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MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal formerly known as MEO Pro Portugal, Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal or Rip Curl Pro Portugal is a professional surfing competition of the WSL World Tour. As of 2022, held every year in March at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Portugal. [1] The event was first founded in 2010 as Rip Curl Pro Portugal. [2]
Later that year, Gabeira surfed the biggest wave ever by a woman when she successfully rode a 14 m (46 ft) wave at Dungeons, a big-wave surf spot in South Africa. In 2010, she got the 2010 Teen Choice Award for Best Female Action Sports Star. [7] [8] In 2012, she was awarded the XXL Big Wave Awards for Girls Best Overall Performance for the 5th ...
Supertubos (Portuguese for Supertubes) is a wave and beach located in Peniche, Portugal. The break is the site of the MEO Pro Portugal from the World Surf League Men's and Women's Championship Tour event. [1] [2] The wave did not come into mainstream international spotlight until the Rip Curl Pro Search Event in 2009.
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Praia do Norte (‘North Beach’) is a beach located in Nazaré, portuguese Oeste region, which due to its giant white breaking waves is famed for its surfing conditions. . Nazaré's waves were listed on the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest waves ever surfed and have also been featured multiple times on the Billabong XXL awards in the categories of Biggest Wave and Ride of the Y
Nic von Rupp (born Nicolaus von Rupp; August 2, 1990) is a professional surfer from Portugal, who specializes in big wave riding. [3] In November 2020, von Rupp reportedly surfed some of the biggest waves ever ridden at Nazaré Beach in the Costa de Prata ("Silver Coast") region of Central Western Portugal (one of the world's premier big wave locations).
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