Luis was in the repercharge final with a great chance to make it to the top 4. Once again, strange judging decisions meant that they were giving bigger scores for 1 turn than they did for 3...go figure.
Luis ended up finishing 3rd in that heat and giving him 5th in Europe.
Zak Lawton made the team proud finishing a great 2nd place in the Longboarding division.
After a full morning of what we thought was enough excitement and nerves, the Under 18's final got the whole beach standing still for the last 30 seconds and then almost 2 hours for a final decision.
The portuguese rider was winning, the french was in 4th needing a 6.15 for 1st, after a long battle to get a wave due to the blocking from the other surfer, Dimitri managed to get a left, went full speed ahead and did an air reverse. The crowds went wild some for good and some for bad reasons. The judges didnt know what to do as they landing was not 100% clean.
Complaints from the Portuguese for scores and the french for position came to a decision of the head judges. Dimitri got 6.33 and won the heat.
Well, needless to say that the French were ecstatic while the Portuguese went into a full on argument match waiting for the judges at the bottom of the stairs.
There are many opinions and the video is all over the internet. Each one to decide who won....
The podium presentation started at 1500 and non of the portuguese that made it to the final, went to the podium, that just shows totally bad sportsmanship and as they say, what comes around goes around.
I call it Karma
At the end of 10 long days, the English Team made everyone proud, claiming 4th place overall.
Congratulations to France and thanks to everyone that took part in the event, organizers, judges, teams, etc etc.
Till next time
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