MOCHE Porto Pro

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The event in Porto is one of the contests that makes the most sense out of the whole portuguese tour. This is where the surfing public really shows up to see the best of surfers in Portugal. In 2012 the waves showed up as well with good lefts and some rights in Praia Internacional and the level of surfing was really impressive. Once again Vasco Ribeiro took out the event but the real winner was everyone who watched! Porto definitely Rules!

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A etapa do Porto é um dos campeonatos que mais sen-tido faz no calendário da Liga Meo Pro Surf. A etapa nortenha é sempre aquela onde o público acompanha o melhor do surf nacional como em nenhum outro sítio. Este ano as ondas também corresponderam com boas esquerdas e algumas direitas na Praia Internacional, e a acção foi muita, dentro e fora de água. Mais uma vez Vasco Ribeiro acabou no topo mas quem ganhou mesmo foi o surf nacional. “Bibó” Porto!

The event in Porto is one of the contests that makes the most sense out of the whole portuguese tour. This is where the surfing public really shows up to see the best of surfers in Portugal. In 2012 the waves showed up as well with good lefts and some rights in Praia Internac-ional and the level of surfing was really impressive. Once again Vasco Ribeiro took out the event but the real win-ner was everyone who watched! Porto definitely Rules!

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Praia Internacional, in Porto, is a great location for portuguese league events. João Guedes becomes part of the local landscape.

A Praia Internacional, no Porto, é sempre um bom palco para a Liga Meo Pro Surf. João Guedes enquadra-se na paisagem local como poucos.

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Local boy Sebastião Furtado didn’t have a good wave choice and went down early.

O surfista local, Sebastião Furtado, não teve muita sorte na sua escolha de ondas e perdeu cedo. Mas não o fez sem ter mostrado bons momentos.

Francisco Canelas showed up at the Portu-guese Pro Tour once again and kept the status of best mustache in the rankings.

Francisco Canelas trouxe mais uma vez os seus bigodes ao circuito, e manteve o estatuto de melhor rankeado entre os “farfalhudos”.

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A 9th place finish is a poor result to a surfer like Frederico Morais but the weird heat seeding helped in this early loss.

Um 9º lugar era um resultado impensável para um surfista do nível de Frederico Morais mas o estranho seeding desta etapa acabou por ditar esta sua derrota prematura.

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Tomás Ferreira has the potential to fol-low João Guedes as best representative of the north of Portugal. Turns like this prove he is in the right direction.

Tomás Ferreira é o surfista do Porto com mais potencial para seguir as pegadas de João Guedes, e reentrys como este mos-tram que está no caminho certo.

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GIRLS IN BIKINI CAN GETRED BULL FOR FREEAT THE BEACH!

UUU, MUST GET MYBIKINI FAST!

THIS IS BIKINI,AKA DRESSKINI

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I WANT ONE!!!

N-I-C-O-L-A-U! YES, GOT IT!

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The winner of the first event of this tour, Frederico Morais, rode a board with an airbrush that resembled Adriano de Souza’s paint jobs and looked really sharp on it.

O vencedor da primeira etapa da Liga, Frederico Morais, estava a experimentar uma prancha com uma pintura “Adriano de Souzazeska” que trouxe muita plasticidade aos seus “toques”.

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Some airs don’t look very impressive until you freeze them and watch them frame by frame. André Faria’s backside air but still failed to advance.

Algumas manobras não parecem tão impressionantes até as congelarmos. André Faria acertou este impressionante voo mas acabou por perdeu cedo.

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Marlon Lipke did this turn in one of the first heats of the contest. It would become one of the best moves of the whole event!

Logo num dos primeiros heats do campeonato, Marlon Lipke fez aquela que seria uma das melhores manobras de todo o evento.

35 is the new 19, Justin Mujica is as loose and lim-ber as any teenager.

35 anos são os novos 19, Justin Mujica mostra toda a elasticidade e plasticidade de um teenager.

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DIOGO APPLETON I PRE-HEAT SMILE I PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

DIOGO APPLETON I POS-HEAT “UNSMILE” I PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

RUBEN GONZALEZ PRE-HEAT LIGHT MEAL. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM

PLEASE DON’T EAT ME I HAVE FEELINGS TOO!

RUBEN GONZALEZ POS-HEAT HEAVY LOST DIGESTION. PHOTO BY HUGO VALENTE

FREDERICO MORAIS PRE-HEAT ADRENALIN RUN. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

FREDERICO MORAIS POS-HEAT DECEPTION WALK. PHOTO BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

MIGUEL BLANCO PRE-HEAT MOMENT. PHOTOS BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

THE WITCH LOOKED AT MYHAND AND TOLD ME I WAS

GOING TO WIN THIS!

WEIRD, TOLD METHE SAME...

MIGUEL BLANCO POS-HEAT SEQUENCE (THINKING (ABOUT), LISTENING (ABOUT) & WATCHING HIS MISTAKES)”.

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WHAT HAVE ITOLD YOU?!?

I KNOW,I KNOW!

ALEXANDRE FERREIRA PRE-HEAT BEST COMPANY. PHOTO BY CARLOSPINTOPHOTO.COM

ALEXANDRE FERREIRA POS-HEAT “WANT TO BE ALONE” MOMENT. PHOTO BY HUGO VALENTE

NICOLAU VON RUPP PRE-HEAT GOOD MOOD. PHOTOS BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

WAX ON, WAX OFF!KARATE KID STYLE!

NICOLAU VON RUPP POS-HEAT AGONY (OF DEFEAT).

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Frederico Morais likes to entertain the audience with his big water sprays. This one was so power-ful that, for sure, could be seen from the freighter!

Frederico Morais fez questão de entreter o pú-blico com a suas fortes “sprayzadas”. Esta foi tão

forte que até do cargueiro se deve ter visto!

Filipe Jervis’s surfing is getting pretty new school as you can see by this nice grab.

Filipe Jervis está com um surf cada vez mais téc-nico, como se pode ver por este belíssimo grab.

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Spanish surfer Gony Zubizarreta brought the WQS level into the Portuguese League and despite not being able to fight for the title, he could finish at the top of the rankings.

O espanhol Gony Zubizarreta traz o nível do WQS à Liga Meo Pro Surf e, apesar de não poder disputar o título, poderá acabar no topo do ranking.

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Tomás Fernandes’s interview on ONFIRE was released a couple of days before the Moche Porto Pro and it looks like it gave him a boost of extra confidence.

A entrevista de Tomás Fernandes no Spotlight da edição 56 da ONFIRE chegou às bancas poucos dias antes deste evento começar e parece ter-lhe dado muita confiança.

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Tomás Fernandes’s interview on ONFIRE was released a couple of days before the Moche Porto Pro and it looks like it gave him a boost of extra confidence.

A entrevista de Tomás Fernandes no Spotlight da edição 56 da ONFIRE chegou às bancas poucos dias antes deste evento começar e parece ter-lhe dado muita confiança.

Filipe Jervis showed great potential and looked un-beatable in the earlier rounds.

Filipe Jervis vem a ameaçar um grande resultado há anos e nas primeiras fases parecia imparável.

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Nuno Telmo had two jobs at the Moche Porto Pro, coaching and competing. And one can say he excelled in both!

A fazer um 2 em 1 neste evento, treinador e competidor, pode-se dizer que Nuno Telmo fez um bom trabalho em ambos os campos!

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FALL, FALL, FALL!

Local legend João Guedes was one of the favorites to win the event but ended up losing early (round 3) in a close heat.

Por ser o melhor surfista do Porto, João Guedes era um dos favoritos para vencer esta etapa. Infelizmente para a torcida local acabou por perder cedo (round 3), num heat muito equilibrado.

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Local legend João Guedes was one of the favorites to win the event but ended up losing early (round 3) in a close heat.

Por ser o melhor surfista do Porto, João Guedes era um dos favoritos para vencer esta etapa. Infelizmente para a torcida local acabou por perder cedo (round 3), num heat muito equilibrado.

Alexandre Grilo looked really sharp through the earlier round but failed to advance out of the quarter finals.

Alexandre Grilo mostrou bom surf nos primeiros rounds mas não conseguiu passar dos quartos de final.

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Miguel Blanco performed well in the beginning of this event with power snaps like this.

O jovem talento da Linha do Estoril, Miguel Blanco, mostrou momentos de muito bom surf no início da prova.

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LOVE MY NEW“VASCO RIBEIRO”

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WEIRDO ALERT!

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WHO’S THEWEIRDO?

WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING?!?

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PHOTOS BYTHEMSELVES

RUBEN GONZALES I HEAT 1 I JUSTIN MUJICA

TOMÁS FERNANDES I HEAT 3 I VASCO RIBEIRO

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Ruben Gonzalez recusa-se a envelhecer, e com 34 anos ainda consegue dar na pá a qualquer surfista de qualquer idade. Manobras como esta mostram porquê!

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Ruben Gonzalez is aging like fine wine. At 34 years of age, he can beat any surfer of any generation. Backside airs like this show why!

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O surfista da Ericeira, Tomás Fernandes, estava com um surf de backside muito “afiado” e, ao acabar em 5º lugar, foi a revelação do evento.

Ericeira boy, Tomás Fernandes, was really sharp on his backside and ended up being one of the standouts of the event.

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Esta grande “voaça” de Filipe Jervis aconteceu depois do heat acabar. A sua expressão corporal diz tudo: frustração por não ter sido a tempo!

Filipe Jervis pulled off this huge air reverse just after the end of his heat. His body expression says it all: frustration for a move out of heat time.

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Alexandre Ferreira had his best result of the year so far, a 5th place finish.

Alexandre Ferreira conseguiu no Porto o seu melhor resultado do ano até agora, um 5º lugar.

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As time goes by it is getting harder and harder to defeat Vasco Ribeiro. In a few years only a hand full of surfers in Portugal will have the ca-pacity do so.

Está cada vez mais difícil de derrotar Vasco Ribeiro, e com o tempo se-rão cada vez menos os surfistas portugueses com capacidade de o fazer.

I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT!!!

HAVE TO DO THAT!

The righthanders breaking on the opposite side of the judges tower were hard to see and score. Gony Zubi-

zarreta was one of few who rose above it and scored

well out there!

As direitas no pico mais ao fundo do campeonato que-bravam longe do palanque dos juízes o que dificultava

a visibilidade e as notas. Gony Zubizarreta foi dos

poucos que conseguiu pontuar forte aí e nesta se-quência percebe-se muito

bem porquê!

PHOTOS BY ONFIRESURFMAG.COM

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Justin Mujica gives a new meaning to the term “fin free maneuver” by making this backside air reverse with only two of them on his board.

Mesmo com um fin partido, Justin Mujica fez um heat impecável nas meias finais e deu um novo significado à expressão “soltar as quilhas”.

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GO SON!!! (VASCO RIBEIRO)

HUMMM, WHAT IS THIS BUTTON FOR?

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I’LL GET YOU!!!

NO WAY “JOSE”! I’LL GET YOU!

One of the reasons why Justin Mujica is such a stand out surfer is hisability to mix the old and new school of surfing.

O que faz de Justin Mujica tão bom surfista é o facto de conseguir conjugar o surf progressivo com as manobras mais clássicas.

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HE GOT ME, DAMN!

Vasco Ribeio, another final, another win.

Vasco Ribeiro, mais uma final, mais uma vitória.

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YEAH, TWO IN A ROW!

IT’S OVER?YES, UNFORTUNATELY!

WINNER KISS BIG BROTHER!HAVE TO GIVE YOU A

LITTLE BROTHER!THANK’S

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