves were hard to get and scores were low, meaning that anyone could have taken those two spots to advance to the final but keshia proved to everyone that she wanted it more than the rest, going for pretty much every wave that came her way. It paid off at the end and the final was next.

One girl from each country made the final but only Keshia and Leticia ( from Spain ) were in the hunt for the title, exchanging places all the way till the countdown. Once again, Keshia came out with 2nd spot.

Two vice champion titles in two days, more trophies and some great experiences and lessons learnt.

Thanks to everyone that was there, and all of you who support her.

A very nice write up on the ripcurl site, shows that she is one to watch :)

Grom Search European Final 2011

2000 miles, 3 comps, 2 podiums and 1 cancelled event

For the past 10 days. Luis has been traveling around the UK to take part in the UK Pro Surf Tour.

The first event was due to take place in Scarborough but due to no swell, the event was cancelled and points had to be split.

From there, it was a long drive up to Scotland for the Thurso Open event, but after looking at the forecast, it all seems worth as the waves were going to be close to perfection.

Luis made the semis, knocking out the leader of the ranking at that point, Russell Winter. He also got to try some of Scotland finest foods, without knowing...or actually liking but guess that..when in Rome.....haha
Anyway, don't think that Haggis will be on his top food list when traveling again.

Leaving the cold in Scotland, it was time for more cold and this time in Porthcawl, Wales. The waves were not great but for sure contestable.

The event went really well for Luis finishing 2nd in the Open and 3rd in the Pro Junior.

Next and , at the moment, final stop, will be Newcastle, on the 22nd and 23rd of October. Exciting times and more news to come soon.

UPDATE

Sorry for not updating the blog for a while but so many things have been happening and everyone is so busy in the summer that, days are just not long enough.

So here is a quick update on all 3 airs, contests, results etc.

Luis and Keshia have now both finished the ASP European Pro Junior and QS season. Good results along the way for them and a pretty decent final qualification overall.
Luis finished 49th in the QS events and 28th in the PJ's
Keshia qualified in the top 14th for the QS and 21st for the Juniors.
Meaning that both will be top seeds for next year :)

Closer to home, things have been going great as well.

Keshia has had one more National event, in Sines , Portugal, which she won, that means that she now has 3 wins with the big final taking place on November 5th and 6th, watch this place as, we hopefully have a big announcement to make after that day :)
She also entered the grom search events and, by winning two, she has qualified for the European final that will take place in Peniche on October 13th. Winner of the event, gets to go to Australia for the World Finals..... we have everything crossed for Keshia for that day :)

Klaus is top 10 in the Under 14th which is a great way to get in the seeding for next year.

Luis now just has the UK Pro Tour left to do and with 4 possible events left on the calendar, both Open and Pro Junior, there are still points up for grabs but, as he won the Night surf and it was the highest event of the season, he is a good position for the final end of the year in the Pro Juniors.

Coverage wise, Luis just got a double page in the latest ONFIRE magazine so, stoked for that!

So here you have it, a brief summary of whats been happening and a few photos to go with it.

Promisse to update the blog more often from now one, specially as we can have some very exciting news and results soon.

Keep supporting them as always, we all appreciate it !

Have a great week and thanks for being here.

Luis wins Nike 6.0 Night Surf

Night Surf ? What is that ? Only the best event on the UK PRo Tour.
Held at Fistral beach over a couple of days, the organizers out on an amazing show. Flood lit beach, BBQ, concert and of course, all the best surfers competing for the biggest prize money on Tour this year, at night :)

Luis had also been invited to enter into the prestigious and now world famous NIKE 6.0 CASH FOR TRICKS event. An aerial specialist event where, through a series of heats, tricks and trials, the surfers compete for, well.... cash for tricks :)

The weekend started with wind and rain, not making it perfect for airs but, the work had to be done. There were many heats for Luis to get through, for him to make it to the finals as he was competing not only in the Cash for Tricks and the Pro Junior event but also the Open.

Sailing through his heats and surfing at night, finishing at 01:00 and dealing with the " beautiful " English summer, made it all more interesting ( you have to have a positive outlook in events like this )

The only 4* event on tour, meant that the winner of the Pro Junior would get an easier passage to gain nr one in the rankings as they would bag 3000 points, instead of the usual 1000.

So Luis was not going to let that opportunity pass by and did just that. 1st place in the Nike 6.0 night surf, 3000 point and a massive cheque :)

The open also gave him something to smile about as he finished 5th overall.

Cash for tricks gave him, well just that, cash for his tricks :)

Amazing result for Luis and well on his way to claiming that much wished title for 2010.
Lets see what the next contests bring.
Looks like the next one will be in Scarborough in October. Will keep you informed as usual.

Thanks to everyone that took part in this event, organizers and sponsors.

Keshia wins Rip Curl Grom Search

Last weekend was the Rip Curl Grom search event, where the winners qualify for the European final.

The contest was held at Foz do Lizandro with 1/2 meter waves on the first day, making it challenging for everyone to catch the best waves and with 1 1/2 meter waves on the second day, making it hard to even get to the outside for some of the groms.

Keshia did it with style, she got out there, caught the best waves and scored the highest points. 13 combined in the final leaving the other 3 competitors almost needing a combination.

Another great weekend for Keshia.

Thanks to everyone that was there and the ones that support her :)

Keshia enters the Ericeira Surf Shop Pro as a Willcard and makes the final

Last week Keshia got a phone call from Ericeria Surf Club telling her she had received a wildcard to enter the Open Nationals in Ribeira D'Ilhas.

Obviously stoked about this opportunity but nervous to be competing in her fist open event.

The contest was held over a two day period and due to the very small swell at Ribeira, they moved to Foz, much to Keshia's disappointment of course. The girls did not go in on the first day and the call for Sunday was at 06am...and at Foz again. Driving from home we saw the lines coming in at Ribeira can could not work out why they had not moved it for the final day.
Arriving at Foz, made our question even more questionable........! There were no waves.... somehow the Gods heard our prayers and they stopped the contests just before Keshias heat went in....and moved it to Ribeira.
Now Keshia was smiling :)
The first heat went pretty well although nerves seem to play a little part in not catching the best waves and Keshia got through in second. She surfed amazing throughout the day and her semi was 100% local girls.....but Keshia had left all the nerves and emotions behind and went for the kill. She totally dominated the heat from start to finish and scored a combination of 13.00 points, the highest score combination so far of the event.

There was going to be a break between the girls semi and the finals with an expression session, giving the girls from the second semi, some time to rest but, they changed their minds and put them in straight away.
Keshia did not have time to rest and get some food and I think fatigue took the best out of her. She did not manage to find the best waves and although she still scored pretty high, she could not get a better back up waves.

She still finished 4th in the final getting an amazing result for her first Open event.

Now is time to prepare for the Grom Search next weekend, the inter clubs championships and then the European Pro Junior Series :)

Many contests and many more good results to come for sure. Thanks to everyone and will update again soon.

Ericeira Surf Shop Open Pro

Keshia wins Nationals in Aveiro

This weekend was the 3rd round of the Nationals in Aveiro.

Keshia had an amazing weekend, winning all her heats. On the first day, Keshia had the highest combined score of the day with a total of 14.00 points out of 20.

Second day she surfed two heats, and both both with scores around 9.00 combined.

The final was on Sunday and Keshia comboed the field with a total of 12.90.

A great weekend for Keshia. She leads the rankings in the Girls Under 18's having won two out of the 3 events so far.

Next one will be in August in Viana do Castelo.

Saltrock UK Pro Junior

Last weekend was the UK Saltrock Pro Junior.
Always a fun event but, not always fun waves.

The first day was not too bad with some small but consistent waves. Luis had entered the Pro Junior event and he had a couple of pretty good heats scoring some of the highest wave combinations of the event.

But the last day failed to deliver and the surfers even had a meeting to try and call off the contest and split the points. Well, somehow that did not happen and they had to surf the heats....well, wait and try !

Luis did not manage to get anything that you could call a wave and it was the two local guys that, used to those conditions, took 1st and 2nd. Luis took home 3rd spot.

It was all not too bad as, because of the final qualification, he has now guaranteed his spot in the Nike 6.0 night surf event which will take place on the 08th and 09th of July. Also the Cash for tricks will be on at the same time for which Luis has already got his invite :)

Lets hope for better waves for then.

A bit thank you to Phil Williams and everyone involved in the Christian Surfers organization :)

Keshia at the Swatch Girls Pro / Hossegor

So, after a couple of hours at home, Keshia headed to Hossegor ready to compete in the Swatch Girls WQS 6 star as well as the Pro Junior event.

Today was an early call at 07:00 French time, with Keshia in the second heat. The conditions were tough and some of the heats had super low scores.

Keshia, one of the youngest in this prestigious event that has some of the World Champions competing for the title, came out fighting, and ready to show what she is capable of.

Check out below her quotes, results etc on the ASP site :)

Tomorrow, check-in is at 06:30 with round 2 of the QS. More updates and photos as we get them.

Swatch Girls Pro / Hossegor

ISA World Juniors in Peru, 2011

The Isa World Juniors in Peru, have come to an end, and what an event it was.

Keshia was present in this prestigious event for the first time and did not know what to expect as she has not done any international contest before and only one European Pro Junior before.

She did not go with any big expectations and was just stoked to be part of the few chosen ones.

There were 24 countries representing with 12 members per Country so a huge turnout and lots of hungry surfers wanting to perform.

Keshias first heat was great, despite having been in hospital before, having an injection for a ripped muscle on her hand and having acupuncture and one of the most painful injections ever.

She made it through to next round and was looking strong.

The way the event works is that, you have two chances, if you loose in 3rd or 4th in the main event, you go to the repercharge and can still get through that way, as long as you get 1st or 2nd that is. Otherwise you get relegated to the cheering squad....

Well, Keshia was determined she was not going to be part of that squad and that the rest of the surfers where going to cheer for her.

After many surfing days, many happy moments, good and bad waves, Keshia made it all the way to the repercharge 5th round.

It means that:

She finished top 20 in the girls under 18's ( with still 3 years to go in the same category )
She scored the highest wave combination of the girls, 14.33 of a possible 20
She was 4th out of all the European Girls representing !

Keshia was still thinking she was dreaming......! Its a great way to start the international contests and to gain confidence and to know that she can go far. Specially after the winner of the girls was Canelle Boulard from France.

Keshia left the event on the 29th of May, arrived home on the 30th at 20:30.
She had time to unpack, pack, have a home cooked dinner and.... time to get on the road again at 1am.

This time she is off to France for the Girls Pro Junior and WQS event that will take place in Seignosse.

You can check all progress on Swatch Girls Pro

For now we leave you with some photos of the event and a link to the ISA site ISA World Juniors