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European Longboarders and Juniors to Launch their 2018 Season in Espinho.
Nicolas Leroy
A regular stop on the European Junior tour for the past four years, Espinho will take over its neighbor Gaia's longboard division in 2018 and host both events in a ten-day surfing meet with the Old Continent's best athletes.
Longboarders will take it to the lineup first at the Men's and Women's Longboard Pro Espinho on the opening weekend and have to adapt to the new location. For the past two years, they've been competing just up the road, a mere twelve kilometers North and will now join the main scene in Espinho, where a big structure in the city's heart brings much larger crowds to the show.
An international field will most likely show up once again and Europe's best will lead the way, with the Delpero brothers Antoine and Edouard as well as multi-European champion Alice Lemoigne expected to take command.
The juniors, understand under-18 surfers, will own the lineup from the Wednesday onwards for the Men's and Women's Junior Pro Espinho, for a fifth edition of the Portuguese event. And with a lot of the past champions already graduated to the Qualifying Series, the door is wide open for a new generation of talents to swoop in and make their mark on the 2018 European season.
The beach breaks of praia de Baia have consistently delivered super fun conditions with clean A-frame peaks and the potential for an epic right-hander off the main break wall if a large swell presents itself.
Tune in from March 17-24, 2018 and check out all the photos, videos and updates right here!
Erwan Blouin
The QS3,000 Rip Curl Pro Anglet runs through the last four-surfer heats rounds to decide the event's Quarterfinalists at Chambre d'Amour.
The Rip Curl Pro Anglet gets underway and completes the men's Rounds of 128 and 96 in fun waves at Chambre d'Amour
The Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest resumes and this time waves start to pump.
The Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest powers through the men's second round in difficult small conditions.
The Cabreiroá Pro Las Americas continues with 11 heats of men's RD3 in which Frenchmen Tim Bisso, Maxime Huscenot and Thomas Debierre make
Junior Pro Espinho
Check out a selection of images from last year's events in Espinho, Portugal.
Fantastic morning surf and blustery finals from Praia de Baia as the Junior Pro Espinho crowns Mathis Crozon and Melania Suarez Diaz as the
France's next big hope for the QS (and possibly the CT) applies mature approach to changing moods of Espinho - Melania Suarez Diaz steady
Praia de Baia delivers with the lion's share of the day going to the girls
Action heats up in deteriorating conditions as final block of competitors eye finals slots