Ben Skinner won today at Santo Amaro beach ETL title in classic conditions.
More info and fotos soon.
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Sunday, 22 November 2009
Saturday, 21 November 2009
ETL Estoril Surf Festival Day 1 Results
Check-in tomorow at 8:00 in S Pedro Beach, folow it live at http://live.refreshtec.com/
Results Day 1 Statistics Day 1
Friday, 20 November 2009
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Next Event: Estoril Surf Festival in S. Pedro do Estoril
Event Information:
Inscriptions for ETL in S. Pedro will be at Surf Club between 17h 30m - 19h, November 20th
Event fee - €50
ETL / ESF membership - €35
Sunday, 15 November 2009
ETL Bouznika Morroco 09 - Edouard Delpero WINS
ETL Tour third stop just finished in Bouznika with great Waves and sunny weather.
2nd - Antoine Delpero - FRA
3rd - Sam Beakley - UK
3rd - Ben Skinner - UK
More info Soon
Monday, 9 November 2009
ETL FARO Results and Ranking
ETL FourOceans 09 Results ETL Tour Ranking After Faro
Antoine Delperro claims fratricidal Finale at Four Oceans ETL event #2 in Faro, Algarve.
FARO, November 8th 2009
In testing 2 ft wind-wrecked waves, 2009 I.S.A World Champ Antoine Delperro got the best out of his young sibling, Edouard, in their first ever man on man final.
40 log riders came back from all over Europe to beautiful Barrinhas beach in Faro for the third consecutive year that the Surf Clube de Faro and his dynamic representant, Manuel « Necas » Mestre, organized a European event.
Standouts of the events were French superstars Antoine Delperro and goofy footers Damien Castera and Remy Arauzo, combining radical moves to stylish noserides on the left handers, getting 8 of the 10 best heat results of the contest.
The biggest surprising upset happened in Round 4, seeing the early loss of U.K’s Ben Skinner, E.T.L 2007 Champion and winner of the starting event of the season in Vieux boucau in September, eventually losing his ticket to the man on man semis to Reunion Island Aurelien Meynieux.
In semi final number 2, Remy Arauzo, E.T.L 2008 Champion, lost by a narrow margin to Edouard Delperro and got his second 3rd place result of the 2009 season.
The 30 minutes final took place at lunch time, oposing french wunderkid Antoine Delperro to his gifted 4 years younger brother Edouard. The siblings were stoked to make the final together, and there was strictly no hasseling between the two happy brothers, just sharing waves and trying to get the best out of the difficult conditions, after surfing 3 rounds earlier in the morning.
Antoine got the best, longest waves and won this final with authority, scoring a solid 14.8 points out of possible 20, leaving his little brother alone outside in the dying minutes, not able to better his 11.5 points.
Young runner-up Edouard states : « I’m so stoked i got through all the way to the final, and sharing this with only my brother in the line-up, it’s just the icing on the cake, i couldn’t be happier ! »
« It’s a shame the waves were not better because this event would have been just perfect, joking at the line-up with my little brother during our first ever final heat, man, i’m over the moon !! » Antoine says « i couldn’t make it to the event in Vieux Boucau because i was stuck abroad for a photoshooting, so i’m really glad i can go back in the Title Run this season, i’m frothing to go to Morocco !!»
ETL 09 ranking number 2, Rémy Arauzo, is amped for the next 3 stars events in Morocco and Estoril : « Of course i’m a little disapointed by these consecutive 3rd place finishes, but i’m really confident for the rest of the season, i’ve just had a good result in Maldives for the W.L.T and my boards work perfectly, so i don’t see no reason not to perform my best in these two next events. I have my Title and there’s no way i’m gonna let it slip from my fingers. »
Next stop will be the following week end in Bouznika, 40 km South of Rabat, Morocco, on a perfect right pointbreak. Swell is on its way, the Tour is on !!!
On behalf of the European Surfing Federation, thanks to all the good people and staff at Surf Clube de Faro, Necas, all the sponsors and hands who helped to make this event possible. Getting better year after year !!
Muito Obrigado, vemo-nos no próximo ano !
Enjoy life and keep surfing
Julien “Vico” Hamel
Wednesday, 9 September 2009
U.K Longboard superstar Ben Skinner claims event title at Vieux Boucau, 2009 E.T.L first stop.
Vieux Boucau, France, (Sunday September 6th) :
Ben « Skindog » Skinner claimed last week-end in France his first victory of the season on the 2009 European Tour of Longboard. In perfect 3’ to 5’ foot hollow left handers, the former 2007 ETL Champion and recently 3rd in the World at the I.S.A in Costa Rica was in impressive form througout all the event, scoring a ridiculous heat average of 16,5 points (out of possible 20).
Opposed to French style master Damien Castera (Bayonne, 26 years old), « Skindog » just destroyed every waves, melting his powerful backhand assaults with endless noserides. Damien, the smooth goofy footer from the French Basque Country, tried his best to get back to the first place during the 30 minutes final, but got outscored, even with an impressive 16,50pts at the end of his heat. Ending runner-up, The French log rider secured his best carreer result so far, after a 4th place last year at the Biscarosse ETL. « i’m really glad i made it to the final today. We’re not that used to compete in man on man heats here, but i’m really happy with this result, i felt confident and really enjoyed to finaly surf a left-hander this perfect on the E.T.L, as most of the time i have to compete on my backhand. I’ve been trying to release pressure during my heats and have more fun, and the good scores were coming so i’m really stoked ! »
For the first time since the beginning of the European Longboard Tour, the man on man format was used from the semis, allowing the contestants to get closer to the situations they have to live when on the LQS or WLT events. The large audience, gathered on the beach were applauding and cheering every scores and really appreciated the man on man show, easier to understand, especially on this kind of spectacular waves.
Equal 3rds were French sensations Alexis Deniel (Vieux Boucau ETL 08 Champion) and local hero Rémy « Shawn » Arauzo (2008 ETL Champion, 5th in the last ISA Costa Rica World Surfing Games). Both surfed really good heats in the pumping left-handers, but eventually ended short, even with more than 15 points out of possible 20 on their score sheets. Both surfers are serious threats for the Title, and these 3rd places are definitely keepers for the final rankings, after the Estoril event final (Portugal, 20-22nd of November)
For Skinner, everything seems to fit perfectly in this mid-season :
« I’m over the moon right now »…says Skinner… « it’s been such an amazing start for me this season, first in April with the ASP Europe title, then the WLT in Japan, my results back home and then this 3rd in Costa Rica and now a win ! I do feel great and confident in my heats, my boards just work great, i just feel good ! » About the next part of the season, the British states « I’m really looking forward for these next few months, first the Eurosurf in Jersey, then the final stop of the WLT in the Maldives, and then the last three stops of the European Tour in Portugal and Morocco ! It feels really great to travel with all the guys on the Tour, we’re like this big travelling family and it’s just perfect to share our time together and to be all in this perfect family vibes. All my congratulations to Damien (Castera) who really improved this year, he surfed an amazing week-end and he’s really dangerous in heats right now ! »
The next E.T.L stops will all happen in November, first in Faro (Algarve – Portugal), for a 2 stars event, before heading to North Morocco (Bouznika, 3 stars) and the dramatic final event will be, as usual, in Estoril (North Lisbon, 3 stars).
So still a long way to go for our riders, the E.T.L season just begun and the longboard level already seems to be going off the roof !
On behalf of the European Surfing Federation, another time, big thanks to the event organization, the Vieux Boucau Surf Club and all the sponsors.
Keep surfing
Julien « Vico » Hamel
Ben « Skindog » Skinner claimed last week-end in France his first victory of the season on the 2009 European Tour of Longboard. In perfect 3’ to 5’ foot hollow left handers, the former 2007 ETL Champion and recently 3rd in the World at the I.S.A in Costa Rica was in impressive form througout all the event, scoring a ridiculous heat average of 16,5 points (out of possible 20).
Opposed to French style master Damien Castera (Bayonne, 26 years old), « Skindog » just destroyed every waves, melting his powerful backhand assaults with endless noserides. Damien, the smooth goofy footer from the French Basque Country, tried his best to get back to the first place during the 30 minutes final, but got outscored, even with an impressive 16,50pts at the end of his heat. Ending runner-up, The French log rider secured his best carreer result so far, after a 4th place last year at the Biscarosse ETL. « i’m really glad i made it to the final today. We’re not that used to compete in man on man heats here, but i’m really happy with this result, i felt confident and really enjoyed to finaly surf a left-hander this perfect on the E.T.L, as most of the time i have to compete on my backhand. I’ve been trying to release pressure during my heats and have more fun, and the good scores were coming so i’m really stoked ! »
For the first time since the beginning of the European Longboard Tour, the man on man format was used from the semis, allowing the contestants to get closer to the situations they have to live when on the LQS or WLT events. The large audience, gathered on the beach were applauding and cheering every scores and really appreciated the man on man show, easier to understand, especially on this kind of spectacular waves.
Equal 3rds were French sensations Alexis Deniel (Vieux Boucau ETL 08 Champion) and local hero Rémy « Shawn » Arauzo (2008 ETL Champion, 5th in the last ISA Costa Rica World Surfing Games). Both surfed really good heats in the pumping left-handers, but eventually ended short, even with more than 15 points out of possible 20 on their score sheets. Both surfers are serious threats for the Title, and these 3rd places are definitely keepers for the final rankings, after the Estoril event final (Portugal, 20-22nd of November)
For Skinner, everything seems to fit perfectly in this mid-season :
« I’m over the moon right now »…says Skinner… « it’s been such an amazing start for me this season, first in April with the ASP Europe title, then the WLT in Japan, my results back home and then this 3rd in Costa Rica and now a win ! I do feel great and confident in my heats, my boards just work great, i just feel good ! » About the next part of the season, the British states « I’m really looking forward for these next few months, first the Eurosurf in Jersey, then the final stop of the WLT in the Maldives, and then the last three stops of the European Tour in Portugal and Morocco ! It feels really great to travel with all the guys on the Tour, we’re like this big travelling family and it’s just perfect to share our time together and to be all in this perfect family vibes. All my congratulations to Damien (Castera) who really improved this year, he surfed an amazing week-end and he’s really dangerous in heats right now ! »
The next E.T.L stops will all happen in November, first in Faro (Algarve – Portugal), for a 2 stars event, before heading to North Morocco (Bouznika, 3 stars) and the dramatic final event will be, as usual, in Estoril (North Lisbon, 3 stars).
So still a long way to go for our riders, the E.T.L season just begun and the longboard level already seems to be going off the roof !
On behalf of the European Surfing Federation, another time, big thanks to the event organization, the Vieux Boucau Surf Club and all the sponsors.
Keep surfing
Julien « Vico » Hamel
Tuesday, 8 September 2009
Ben Skinner Longboard Eurocup Champion
Ben Skinner is the winner of the Longboard Euro cup first stop of the ETL 2009.
Ben Skinner (UK) beat Damien Castera (FRA) in an epic Final on the perfect waves of Vieux Boucaux.
The local longboarder and former Etl Champion Remy Arauzo (FRA) and Alexis Deniel (FRA) got equal 3th.
This event was organized by the Vieux Boucaux Surf Club that made a brilliant job.
More Details Soon.
Ben Skinner (UK)
Damien Castera(FRA)
Ben Skinner (UK)
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