Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro

photo by Jorge Matreno

WELCOME TOCAIXA GERAL DE DEPOSITOS

PENICHE PROO C T O B E r , 0 5 - 0 7 2 0 1 2S T O P V o f L I G A M E O P R O S U R F

THE FOG WAS HIDDING A BAD REALITY...photo by Jorge Matreno

the road to supertubos is unforgetable! Hitting the road before dawn will ensure that you will watch some of the most mind bog-gling sunrises you will ever see, hidden between the mist. But what make the journey even more enjoyable is the fact that you’ll have butterflies in your stomach all the way, specially if you are on your way to the world renowned beach break of Supertubos.Supertubos was the spot for the last event of the tour and al-though a national champion was already decided, the fact that the contest was on that spot made for a perfect finish of the Meo Pro Surf League.The first day of most events seemed destined not to have a lot of waves. It happened at the TVI Cascais Pro, the second stop of the league, and it would happen again at the Meo Figueira Pro and in Peniche for the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro!But the second day had some swell and it didn’t stop until the end, when Nicolau Von Rupp secured his first win of the year!

O CAMINHO PARA PENICHE E INESQUECIVEL! Arrancar de noite irá garan-tir-te alguns dos nascer-do-sol mais alucinantes pois o rei astro rompe o dia pelo meio de uma densa nebelina. Mas o que torna este caminho mais inesquecível é o facto de ires o caminho todo com “borboletas” no estomâgo principalmente se vais para Su-pertubos, o mundialmente famoso beachbreak português.Foi esta praia que recebeu a última etapa da Liga Meo Pro Surf (LMPS). Apesar do campeão já estar definido, os tubos de Su-pertubos são razão suficiente para a obrigatória emoção de um desfecho de ano competitivo perfeito!Parece que o primeiro dia da LMPS de 2012 estava destinado a ser um dia quase sem ondas. Aconteceu no TVI Cascais Pro, a segunda etapa do ano, e na penúltima, o Meo Figueira Pro, e, infelizmente, iria acontecer em Supertubos, no Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro!Mas, no segundo dia, o swell entrou e, tal como este não parou de bombar ondas perfeitas, também Nicolau Von Rupp não pa-rou até garantir a sua primeira vitória na LMPS de 2012!

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On the sand everything was ready for...

...the B E G I N I N G !

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The judges windows were C L E AN so...

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photo by Jorge Matreno...they could see the amazing Supertubos barrels!

The SU R F E R S - like Marlon Lipke - and the camera man were also ready!photo by onfiresurfmag.com

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After a win, Ruben Gonzalez loves to show his T ONGU E .No, he doesn’t has Maori roots, it’s just his thing.

Gonzalez also loves to take a lot of his quiver to Super-tubos but for sure he didn’t expected to have to use his

custom made board for really small waves.photo by onfiresurfmag.com

SU P E R T U BOS WAS A LMOS T SU P E R F L A T . . . A LMOS T ! O primeiro dia de prova teve algumas das condições mais difíceis entre todas as etapas mas para Ruben Gonzalez foi só mais um dia tranquilo no escritório! || The first day of the event had some of the hardest conditions of thewhole tour. But to Ruben Gonzalez it was just anotherday at the office!

Any surfer will release the P R E S SU R E after winning a heat in one foot waves. Nuno Silva, Pe-niche local, letting the steam go out, while a couple enjoy a walk with no pressure at all!photo by Jorge Matreno

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“Super barrels? I W I S H !!! Super small waves instead but round 1 is done and I’ve won my heat. Yes, it’s over for today my darling!”, João Guerra phone update already with one hand

in the relax zone! His entire body followed the hand after he hang up!photo by onfiresurfmag.com

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E N D of day 1...

photo by Jorge Matreno...and, hopefully, the small waves jinx!

When the sun came up for day 2...

photo by Jorge Matreno...Supertubos was P UMP I N G . And so it did until the end!

Nicolau Von Rupp’s SU P E R S T I T I O U S movements were on:“if I can touch my foot toes I can do anything, like winning this!”


NO SU P E R S T I T I On I N VO L V E D H E R E ! Na etapa anterior o backside de Nicolau Von Rupp garantiu-lhe a maior parte das notas altas. Nos Super teve de ir buscar essas notas às esquerdas com tubos profundos como este. || In the previous event Nicolau Von Rupp “found” most of his big scores on the lefts. But at Peniche he had to chase his high scores in lefthand tubes like this.photo by Jorge Matreno

A P E E K I N T H E F I NA L DA Y ! Nos quartos de final Filipe Jervis fez uma das grandes disputas do campeonato com Eduardo Fernandes por um lugar na fase seguinte. Manobras como esta ajudaram a chegar aos heats man-on-man. || In the quarter finals Filipe Jervis had a very close heat against Eduardo Fernandes but moves like this gave him the advantage.photo by Jorge Matreno

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T H E UND E R D O G ! André Faria foi ao longo do ano uma das grandes revelações. Quando começar a transformar o seu surf progressivo em pontuações altas vai ser muito perigoso. || André Faria was one of the most impressive up and coming surfers at the league and when he starts turning

his airs into big scores he will be really dangerous to his fellow competitors.photos by Jorge Matreno

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WHO ’ s WHO ? “Look, your twin brother is going mad!!! Is he you or are you him?”, Miguel Mouzinho asked to the Guichard brother standing by him.photo by onfiresurfmag.com

T H I S I S J OACK IM ! Ter os irmãos Guichard na Liga Meo Pro Surf é sempre bom, este snap potente de Joackim Guichard mostra porquê! || Having the Guichard bros at the league is always a

treat, this powerful snap by Joackim Guichard shows why!photo by Jorge Matreno

BA R R E L S O F F , A I R MOV E S ON ! A distância e ângulo não fazem justiça a este aéreo reverse que Zé Ferreira completou, mas foi uma das melhores manobras de toda a prova. || The distance and angle doesn’t do justice to this big air reverse by Zé Ferreira, but it was one of the best moves of the whole contest.photos by Jorge Matreno

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Y OUNG GUN !O nortenho Tomás Ferreira é um dos mais impressionantes surfis-

tas em ascensão do circuito e enquadrou-se bem nas ondas dos

Supertubos. || Tomás Ferreira, from Porto, is easily one of the

most impressive up and coming surfers in Portugal right now.



F R E E F A L L ! 2012 habilitava-se a ser um dos piores anos da carreira de João Guedes na Liga Meo Pro Surf. Tudo mudou em Peniche, pois quando está com a cabeça no sítio é difícil pará-lo! ||

2012 was about to become one of the worst years ever at the league for João Guedes. But in Pen-iche he turned it all around showing every one how good he is when his head is in the right place.

E X -WC T SU R F E R I N T H E HOUS E ! Marlon Lipke sur-fou de tal forma que deixou muitos a comen-

tar que uma vaga no WCT será novamente sua se quiser. As meias finais iludiram-no e, pela terceira vez consecutiva, acabou em 3º

lugar. || Marlon Lipke surfed with so much power that he left many wondering why he

doesn’t have a spot on the World Tour. But at the league the semis got the better of him three

times in a row, finishing again equal third.photos by Jorge Matreno

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V EN I , V I D I ( N O T ) V I C I . . . Gony Zubizarreta (d) chegou à praia comMiguel “Marcus Antonius” Mouzinho (e). Gony viu as ondas perfeitas,

mas, infelizmente, teve um heat “Brutus”, perdendo sem vencer a última etapa da Liga Meo Pro Surf. || Gony Zubizarreta (r) arrived with

Miguel “Marcus Antonius” Mouzinho (l). He saw the perfect Supertubos waves but unfortunatly he got a “Brutus” heat, losing without conquering

the Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro champion title!photos by Jorge Matreno

SOU T H POW E R . . . Um grande resultado que o coloque entre os 16 melhores de Portugal continua a iludir Francisco Canelas. Enquanto isso não acontece ele continua a proporcionar bons momen-tos. || The big result that would get Francisco Canelas into the top 16 hasn’t come yet but he keeps impressing the hell out of everyone with his big moves.photo by Jorge Matreno

W INN E R F AC E . . . Francisco Canelas has the funniest winner faces you’ll ever see!

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RU B EN A LWA Y S GO E S ! Grandes aéreos em ondas pequenas, grandes drops em ondas maiores,Ruben Gonzalez não tem falhas no seu repertório. || Big air on small waves, big drops on bigger waves, Ruben Gonzalez doesn’t have any flaws in his act!photo by Jorge Matreno

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GUN T IM E ! Ruben Gonzalez took the gun out, and caught the big-

gest wave of the contest...

“ W E SAW I T ” ...and these ladies saw and got all jumpy

and excited!

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T R U E H E A R T ! No one shows more of his true heart in Liga Meo Pro Surf than Alexandre Ferreira. If it’s an important heat and he wins he jumps, if he looses he... well you can see it here! photos by onfiresurfmag.com

“ W H E R E D I D I G O WRONG ? ” | T AK E 1 . . . for sure not João Kopke favourite song but for sure a question in his mind!

“ W H E R E D I D I G O WRONG ? ” | T AK E 2 . . . ask Supertubos local, Nuno Silva. “I really don´t know”,replys Francisco Rodrigues, ANS president.


What do you see? Perfect Supertubos? Yeah, but look closer...

photo by onfiresurfmag.com...It’s true, a D ENS E F O G came in and stoped the competition for a few hours!

Not even Peniche escaped...

photo by Jorge Matreno...to the dense but b e aU t i f u l f o g !

“Darling, do you like the new color of my nails?”...

photo by Jorge Matreno...“Who cares?!? I want to see the SU R F ! When will this fog leave?!?”

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F O G F UN | T AK E 1 . . . Edgar Nozes (l) and Tomás Valente (r) stole Eduardo Fernandes board. Tomás did de “look, no hands” fun joke...

F O G F UN | T AK E 2 ...and then did the “look, one hand only” joke! We didn´t laugh (much) but they did!


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F O G F UN | T AK E 3 But we laughed like crazy mad men when we saw Francisco Alves wearing this girlie hat! This kid is with no doubt the best entertainer during an on hold situation!

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F O G F UN | T AK E 4 | T H E L I E We had some time to kill so we went to Nicolau Von Rupp and told him he was getting a Homer Simpson belly...

T H E D OU B T . . . “Are you guys serious? But I’ve been eating healthy food...”


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T H E D EN I A L . . . “No way, I’m fitter than ever!” T H E T R U T H . . . “Yeah, I knew all along you guys were joking!!! Now let me eat my salad sandwich.”

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R I S I N G F O G ! When the fog started to rise, it was the time for the surfers to the the same...photos by onfiresurfmag.com

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T IM E T O R I S E ...as well as the photographers guns that pointed down for a few (foggy) hours!

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RANDOM G EN E RA T I ON ! “Hummm, now that the contest has restarted, maybe no one notic-es that I’m a bit over the 25 year old mark and I can get my Moche cellphone card!”photos by Jorge Matreno

“Just go there and surf for your semi-final spot!”. Nuno Telmo COACH I N G Miguel Blanco!

“ I WAN T I T ” | T AK E 1 O Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro acabou por ser um resultado muito impor-tante para Miguel Blanco. Foi a única etapa em que conseguiu mostrar o seu melhor surf e assim garantiu uma vaga nas meias finais. || The Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro was a huge event for Miguel Blanco. It was the only time on the league this year that he really got his surfing together enough to make the semis.photo by Jorge Matreno

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E T E RNA L “M EMO I R E ” Joackim Guichard descobriu esta secção seca bem cedo neste dia de prova, abrindo as hostilidade no que toca a tubosprofundos. Infelizmente para ele, Nicolau foi mais forte, e Guichard perdeu o heat (nos quar-tos de final). Mas este tubo ninguém lhe tira da memória! || Joackim Guichard found thisdrainer early on the day and set the pace for tube time for the day. Unfortunatly for him, Nicolau’s backside attack was stronger and Guichard lost the heat. But this frontside tube will always stay in his memory!photo by Jorge Matreno

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B E S T CA R V EEsta foi uma das melhores

curvas de todo o evento mostrando ainda maisuma faceta do surf de

Eduardo Fernandes, o surf de rail. || This was one of

the best turns of the event,showing yet another

hidden talent fromMr. Eduardo Fernandes,

his rail surfing.photo by Jorge Matreno

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T H E “ F A I L E D ” ANSW E R Zé Ferreira fez um campeonato impecável em Peniche até ser surpreendido por João Guedes. Como resposta Zé deu este tubo, mas não foi suficiente. || Zé Ferreira was in great form in Peniche but a huge score by João Guedes took him out. He tried to respond with this tube, but it wasn’t enough.photo by Jorge Matreno

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HAND U P ! “One down, two more winner shakas to go ahah!”photo by Jorge Matreno

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HANDS DOWN ! O surf de Nicolau Von Rupp estava mesmo no ponto em Peniche. Quando as secções ficava mais moles ele rodava o tail, garantindo boas pontuações em quase qualquer onda. || Nicolau Von Rupp’s surfing was just “on point” in Peniche. When the sections weren’t

hollow he would just let the tail loose, making good scores in any wave.photo by Jorge Matreno

WAV E MAGN E T ! Filipe Jervis adora tubos e é um íman de ondas perfei-tas. O resultado na altura em que estiveram as melhores condições do campeonato só podia ser este. Infelizmente, Marlon Lipke apanhou não um mais dois tubos perfeitos, vencedo o heat e qualificando-se pras as meias finais. || Filipe Jervis loves barrels and he his a wave magnet. The result had to be this: a perfect barrel in his heat against Marlon Lipke. Unfortunatly not enough for the victory, though, cause Marlon found to amazing barrels! photos by Jorge Matreno

E V O L U T I ON A evolução de Diogo Appleton ao longo da LMPS foi impres-sionante. Este momento (observado pelo seu pai) prova que poderá estar entre os 16 melhores. || Diogo Appleton’s evolution throughout the tour was quite impressive and this move shows that he could be on the top 16.photo by Jorge Matreno

BOO T S A F F A I R Appleton loves his boots ‘cause he loves his feet.


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Y OU W I L L A LWA Y S S E E T H I S I N SU P E R T U BOS ! Perfect waves, broken boards (in this case,Filipe Jervis), and camera man (in this case, Melvin Lipke, Marlon’s young brother). photos by Jorge Matreno (wave) | onfiresurfmag.com

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ON E L AS T L OOK | PA R T 1 João Guedes gives a last look at the conditions before paddling out!photos by Jorge Matreno

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ON E L AS T L OOK | PA R T 2 Miguel Mouzinho gives one last look to Supertubos before driving to the south. He lost in the

quarters but ended up 2012 as the best Algarve surferin the portuguese tour.


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ON E L AS T L OOK | PA R T 3 Before warming his knees, Miguel Blanco ran in the sand but never took his eyes out of the line up to check where the perfect waves were. Just like you, that we know you can´t take your eyes of the perfect babe laying in the sand.photos by onfiresurfmag.com

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“ I WAN T I T ” | T AK E 2 A maior parte das notas altas de Miguel Blanco foram de backside. Sempre que a onda permitiu,

este surfista soltou o tail e misturou muito power. O resultado foi um lugar na meia-

final, um lugar no top16 e uma vaga nos trials da etapa do World Tour. || Getting most of this big scores on this backside, Miguel Blanco pushed the tail out a few

times, mixing it with some powerful spray, making the semi final, the top 16 and at the same time saving a spot at the WCT trials.

“ F _CK HOW I WAN T E D I T ! ! ! ” And he got it!



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T H E MATH ! Francisco Rodrigues (r) tells the good news (to Nuno Telmo (l), Blanco’s coach) and the bad news to Tomás Fernandes...

CONG RA T S ! “Congrats Blancofor making the semi-finals...”

T H E CON F RON TA T I ON ! “You took Tomás place at the WCT Trials”, explains Telmo. “What have you done to me?!?”, ask Tomás...

S P R E A D I N G T H E L O V E !“C’mon, you know Ididn’t do it on purpose!I’ll give you a tight hugh!”


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CONG RA T S ! “Congrats Blancofor making the semi-finals...”

T H E O T H E R GOO D N EWS ! Telmo wispers the other good news: “You’ve made it to the WCT Trials.”

S P R E A D I N G T H E L O V E !“C’mon, you know Ididn’t do it on purpose!I’ll give you a tight hugh!”

T H E HA P P Y EN D I N G ! Tomás Fernandes gives a lovely face “spank” to Blanco - “No worries buddy, I’ll get you next year!” -, and Telmoenjoys the Happy Ending with a huge smile!

G E T TN G D I Z Z Y ! Eduardo Fernandes é visto por muitos como uma máquina de competir mas o que ele é na verdade é um dos mais completos surfistas do nosso país, air reverse de back-side. || Eduardo Fernandes is seen by many as a competition machine, but after seeing him make this big air reverse you can’t consider him anything other than a “shred” machine.photos by Jorge Matreno

P R E D I C T I N G T H E F U T U R E “You’ll punt a backside air”, says Edgar Nozes (l) to Eduardo Fernandes (r).photo by Jorge Matreno

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SU P E R T U BOS WAS ON ! ! ! Para quem estivesse esquecido que João Guedes é um dos “top dogs” do nosso país, este nortenho fez questão de relembrar o tipo de surf que o levou ao topo do rank-ing em 2009. || In Peniche João Guedes got seriously barreled but also showed the type of surfing that gave him the portuguese national title back in 2009.photo by onfiresurfmag.com

MOV E S W E R E ON ! Ninguém queria mais, ou precisava mais, de uma vitória nesta etapa queZé Ferreira, mas por mais power que metesse nos seus snaps o seu destino não era o

primeiro lugar. || Nobody wanted or needed to win the event more than Zé Ferreirabut despite some powerful turns it was not meant to be.


T H I C K L I P ! As condições deste dia de prova favoreciam o surf de Alexandre Ferreira, mas o veterano do circuito acabou vítima da falta de mais tubos como este. || Alexandre Ferreira looked pretty stoked with the conditions but the veteran couldn’t find more tube sections like this.photo by Jorge Matreno

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When SU P E R T U BOS is perfect and the best are in the water...

photo by onfiresurfmag.com...surfers keep arriving no matter the hour of the day!

“ WA T CH T H I S ” ! Marlon Lipke, que estava com um nível altíssimo em Peniche, mostra o seu power surf ao seu adversário. O surf compacto de Marlon fez dele o principal candidato para levar para casa a última taça da Liga Meo Pro Surf. || Marlon Lipke looked on point in Peniche and his precise surfing - that his opponent saw in the first row - made him the main contender to take home the last stop on the Meo Pro Surf League.photo by onfiresurfmag.com

S TAND I N G ( A LMOS T ) T A L L O à vontade que Filipe Jervis mostrou nos tubos dos Supertubos provou que é um dos mais completos surfistas portugueses, nada que não soubessemos. || Filipe Jervis was pretty much at ease in the tube sections of Supertubos, proving he is one of the most effective portuguese surfers in any type of waves.photo by Jorge Matreno

T H E P E R F O RM E R ! Nos quartos-de-final, Zé Ferreira meteu o surf high performance em acção, e passou o heat em primeiro sem dar hipóteses a ninguém! || In the quarter finals, Zé Ferreira used his high performance surf to go through in first place!photo by Jorge Matreno

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HANDS DOWN ! João Guedes é facilmente o me-lhor tube rider a norte de Peniche e um dos me-

lhores do país. Este tubo garantiu-lhe o lugar na final, por isso tinha de haver claim!

|| Easily the best tube rider north of the Peniche area (all the way into Spain), João Guedes

got a place in the final with this barrel.And that’s why he claimed it with a “wanna

hear the note” claim!photos by Jorge Matreno

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CO L D SHOW E R !Nicolau Von Rupp met his final oppo-

nent when he was in the shower and saw

João Guedes’s barrel!

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But before the men final...

...a few G I R L S !

H E L L O F A RUN ! Carina Duarte fez um campeonato exemplar mas na final, apesar de boas mano-bras, não encontrou as melhores ondas, acabando em quarto lugar. || Carina Duarte had a hell of a run during the contest. Unfortunatly, during the final, she didn’t find the best waves so she got the fourth place!photo by Jorge Matreno

T H E F U T U R E Teresa Bonvalot (up)and Constança Coutinho (down)

lost at the semi-finals but will makea lot of finals in the future for sure!


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T H E B I G G E S T WAV E ! Francisca Santosapanhou a maior onda da final e parecia que ia vencer mas no final foi surpreendi-da por Maria Abecasis. Escusado serádizer que Francisca não ficou muito feliz. || Francisca Santos caught the biggest wave of the final mas near the end lost to Maria Abecasis. Obvisouly she wasn’t very happy!photos by onfirsurfmag.com | Jorge Matreno (surf)

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T H E W I NN E R and L I G A M EO P RO SU R F 2 0 1 2 C HAMP I ON Maria Abecasis precisava de vencer para se sagrar campeã nacional pela segunda vez consecutiva. E foi bem perto do fim do derradeiro heat que conseguiu o primeiro lugar, acabando assim por vencer e, consequentemete, por revalidar o título de campeã da Liga Meo Pro Surf 2012. || Maria Abecasis needed to win if she wanted to become portuguese national champion. Near the end of the final she jumped to first and stayed there. When the “fat lady sang” she was the champion of Caixa Geral de Depósitos Peniche Pro as well as Liga Meo Pro Surf 2012 champion for the second time in a row. Congratulations!photos by onfirsurfmag.com | Jorge Matreno (surf)

the FINAL...

...IS ABOUT TO begIn!photo by Jorge Matreno


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T H E TWO F I NA L I S T S . . . Nicolau Von Rupp (l)and João Guedes (r)...

. . . H U G H E D strong. . . . . . H E L D HANDS . . .


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. . .but QU I C K L Y F O R GO T their love!. . . H E L D HANDS . . .

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( A LMOS T A ) P E R F E C T EN D ! João Guedes fez o seu melhor resultado em Peniche e, na final, ainda tirou um fotão dentro de água. Acabou por ficar em segundo lugar mas fechou o ano com chave de ouro! || João Guedes had his best result of 2012 in this last stop of Liga Meo Pro Surf. During the final he still managed to take a great water shot. He end up in second place, a great way to end the year!photo by Jorge Matreno

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T H E W I NN E RNicolau Von Rupp

tem surf paraganhar a Liga

Meo Pro Surf e se quiser muito esse título será seu em

2013. || Nicolau Von Rupp’s surfing

is good enough to take out the Meo Pro Surf League

title, andif the wants it

really bad he’llget it next year.


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