Watch: Leo, Frederico, and Kanoa

Stu Nettle (stunet)
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With clean swell and icy wind, Leo, Frederico, and Kanoa sat among the pack at Portugal's premier pointbreak, each nabbing multiple barrels.

Comments

Bungan33 Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 09:09 am new

Holy shit.....looked like God* woke up and decided to mash together a Portuguese version of Angourie, Snapper and Winki....

*There is no god, but the words felt right....

Plasticspastic Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 10:07 am new

Such a sick wave. I spent half a season in that area, and got it pumping. unforgiving, heavy but oh so sweet when you get a good one..
Locals were epic, ripped hard got the best waves but if you behaved you got waves.. if you didn't behave you pretty much got no waves after the infraction...

Gowsa Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 11:18 am new

Why cant they hold the contest there instead of Stupid Tubos
So many great waves in that area.

Nick Bone Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 12:17 pm new

Whats the catch? Super shacks and very reasonable crowd.

Looks like heaps of waves in that area on maps

Chipper Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 02:09 pm new

What a great wave and epic day!!!

tango Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 03:13 pm new

Waves don't get much better than that. Had it pumping like that in 96. Amazing.

How's that barrel at 2:47......whoa.

Robwilliams Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 03:53 pm new

Pumping

Island Bay Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 06:34 pm new

Leo wins.

clif Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 06:52 pm new

Good luck getting a wave out there hahahaha

bluediamond Wednesday, 30 Mar 2022 at 07:21 pm new

Insane. Hard to imagine a more perfect wave.

andy-mac Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 10:23 am new

Sik!!!
Surfed it in 95 a few times, had it good but not that good!!!

Craig Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 01:11 pm new

That's as good as it gets! Hands down.

t-diddy Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 03:56 pm new

fukn pumpinnnnnngggg

SI Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 10:28 pm new

Right size right angle right wind right swell, oh wow so beautiful, one of those waves that keeps staying open, enjoy guys…some very nice surfing too, when it’s that good you can really stop trying and just enjoy surfing- didn’t look like a disrespectful crowd- nice to see

ringmaster Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 10:37 pm new

Great neck of the woods for quality surf. Spent time there in 1988 but never saw the reef that good. It was already a renowned and fairly localised wave back then.

wally Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 10:48 pm new

I don’t know the spot. As to why they don’t hold the WSL there, they say there are these epic Portuguese waves, but they are often very tide dependent. You can’t hold WSL events at a wave that is maybe great for 3 hours. It has got to be at a spot that is potentially good for 8 continuous hours.

ringmaster Thursday, 31 Mar 2022 at 11:02 pm new

Right on.

Thats why they had to drop Mundaka.

pinky_bits Monday, 4 Apr 2022 at 02:10 am new

France has some of the biggest tides in the world - as far as surf spots are concerned - yet the WSL doesn't seem concerned there. They'll be lucky to get 5/6 hours at G Land if they get a Speedies swell. If somewhere is going to cook for even 1hour in the contest window they should at least run a heat.