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Official Welcome Notes

Rip Curl is stoked to have a home in Portugal for the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search & our Portuguese partners are proud to have the surfing world in their backyard this October.

Government Portugal Welcome

The Portuguese Government is delighted to be associated with the Portuguese stage of the 2009 ASP World Tour - the Rip Curl Pro Search, to be held in Peniche. I welcome this opportunity to wish the organisers, competitors & visitors a wonderful stay in our great country. - Bernardo Trindade (Secretary of State for Tourism)  READ MORE

Rip Curl International Welcome

After four epic years on The Search, we are excited to take the ASP World Tour to a new beautiful location - this time in Peniche, Portugal. On behalf of Rip Curl, I would like to thank Government Portugal, Tourism Portugal & the local surfers for welcoming us into your country.  - Neil Ridgway (Marketing & Advertising Chairman)  READ MORE    

Tourism Portugal Welcome

The Portuguese Tourism Board will be welcoming all visitors travelling to Peniche for the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search with open arms. From the October 19th to 30th, the world’s elite pro surfers will all be taking part in this highly prestigious event on the 2009 ASP World Tour calendar.   - Frederico Costa (Vice President of the ITP)  READ MORE

Peniche Municipality Welcome

It is an honour & a pleasure for Peniche Municipality to welcome the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search to Portugal. We are sure this amazing professional surf event will legitimise & reinforce the slogan, "Peniche - Capital da Onda" (Peniche - the Wave Capital). We hope this exciting contest exceeds the expectations of the surfers & associated brands.   -  António José Correia (Mayor of Peniche)  READ MORE    
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EVENT STATUS

  • Event is
    • 7:30AM Call
  • Webcasting
    • OFF
  • Scores
    • OFF
  • Day
    • 01

CONDITIONS / SCHEDULE

  • Waves:
    • 2-3ft at Pico da Mota.
  • Weather:
    • Hot and sunny
  • Schedule:
    • Mick Fanning & Coco Ho crowned 2009 Rip Curl Pro Search Champions
  • Updated:
    • Thur Oct 29, 2009 at 16:42 AM
  • Local Time:

SURFLINE OFFICIAL SWELL FORECASTER

Ola, Dennis Portugal Peniche Thursday afternoon W swell slowly rose on Thursday with N/NNW winds. Outlook: W swell increases on Friday before slowly fading into the beginning of next week. Winds are a factor. Monday evening at 8 PM Thursday 09/02FAIR TO GOOD4-5 ft. - shoulder to head highnonefair to goodLong period W swell moves in; plus sets likely during the second half of the day Friday 09/03GOOD6-8 ft. - head high + to 3 ft. overhead10 ft.goodSolid WNW swell on the rise; seek out the spots that can handle N winds

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I thought he was going to jump off the cliff - I was pretty scared!

- Coco Ho.