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

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 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