Sopelana Movistar Pro Day 1 - Cold weather but Hot action
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posted by Terry McKenna on 17th August 2007
Despite the gloomy conditions weatherwise, the opening day at Sopelana Beach has been a raging success.
Right from the opening ride the platform was set for an awesome battle as the riders in the first two rounds went to work.
Heat 1 saw Frenchman Jeremy Arnoux and Issac Aleman from Spain progress with strong fluid combinations in the consistant 1.5 metre waves.
Heat 2 Agustin Isasi (ARG) won over Diego Caberera (SPN)
Heat 3 Jonathan Vega (SPN) defeated Martin Mouradian (GUAD)
Heat 4 Alberto Colucci (VEN) sealed victory with a 7 point average on his top wave with Jon Lopez (EUS) in second.
Heat 5 Airan Cabrera (SPN) overpowered Jonathan Acosta (SPN)
Heat 6 Brazillian Stephan Stamm prevailed overJerone Bats (FRA)
Heat 7 The Spanish double of Dauten Perdomo & Juan Gouvea progressed
Heat 8 Altor Roma (EUS) & Daniel Ferrrerira (PORT) advanced.
Heat 9 Jerome Boulanouar (REUN) was victorious over Leandro Ferreira (PORT)
Other qualifiers include
Heat 10 Jean-Marie Culson (FRA) Edu Orduna (SPN)
Heat 11 Fabian Rodriguez (SPN) & Manuel Melian (VEN)
Heat 12 Charlie Chaplet (REUN) & Cyrell Passet (GUAD)
Heat 13 Joserra Martinez (EUS) & Joao Bernardo (PORT)
Heat 14 Inigo Cendoya (EUS) Roberto San Roman (SPN)
Heat 15 Gonqualo Campos (PORT) & Antonio Lopes (PORT)
Heat 16 Sergio Rosa (SPN) & Tiago Silva (PORT)
Ten heats of the second round (R2) were held and competition will resume at 8am tomorrow (Friday) with the start of the WWT event for Women scheduled for a 10am start.
One of the best performances of the day came from Portugals Rui Ferreria when he totally dominated his second round heat “I was really happy just to be surfing. I had to work for a week and now I feel fresh. Lets see if I can do it again in the next round and next week when I go to Sintra”
The waves are rolling into the beach at 3-4 feet (1-1.5 mtrs) and the swell is expected to be a clean 3 feet in the morning and slowly drop over the following three days.
All results can be found on the event site and watch it online live via the webcam link at
www.sopelanamovistarpro.com
The Sopelana Movistar Pro is made possible by Telephonica Movistar, Coca-Cola, Arin, ElCorreo, Seland Beach & edubartolome.com
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