no comments The event is still on hold, after a rough night in Peniche.
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UPDATE
Tow-surfing Session with Taylor Knox and Mick Fanning at Peniche
It’s supposed to start today, but there’s no waves yet.
A big swell it’s coming on wednesday, so stay tuned.
You can check it live, in www.live.ripcurl.com.
The first cover of the new newspaper “i”. www.ionline.pt
The biggest surprise for me was the photo on the cover. The black and white photo, on a very black and white cover gives a dark mood to the all set. But maybe it’s a way to stand out on the colorful newsstand. Anyway, the photo could [...]
Few cities have a “skatepark” with a view like this. Inspiring.
Well, it’s Mantorras again. I really admire him, but…
A few years ago, Mantorras had a sponsorship thing with a sausages company called Izidoro. The slogan: “O sabor que eu adoro”, meaning “The taste I adore”. I can’t thing of anything more stu…strange. Great marketing!
After a mini season surfing in São Pedro, Sunday we decided to go back to Costa da Caparica in a search for better waves.
The conditions were good, small waves, good wind, not too crowded… and if it weren’t for a small leg injury, it would have been a great surfing morning.
But when there’s no surf, [...]
Manoel de Oliveira is a famous Portuguese film director that just turned 100, and he’s is still making movies. He has recently received the golden palm, at Cannes, for his lifetime achievements.
But for those that don’t know, Manoel de Oliveira it’s not only a film director, but he also competed as a race car driver [...]
Marion Lipke is a portuguese surfer, born in Portugal, where he lives.
He has just qualified for the ASP World Tour 2009, together with another portuguese surfer Tiago Pires – although Lipke opted for the German nationality, due to sponsorship reasons (he has dual nationality: German/Portuguese).
Congratulations Lipke!
Ben Skinner has won the Longboard stage in Estoril’s Surf Festival 2008 and Rémy Arauzo won the European title. Eurico Gonçalves won the national longboard championship’s title.
Next weekend, Estoril Surf Festival 2008.
National and European Longboard competition.
[Update] Surfers: Ben Skinner, Sam Bleakley, James Parry, Adam Griffiths, Antoine Delpero, Thimothee Creignou and Romain Morain will be surfing in this year edition of Estoril Surf Festival.
Last weekend there were no “giant” waves as expected, but there were some pretty good waves to have some fun.
Enough waves to have another edition of the Estoril Surf Festival. The photo above is from the Skimboard championship, in São Pedro’s beach (Estoril).
The Longboard European Championship will take place on the 13th and 14th of [...]
Ruben Gonzales (PRT) and Tiago Pires (PRT) lost at the 4th round of the O’neill World Cup.
«Something good is going to happen, the optimists are nearby!»
Several abandoned buildings around Principe Real (Lisbon) had their doors painted blue, with pretty inspirational expressions. I’ve read, in here, that it was the work of a graffiti artist called Eko 5, but I’m really not sure.
To keep the spirits up, here’s some pics from the Four Oceans tournament, in Algarve.
More here and here.