Young surfer Guilherme Ribeiro, 20, won the national title for the first time this Sunday by winning the Bom Petisco Pro Peniche final against five-time Portuguese champion Vasco Ribeiro (2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2021). ).
The two athletes, both racing for the title, set off for the decisive run at Pico da Mota beach with the certainty that whoever wins the race in Peniche, the last leg of the Portuguese circuit, will win Liga Meo 2022, the elite. Portuguese surf league.
Guilherme Ribeiro of the Costa de Caparica Surfing Association reached the final and scored two high marks (7 points and 7.75) on the top two waves, scoring 14.75 (out of 20 possible), but Vasco Ribeiro (Estoril Praia) reacted and managed to score 6.50 and 7.90, adding 14.40 points and keeping it in limbo until the final horn sounded, but it was “Gui”, the national under-18 champion in 2020, to celebrate.
In the women’s table, the Pro Peniche winner was Maria Salgado (Sealand Santa Cruz Association) with 14.50 points (8 and 6.50), who beat Gabriela Dinis (Lombos) in the final with 11.75 (7.75 and 4).
Teresa Bonvalo (Sporting) has already won her fourth domestic title (2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022) at the penultimate stage in the Azores.
