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| Location: | Peniche/Cascais, Portugal |
| Event window: | October 20 - 31, 2015 |
| Today's call: | Lay Day - Next Call Tomorrow 7AM |
| Conditions: | Wind Affected Three-to-Five Foot (1.5 metre) on Day 10 |
SUPERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Thursday, October 29, 2015): The Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal is on StandBy. A fading swell and strong onshore winds left no choice but to call the event OFF for the day, with conditions expected to improve towards the last two days of the event's waiting period.
The 10th stop on the 2015 Samsung Galaxy World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT), the Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal has produced major upsets in the World Title race with the early eliminations of the Top4 surfers on the Jeep leaderboard and could potentially see a new leader emerge in Portugal.
“The swell dropped and the onshore's still howling, it's pretty much the worst of our waiting period so far so we definitely won't be having any surfing today,” said WSL Deputy Commissioner, Travis Logie. “We'll check back tomorrow, the next couple of days look a lot more promising”
Event organizers and surfers will reconvene at 7AM tomorrow to re-assess conditions at Supertubos.
Up first when the event recommences will be Vasco Ribeiro (PRT), Keanu Asing (HAW) and Jeremy Flores (FRA) in Round 4 Heat 3.
Surfline, official forecaster for the WSL, are calling for:
Windswell/swell mix comes down some in size on Thursday with S/SSW winds resulting in sideshore conditions for Supertubos. Mixed direction windswell/swell is expected on Friday with a window of SSE winds in the morning before winds bend more southerly. Rising W/WNW swell mix for Saturday. Local winds are an issue early but improve over the afternoon, becoming most favorable at the end of the day.
The Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal will be webcast LIVE on worldsurfleague.com and via the WSL app.
Remaining Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal Round 5 Match-Ups:
Heat 3: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 4: Gabriel Medina (BRA) vs. Keanu Asing (HAW)
Upcoming Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal Quarterfinal Match-Ups:
QF 1: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Joel Parkinson (AUS)
QF 2: Frederico Morais (PRT) vs. Brett Simpson (USA)
QF 3: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. TBD
QF 4: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. TBD