Ericeira Surf Club contest

Its always good to finish a week with a podium :)

A crazy weekend for everyone in Ericeira with a Summer Fest running for 3 days with skate demos, music, DJ's etc but of course, some work had to be done and we also had the Ericeira Surf Club Contest. A very well attended event as you get the chance to surf one of the best waves with one 3 other people.

As Keshia won the girls last year, she was allowed to enter another age group so, much to the boys annoyance, she did the boys Under 16's.

Luis only entered OPEN as next categorie is Masters and he is not quite there.........:)

Perfect waves for Saturday put both Luis and Keshia in all 3 finals.
Luis killed it in his heat with scores ranging from 7's to 9's in almost every heat.

Sunday was slightly smaller but still pretty nice conditions and plenty of waves for everyone.

Luis didnt give anyone a chance in the final and won with a significant difference from the rest of the competitios. He also won all the prices as, the other finalists decided not to turn up on the podium so, all glory went to Luis :)

Keshia did well in the boys, getting set waves and bringing them in all the way to the inside and having a very close match with the boys.

Same in the girls between 1st and 2nd place with the heat finishing with only a 0.10 difference in their scores.

A great weekend for everyone, thanks to Ericeira Surf Club and all the sponsors.

Surftotal press release

Keshia's May surfing :)

Here is a video of Keshia surfing during last month :)

Some great waves and water coverage, thanks to Rui Jorge Oliveira !

Thanks everyone and to watch, just click on the link below.

May video

Video releases

This week we have had some video releases.

Two profile ones of both Luis and Keshia and two contest events in Porto for the Open National and the Juniors in Aveiro.

Click on the links below to watch the videos.




Keshia win during the Aveiro Nationals :)

Luis' profile on Surftotal TV

Open Nationals in Porto

Keshia's profile on Surftotal TV

Ericeira Regional contest

Luis and Keshia entered the Ericeira regional contest last weekend.

The event was held at Praia do Sul for the first day and Ribeira D'Ilhas on the last day.

Saturday was huge with massive waves. The girls handled it perfectly and gave everyone a lesson on how to surf big waves. Keshia has two great wave, one 6.5 and one 7.

Luis went in on Sunday and won every heat until the final and also got the highest wave of the event which was a 9.2

So another great weekend with great result :)

Keshia wins Open Title

Keshia has won the Open Title at Ribeira D'Ilhas, making her the youngest surfer to ever win a Open Title event.

Video and press release below ( sorry that one is in Portuguese )

The next event will be in Carcavelos, during the first weekend in April !

Event video

Surftotal video of the event on TV :)

Luis put in a great performance in the mens category, claiming a 9th place overall.

Thanks to everyone that organized the events, all the supporters and sponsors.

There are a total of 4 events in a row for Keshia, two for Klaus and 2 for Luis so, many more posts to come and hopefully great results.

Credit: Rui Jorge Oliveira 

Credit: Rui Jorge Oliveira

Credit: Pedro Mestre

Credit: Pedro Mestre

1st round of the Nationals

Today was the first day of the first leg of the Portuguese National Championships.

It is being held at Ribeira D'Ilhas right on our door step :)

The event started with the girls and moved on to the boys ( both categories are Open )

Keshia and Luis finished the day in style scoring high and progressing on to tomorrow.

Keshia will start tomorrow already in the Semi finals and Luis in round of 32.

Forecast is looking great, big swell and no wind so, looking forward to some more interviews !!

Luis being interviewed after his heat win 

Keshia has a new video

And now it's Keshia' turn to release her February video.

Check the link below

My February

Luis " talk time " on ASP EUROPE

Check out Luis' interview and video on the ASP Europe site

www.aspeurope.com

Or you can just watch his video on the following link

Luis Talk Time

Luis' February video

Here is Luis' video for February :)


Just click on the link below


February

Luis' January video

Check out what Luis has been doing during January

Link below:

http://vimeo.com/36111932

Keshia in Soup

Keshia started the year with the magazines :)

She was spotted coming out of Backdoor in Portugal by SOUP Magazine.

Hopefully the start of many more to come !

Happy New Year to everyone and may 2012 be better than anyone can hope for. Wish you great waves, amazing trips and fantastic results :)

Surfing in December

Luis has just finished his video for December.

Check it out, waves have been pretty good in Portugal :)

Lets hope the New Year bring in bigger and better things.

Click on the link below to view it.

December video

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

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

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

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.

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 on Surftotal

After winning the Samadi Regional event, Surftotal did a nice article on Keshia, catching up on her trips, contest results and plans for the season :)

Some great shots of her as well, surfing at her home break in Ericeira !


Check the link below

A chat with Keshia Eyre :)