Bana Skate Jam

Ericeira Skate park hosted the Bana Skate challenge last weekend.

A great contest for everyone and you could tell by the crowd that was there. The categories went from Under 14's, Open, Cash for tricks, rookie of the year, best skater and more.

Klaus was not happy with claiming 1st place in the U14's so he took home so cash and a sick personalized board for the Rookie of the event ! 

Stoked for his only 2nd skate comp :)

And to top it all... a double page shot in the latest SURGE Mag !! 

Esperancas in Aveiro

Feels like " deja vu "

Only last week we were driving past Aveiro after the Nationals in Porto and 4 days later, here we are again.

Aveiro is a great place, has amazing waves, beaches and food :)
It is actually in the running for the 7 wonders of the ocean here in Portugal, where you can vote for the 7 best beaches in Portugal. It has super clean long beaches with sand that feels like flour ( actually not something I really like cause it gets everywhere ) but still feels amazing.

The contest this time was just for Keshia and Klaus as it is for Under 18's only.

Friday was the first day with both Keshia and Klaus entering the water. Waves were pretty small but still fun size.

Keshia won her first heat of the girls comfortably and moved to the next round.

Klaus was also in and got through his first heat without any  problems and same in the next one. The semis for Klaus were slightly different, snapping his leash with 5 minutes to go, he needed a 3.90 to advance, scored a 3.75 and had no time to come in and get a new one to try and increase his score.
Still a good show from Klaus :)

Keshia was also in on Saturday as she enters in the Boys Under 18's.

First heat ( 6 men in the water...well in this case 5 men and 1 girl ) was pretty easy and Keshia got 2nd and moved to the next round.
She then had the last heat of the day with again 5 guys with her.

The portuguese National Under 16's champion and runner up in the Under 18's was in the same heat as Keshia.
The waves were big and hard to get in position but that did not bother Keshia and she paddled harder than most boys, getting 2nd place and leaving his needing 5.56 go move up :)

She got a big cheer from everyone on the beach, representing girl power hahaha ;)

Sunday was the final day and only Keshia was surfing.

The semis were pretty easy with Keshia having a combined score of 11.50. Waver were big adn powerful so it suited her style of surfing perfectly.

Finals were held, for once, in the best tides and conditions for the girls.
With 25 minutes heat, Keshia made sure she dominated from the started scoring a 5.50 in her first wave and building scores form then on.
After 10 minutes, she had the rest of the girls needing a combination and the heat was pretty much over with a combined total score of 14.00 ( a 6.5 and a 7.5 )

A great weekend for both Kehsia and Klaus. Rakings are not updated yet but we know for sure Kehsia is leading the Under 18's girls and giving the Under 18's boys a good run for their money.

Will update rankings as soon as they are out.

Thanks to everyone once again :)

A break from National events now for the summer, next one will be Royan in France to kick off the Pro Junior Season :)

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

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

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 and Klaus in the finals of Samadi regional

Another great weekend for Keshia and Klaus.

This weekend we had the 2nd part of the Samadi regional contest, in Costa da Caparica.
The weather was great and the waves were looking good.

With plenty of entries again, it called for a two day event with various categories from the smallest Under 12's to the under 18's boys and girls.

Keshia and Klaus both won their heats on Saturday which meant going into Sunday for the semis and finals :)

Sunday was much better than expected as the swell was forecasted to drop. With waves around 1 meter, it was perfect conditions for all age groups.

Klaus and Keshia surfed their was to the final. With the change in tides, there were two peaks. Deciding to stay on the main peak by the rocks was the perfect choice for both as they dominated the area and surfed practically alone.

Klaus came 3rd overall, meaning he is 3rd in the rankings with two events to go and Keshia dominated again to take her second win of the tour.

Next round will be in May so will keep you posted as usual.

Keshia and Klaus in Hawaii 2010

So , to put a close to the 2010 winter training season in Hawaii, here is the last video, this time of Keshia and Klaus.

Everyone is looking forward to the summer and contest season in Europe, before going back for some more warm water training in Hawaii :)

http://www.vimeo.com/20552253

See you soon Hawaii

Amazing how three months can go so fast.
Its the end of the winter season in Hawaii and all 3 Eyre's are now back in Portugal, ready for the European Tour with national and international contests coming up, trips , training and anything else that is thrown at them.

Everyone benefited so much from Hawaii, the warm weather and water make a massive difference to the training and allows to develop much faster as you dont have to be worrying about putting a wet wetsuit on or if the water or weather is too cols, Hawaii is just so easy, boardie or bikini, board, wax and you are done...ready to go surfing :) so now, its time to put it all into practice once the contests start.

There are many things we miss from Hawaii but also looking forward to all the good things in Portugal. Everywhere we go there are good and bad things so, we just concentrate on the good and forget the bad :)

Not all calendars have been updated with the competitions so we have not drawn a full plan yet for the season but for sure there will be many events to keep us all busy.

More news coming up very soon so, keep watching and thank you all for your support :)

Hawaii Take 2

So many things happen here and time goes so fast that sometimes its difficult to keep up and catch up with everything thats going on, which in a strange way, it's not much.

The waves have been a mixture of super small, flat, windy, glassy and super big.
For a couple of days at Sunset, we had waves with sets around 3 meters easy. It was so big and heavy. Guys were going out with massive boards, anything from 7' to 10' and crazy guys like Kala whow went out on his paddle board. Must say that his session didn't end up too good as he pulled into a barrel and snapped his Epoxy wooden SUP......... It happens to all the best I guess :)

Pipe Masters opening day was pretty amazing but also pretty strange, the waves were huge all over the NS in places like Pups, Off the Wall, Rock Piles....and Pipe...well I would say it was half the size....so strange..... It was hard for the surfers to know where to go for their heats and they even made Gums part of the competition area :) Most of the waves were at Back Door. It was fun to watch but so far that was the only day we have had with waves good enough for the contest.

Otherwise here, we have been surfing all around catching the best waves depending on swell, wind etc. just because there are a couple of well known spots, it doesn't mean you can not travel around and find waves just as good or better and sometimes ( but doesn't happen often ) with no crowd.

As for boards, Luis has already snapped 2 boards but luckily everybody is safe and there are no injuries.

Looks like we will have no big swell as far as we can see, until December 17th so it's a good job Luis has new small boards coming :)

Hopefully the contest will be back on again soon and so will the waves :)
Will keep you posted

Hawaii

Traveling is always the worst part of a trip and this one was far short of drama......
The trip started at Lisbon airport, Tito was joining us on the adventure and thats what it turned out to be, his "esta" hadn't come through in time and British Airways would not check him in all the way to Hawaii without the visa confirmation so, as far as we knew, Tito was going to London for 5 weeks...with 4 boards and a case full of summer clothes :)
Once on the plane, the captain tells us that we are not leaving for a couple of hours, due to fog at London Heathrow so...that meant goodbye LAX flight! Yeahhhhhhh
Two hours late into our arrival flight and after talking to the agents at BA, they tell us that the best option is to go to Hawaii.....via Tokyo...and arrive 2 days later...are you kidding me ??? so after much arguing and persuading, we are sent to LAX on an afternoon flight, given a hotel for the night and a flight to Hawaii the following morning.
Tito's visa is now confirmed and in a way we have to give thanks for the delay as that way we were all together and Tito didn't have to look like the guys from Cool Runnings when leaving London airport :)
Full of cases, board bags and food vouchers, we check-in at LAX hotel, after a massive meal and a good shower, its time to go to bed and be fresh for the morning flight.
All good there, until Tito's bag with his clothes went missing....hmmmm maybe someone does not want him to go to Hawaii.......
o enough of the traveling, the arrival at HNL airport, made it all worth it, just that tropical hot smell when the doors open spells ALOHA all the way :)

Because of the night at LAX, the jet lag seems to be a lot more bearable and we are waking up at a decent time, 6am ready to face the crowds and paddle out in the dark.

The waves have been pretty small for the whole week but we have managed to surf most spots already, from Chuns to Rockies but looks like it will be like this for the next 5 days anyway, it gives us time to settle, get used to the waves, weather, heat etc and be totally ready for the real Hawaii waves that we are all looking forward to. We also watched the final day of the Haleiwa contest.


It's great to be back in Hawaii and see all our friends.

More news and photos to come next week.

Happy Thanks Giving to everyone :)

Luis and Tito catching up with the real world

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Luis and Klaus

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Master Chefs Klaus and Tito

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