2 podium finished :)

2 podium finishes for this weekend. Keshia started off slowly with a pretty low score but still managing to advance to the next round. That made her wake up and turn into a comp machine getting the 2nd highest combined scores amongst the girls. In the final, the wind picked up making it hard to stay in one spot and also the strong current didnt help either. Still, Keshia managed to finish 3rd as in the last event and due to that, she is ranked NR 1 in Portugal so far :) Great job Kesh.
As for Klaus, he sailed through his heats all the way to the final. On the last day, the waves were slightly bigger and Klaus went out fighting, having to run down the beach a couple of times due to the currents.
With Luis, it was a totally different story, he started off his semi catching a set wave and making the most of it with strong powerful turns, somehow, the judges awarded him a 4.00...... another kid got an inside wave...and the judges gave him a 6.50......are you serious ? Total daylight robbery. If its of any consolation to Luis, they did pretty much the same to another kid. The thing is, it seems to be that, unless you belong to a certain team, you will not get the scores.
I dont like talking about things like this but, the only ones that will come out victorious are kids like Luis because it will make them surf 100 times more and improve. The other kids, because they get their scores boosted in Portugal all the time, they think they are the best of the bunch...until they go to Europe, and then they see the true scores they deserve.
As they say, they are a big fish in a small pond.....Luis will be a big fish in the Ocean.
Stay strong Luis and keep it up, deep down in your heart you know you won that heat.
Excellent results for Keshia and Klaus :) Great job guys.
Next event will be in May in Aveiro but Luis will be off to France to do the European VQS event at the end of April.
xx