Miguel Pupo wins the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Santa Cruz as well as the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series 2011, walking away with a total of $90,000 prize money!Â
With Steamer Lane not breaking properly, the final day of competition took place under bright sunshine at the beach break of Waddell Creek. Going into the competition Miguel was a long shot for the O’Neill Cold Water Classic Series title. The 19-year-old Brazilian had been sitting in 17th place on the CWC rankings list following a 5th place in New Zealand. To win the CWC Series, Miguel needed to win the event – and that he did in his final against Tiago Pires as he pulled out a 9.3 and a 9.6!Â
En-route to the final Miguel knocked out some big names including local star Nat Young in the quarterfinals as well as fellow countryman Willian Cardoso in the semi finals, who would have taken the Series win had Miguel not gone on to win the final. In the other semi-final Tiago Pires took out South African, Jordy Smith.
Reset Communication, the promoters of the Bear Pro Longboard Championship 2011 presented by Jeep, in association with the Association of Surfing professionals and Area 51, would like to confirm that despite the recent floods in Eastern Liguria, Italy, the event site remains untouched and the contest will proceed as planned. The organisation has been in full swing for the past several months and the final touches are currently being put in place.
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If the oceanic antics south of the equator are any indications, this could well be the greatest year-long barrage of surf ever faced in the 12-year history of the Billabong XXL Global Big Wave Awards presented by Monster Energy. Over the past six months — spanning the bulk of the winter season in the Southern Hemisphere — nearly every key big wave spot went off the known charts in terms of size and heaviness.