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Estoril Coast Pro

ASP 6-Star WQS Men's Event
Carcavelos Lisbon Portugal
21 - 26 October 2008

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6-Star Estoril Coast Pro set to go at Carcavelos Portugal      > Portuguese embaixo

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 October, 2008 : - - The Estoril Coast Pro is about to start, as it is the second six star event held in Portugal. Between October the 21st and the 26th, some of the best surfers in the world will take part in the most important WQS stage prior to the Hawaiian leg.

To the European surfers this will be their last chance to play the home advantage. Tim Boal has already guaranteed the qualification, but Marlon Lipke, Joan Duru and Glenn Hall still fight for an opportunity to join the top 45 surfers in the world.

The Portuguese star Tiago Pires is still fighting in two fronts, has a member of the top 45 surfers. He is still fighting for a place on the WCT and the WQS. This championship will be one of his last chances to get a good result before going to Hawaii.

For the Portuguese fans this will be the last opportunity to watch their best surfer ever, surfing in a competition live this year. The championship will be held at Estoril. Carcavelos will receive the main site, and Guincho will be the back up site.

Phillip Macdonald will be returning to Portugal, where he just won the six star stage last August. After that result he has a strong chance to get to the main tour again. After a one year hiatus, he has still some bad results to throw away, is aiming for another good result in Portugal.

One of the wildcards for this event will be Frederico Morais, one of Ericeira Surf Shop’s team riders, sponsor of this event; which will give this surfer the opportunity to start the event in the later stages. This will be a good experience for one of the best Portuguese young surfers, to do battle in an important championship in his local beach.

For António Pedro and Alfarroba Ideias e Eventos, this championship represents an enormous effort, only possible with the unconditional support of all the sponsors. This event can be, in the future, the reference for all surfing competitions in Portugal, because it’s held near the country’s biggest urban area and capital, Lisbon, witch gives tremendous visibility to the championship:

“This event is important for many reasons, the first is the opportunity given to national surfers to, more than once a year, see and compete against some of the best surfers in the world; they will be surfing at home, which is an advantage; it will also be an event held near a big urban area, which is new, mainly compared with the other six star we do in Portugal, in this championship we will get literally into peoples lives.”

For these reasons, all attention will be focused on Estoril, where the ESTORIL COAST PRO, is expected to present excellent performances, in this key score event for some of the world’s best surfers, aiming to achieve their goals.

The ESTORIL COAST PRO is strongly sponsored by Turismo de Portugal/Estoril, along with Câmara Municipal de Cascais (Cascais City Hall), and Ericeira Surf Shop. Sponsors like Nokia, B!, Tmn and Jeep also provide huge support.

This competition is organized by Alfarroba, with help from Sapo.pt, Pólen Surfboards, Fonte Viva, LG Computers, Konica Minolta, Red Bull, Vitaminas, Hotel Praia Mar and ASP Europe – Association of Surfing Professionals.

To help on the event’s diffusion, organization counts with extra help from radio MegaFm, newspaper Destak, tv channel Sport Tv, tv programme Zona Radical, websites Surf.Sapo.Pt, Conquilha.com and magazines FreeSurf and Bit.

www.aspeurope.com  
www.estorilcoastpro.com

 

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Linha do Estoril Acolhe a Última Etapa Europeia do WQS

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 16 October, 2008 : - - O Estoril Coast Pro, a última etapa em solo europeu do World Qualifying Series (WQS), começa já no próximo dia 21 de Outubro na Praia de Carcavelos. Berço do surf nacional, Carcavelos, foi com toda a justiça o local escolhido para acolher este campeonato mundial de grande prestígio, que tem uma classificação de 6 estrelas, o que proporciona, naturalmente, a presença dos melhores atletas do mundo da modalidade.

Para alguns dos surfistas em prova, esta será uma etapa decisiva para atingir a qualificação no WQS ou garantir a manutenção no WCT. Este é o caso de Tiago Pires, que necessita de um bom resultado para evitar que a decisão, quanto ao seu futuro, fique dependente das últimas provas no Havai.

Também para Marlon Lipke, campeão em título do ESTORIL COAST PRO, esta etapa é preponderante para atingir os seus objectivos. O surfista luso-germânico, encontra-se actualmente na 6ª posição do ranking do WQS, apenas a um passo de garantir a sua entrada na 1ª divisão do surf mundial na próxima temporada.

Ruben Gonzalez, João Guedes e Miguel Ximenez são outros nomes nacionais em prova, que ainda lutam para conquistar uma posição no WQS que lhes permita atacar este circuito em 2009 numa situação de maior vantagem. Para os locais da linha do Estoril, Alexandre Ferreira e Edgar Nozes, esta será uma excelente ocasião para mostrarem o seu surf, num local que tão bem conhecem e dominam.

Frederico Morais participa este ano, pela primeira vez, numa etapa WQS de 6 estrelas. Esta oportunidade surge do convite de um dos patrocinadores do evento, a Ericeira Surf Shop, que assim aposta num dos seus jovens para que adquira uma maior experiência neste tipo de competições.

 “Estou muito motivado pois estou a surfar em casa, na minha praia. Com sorte até mudamos para o Guincho que é local onde eu faço surf mais vezes! Quero pensar bateria a bateria, mostrar o meu surf e ir o mais longe possível neste campeonato” referiu Frederico após ser convocado.

Para António Pedro, administrador da Alfarroba Ideias e Eventos “é muito importante o elevado número de participações de atletas nacionais, muitos deles locais da linha e portanto conhecedores das condições em que o campeonato se irá desenrolar. As minhas expectativas não podiam ser melhores, já que neste local temos das melhores ondas do país”.

O ESTORIL COAST PRO é principalmente patrocinado pelo Turismo de Portugal/Estoril, pela Câmara Municipal de Cascais, e pela Ericeira Surf Shop. A seu lado, apostam também a Nokia, B!, Tmn e Jeep. Esta prova é uma realização da Alfarroba, com os apoios do Sapo.pt, Pólen Surfboards, Fonte Viva, LG Computers, Konica Minolta, Red Bull, Vitaminas, Hotel Praia Mar e ASP Europe – Association of Surfing Professionals.

Para ajudar na divulgação, contamos com a importante ajuda da rádio MegaFm, do jornal Destak, da Sport Tv, do programa Zona Radical, dos websites Surf.Sapo.Pt, Conquilha.com e revistas FreeSurf e Bit.

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