EuroSurf 2025 Ends in Fireworks
Rasmussen, Lopez, Garcia and McDaid are the new European Champions. Ireland record best ever result coming third with G Man winning the Mens title.
The final day of EuroSurf 2025 in Santa Cruz lived up to a crazy week with the wind picking up and the swell growing stronger. The waves reached up to 1.8 metres, with the smallest at 1 metre, and the strong current forced some competitors out of the water to reposition themselves.
Nicolas Garcia at the end of the suspense.
In longboard, Italy's Federico Nesti is favourite but he is up against three talented contenders.
Tom Breen (IRL), boosted by his excellent performance the day before (+15 points), misjudged a priority call on Nesti and was penalised very early on for interference, which dashed his hopes of winning the title.
Douwe Robroch, the Dutchman, despite a wave scoring 6.90 points, failed to find a second score.
Nesti, meanwhile, rode a string of lefts, dominating the final and securing the Italian championship in this category.
Nicolas however doesn't give up and takes off on a buzzer beater to score 7.33pts, the Spanish surfer takes the lead and wins the title!
Niclas Garcia (SPN) is the 2025 European Longboard Champion!
Federico Nesti (ITA) 2nd
Douwe Robroch (NED) 3rd
Tom Breen (IRL) 4th
Rasmussen reigns queen of European longboarding!
Conditions were difficult for the womens longboarding. The favourite was Denmark's Thilde Rasmussen.
Raquel Bento (POR) ended up breaking her board.
Ruby Knox (IRL), surfed well but it just wasn't enough
Thilde Rasmussen (DAN) is the 2025 European Longboard Champion!
Julieta Rodriguez Villamil (SPN) 2nd
Ruby Knox (IRL) 3rd
Raquel Bento (POR) 4th
Gearoid ‘Gman’ Mc Daid was on a mission!
Round 5 sees the top two go through to the grand final, with the other two going into the repechage.
Ireland's Gearoide McDaid got off to a strong start, as did Spain's Luis Diaz, and qualified directly for the final. The Irishman was comfortable in these solid conditions and went to town his backhand.
In the final the Irishman changed his strategy, starting on the lefts and, unfortunately for his opponents, smashed out some big turns.
As soon as the final horn sounded, he scored a 6.50-point wave. Olivier Heintz followed suit further south in the zone with a 5.83-point wave. He took the lead in the series with a 4.33-point wave.
Mc Daid regained the lead with another left-hand wave worth 5.70 points.
Meanwhile, Elter and Diaz couldn't find any opportunities.
Gearoid then scored 8.17 points and backed it up with another 7.67 putting everyone in combo.
Diaz, doesn't give up. He takes off on a right, strings together a series of manoeuvres for 9.17 (out of 10)! He moves up to 3rd place, but the buzzer sounds too soon for him to go for a second score.
Gearóid McDaid (IRL) is the 2025 European Shortboard Champion!
Tim Elter (GER) 2nd
Luis Diaz (SPN) 3rd
Olivier Heintz (NED) 4th
Patrick Langdon Dark (Wales) 8th
Mafalda Lopez triumphs!
Once again, the standard of the women's competition was incredible.
Wave selection is essential at this level; the quantity of waves caught will never determine the quality. One person who knows this better than anyone is Charlotte Mulley from England.
In round 5, she waited until the very last minute to move from 4th to 1st place with a powerful backside turn.
Camilla Kemp (GER) and Alys Barton (ENG) were unable to find the waves.
In the final it was quality over quantity.
Lopez catches four waves high scoring 7.83 points then 7.17 points, she takes the lead in the series.
Mulley starts with 6.33 points, but couldn’t find a decent second wave.
As the minutes tick by, Ochoa (SPN) can't find any openings, the Santa Cruz local, in front of her home crowd, is getting frustrated, Maria Salgado is also at a standstill.
Finally, Ochoa scored a 6.77, but she missed the second score.
Mafalda Lopez is the 2025 European Shortboard Champion!
Ariane Ochoa (SPN) 2nd
Maria Salgado (POR) 3rd
Charlotte Mulley (ENG) 4th
Alys Barton (Eng ) 6th
