With Chilean big-wave spot Punta de Lobos as home base, Cristian Merello was right at home on the thick Nazaré peaks at the first-ever Nazaré Challenge. The goofyfooter earned the highest score of his Round One heat when he outran a series of growling A-frames. Hawaiian Trevor Carlson and Portuguese native Antonio Silva, meanwhile, also posted impressive performances and moved through to the Semis with Merello.
