The MEO Surf League, the main surfing competition in Portugal and the one that awards the titles of national champions in the sport, has one more stage confirmed for the calendar of the 2021 season. In the preview phase of the 2nd stage in Figueira da Foz, the best national surfers now know that they will compete at Joaquim Chaves Saúde Porto Pro, which takes place from the 7th to the 9th of May, in Porto and in Matosinhos.
Joaquim Chaves Saúde Porto Pro will be the third of five stops in the Liga MEO Surf and remains on the calendar for the 16th consecutive year, reinforcing the status of the stage that has been disputed for the longest time in a row. In addition to being a central stage in the fight for the titles, the northern competition takes place in the same month that the National Team will compete in the last places for the Tokyo Olympic Games, at the ISA World Cup in El Salvador. In this way, the northern waves will serve as a preparation for the Portuguese Olympic aspirations.
Liga MEO Surf 2021 – 1st phase
1st stage – April 9th to 11th – Allianz Ericeira Pro
2nd stage – 23 to 25 April – Allianz Figueira Pro
3rd stage – 7 to 9 May – Joaquim Chaves Saúde Porto Pro
4th step – to be confirmed
5th stage – to be confirmed
The Liga MEO Surf is the 1st division of the modality, being Surf an individual sport in the open air without physical contact and considered of low risk by DGS.
“We are very happy to finally have this 1st phase of the Liga MEO Surf with all the stages confirmed. We believe that the service in favor of the success of Portuguese Sports goes in the right direction with special encouragement of competitive shooting, which is very important for the Olympic aspirations of the best Portuguese surfers. For its part, we welcome Joaquim Chaves Saúde to the main competition of Surf in Portugal, in a reinforcement that includes a strong support to the modality and bringing back the prize to the best wave of each stage” – Francisco Rodrigues, President of the National Surfers Association
Regarding the other stages, the National Surfers Association continues to work with the respective Municipalities with a view to confirming more dates, taking into account the licensing and sanitary conditions, as well as the evolution of the relevant international calendar, in order to make the sports agenda of the players compatible. best national surfers in the best possible way.
In terms of side trophies, the Liga MEO Surf has the fight for the best maneuver in the Go Chill Expression Session awarded with € 2,500 annually and the Bom Petisco Girls Score, a first prize exclusively dedicated to women, with € 2,500 annually for the best score combined in the women’s competition framework. Joaquim Chaves Best Wave now joins again with an award of € 2,000 per year in the remaining stages.
Television wise, bearing in mind the public ban under legal terms, Allianz Figueira Pro can be followed from home live on Sport TV, as well as on facebook.
Liga MEO Surf 2021 is an organization of the National Surfers Association and Fire!, sponsored by MEO, Allianz Portugal, Bom Petisco, Go Chill, Joaquim Chaves Saúde, Rip Curl, Ericeira Surf and Skate, the sustainability partner Jerónimo Martins, local support from Porto City Council and Matosinhos City Council, and technical support from Onda Pura and the Portuguese Surfing Federation.
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