It’s been years since I’ve made the mission to the Mentawaiis. I was so fortunate to return and stay at HT Resort. Rallied a few friends and got to share some moments at Hollow Trees we’ve been dreaming of! – Coco
Featured Surfers:
Zoe McDougall
Saxon Reber
Liam Turner
Malibu is the most iconic and revered break in all of longboard surfing. Housed in history and home to timeless style, it’s the perfect spot to host the final event on tour – the Cuervo Classic Malibu Longboard Championship presented by O’Neill. With the title on the line, the top surfers including Ben Skinner descend on First Point to end the year in style and decide the 2022 Longboard World Champions. Watch live October 4-5 on worldsurfleague.com
Anchor Point reelers
Photo WSL / LAURENT MASUREL
THE EUROPEAN RIP CURL GROMSEARCH FINAL 2022 will be held in Taghazout (Morocco) the February 17th, 18th and 19th 2023!
At the same time Grom Searchs in Brazil, Australia, Indonesia, South Africa, New Zealand, USA and Europe will take place leading to an International Final which traditionally takes place “Somewhere” in spring.
The Rip Curl GromSearch is a real hotbed of young talent, having uncovered future World Champions such as Stephanie Gilmore (8 times World Champion and current world #1 in women’s surfing), the Brazilian prodigy and WSL 2014, 2018 and 2021 World Champion Gabriel Medina, and many others.
Qualified surfers for the European Final 2022 are
Spain:
Hans Odriozola Boy U16
Saioa Ortega Girl U16
Dylan Donegan Boy U14
Adriana Hidalgo Girl U14
Alvaro Casanova Boy U12
Carla Morera Girl U12
France:
Kalani Giraud Boy U16
Lilo Mazoyer Girl U16
Esteban Coucoulis-Lapierre Boy U14
Clémence Schorsch Girl U14
Matthew Maurin-Lignière Boy U12
Lee-Ann Boudine Girl U12
UK:
Fynn Gillespie Boy U16
Belle Betteridge Girl U16
Heath Gillespie Boy U14
Bethan Davies Girl U14
Harvey Waters Boy U12
Josie Hawke Girl U12
Portugal:
Matias Canhoto Boy U16
Maria Salgado Girl U16
Jaime Veselko Boy U14
Miriam Julia Girl U14
Francisco Santos Boy U12
Suri Rodrigues Girl U12
The Rip Curl European Final will take place this time in Morocco at the world class and epic waves of ANCHOR POINT in Taghazout Bay which will be incredible experience for the best Europeans Groms, and a great opportunity to discover a new country, a beautiful culture, and test the best surf conditions to get a chance to become the Best Groms Surfer in Europe.
WIN A WILDCARD FOR THE GRAND FINAL WITH THE RIP CURL GROMSEARCH ONLINE EVENT !
For the other European countries where the Rip Curl Gromsearch didn’t take place in 2022 the Groms will have the opportunity to win a spot straight to the European Final by submitting 2 videos of their 2 best waves (one right/one left). 6 spots are up for grabs, 2 per age categories (boys & girls).
Starting today until the 31st of October 2022, share your best two waves by clicking on this link : https://clippero.com/ripcurl_europe
Rip Curl is partnering with the most experienced European judges, already keen to check out and score your best moves and style as well as the Rip Curl European Team riders such as Teresa Bonvalot, Justin Becret, Kyllian Guerin, Miguel Blanco, Gearoid Mc Daid.
So, no matter what this season again, Groms from across Europe will have their chance to qualify to the European GromSearch Final and in a bid for glory!
UPLOAD YOUR 2 VIDEOS ONLINE STARTING today DEADLINE the 31st 2022: https://clippero.com/ripcurl_europe
Gromsearch partners 2022
FCS
Smith
FATBOY
Hydroflask
Ocean 52
Greenbush
Citroen
Surfing England
Federacion Cantabra de Surf
FPS
Fédération Française de Surf
Costa Norte Escuela de Surf
The British Cup was held over the weekend in the principality of Llantwit, Wales. Tricky conditions on the Saturday, but pumping on the Sunday.
Some great performances with Luke Dillon taking the Mens Open. Particularly fitting words we think reflecting an amazing British surfing community.
“British Champion 2022. What a genuinely great weekend, it’s always nice to win but to see all guys & girls from the U.K. Nations and see how good everyone was surfing in tough conditions was fun to see. It’s always nice to share the ocean with the guys on screen and the ones who didn’t get it this year (All Rippers to me).”
17 year old Thurso local Craig Maclachlan won the under 18s and finished fourth in the Open. Great effort and we think maybe the first British Junior campion from Scotland?
Well done to the comp organisers and big thanks to the locals for looking after everyone.
Results
Mens open.
🥇Luke Dillion (Team England)🏆
🥈Stanley Norman 🏴
🥉Logan Nicol 🏴
🏅Craig Mclachlan 🏴
Under 18 mens
🥇Craig McLachlan 🏴🏆
🥈Lukas Skinner🏴
🥉Kieron Smith 🏴
🏅Eli Perrins-Davies 🏴
Women
🥇Alys Barton🏴🏆🏆🏆
🥈Charlotte Mulley🏴
🥉Lucy Campbell🏴
🏅Vittoria Farmer🏴
Under 18 womens
🥇Alys Barton🏴🏆🏆🏆
🥈Charlotte Mulley🏴
🥉Tegan Blackford🏴
🏅Belle Betteridge🏴
Continued fun conditions allow for the EDP Vissla Pro Ericeira to resume this morning at Ribeira d’Ilhas.
Stop No. 5 on the World Surf League (WSL) 2022 Challenger Series, this event comes at a crucial time for surfers looking to secure a spot on the 2023 Championship Tour (CT).
The men’s opening round launched yesterday with the first 18 heats completed in good waves and mixed performances from some of the world’s best surfers.
The remaining 6 heats of the men’s Round of 96 will hit the lineup this morning at 8:05 a.m WET, featuring former World No. 5 Morgan Cibilic (AUS), Alex Ribeiro (BRA), Joshe Faulkner (ZAF) and Tyler Gunter (USA).
Following the completion of the men’s Round of 96, the women’s Round of 64 will take it to the long rights of Ribeira d’Ilhas with 12 heats scheduled to run today.
Event wildcard Gabriela Dinis (PRT) will surf in the round’s opening heat, former World Junior Champion crowned in Ericeira Mahina Maeda (JPN) in Heat 2, Portugal’s favourite Teresa Bonvalot (PRT) in Heat 5, reigning event winner Luana Silva (HAW) in Heat 6 and rankings leader Caitlin Simmers (USA) in Heat 8.
Watch all the battles LIVE at WorldSurfLeague.com.
