Last year's champ, the strapping young Italo Ferreira, a man who casts a spooky shadow over Gabriel Medina's world title plans. | Photo: WSL

Comment live, Rip Curl Pro, Portugal, Day one!

Show the horror and blackness that rots your soul! Or go light!

Welcome to Portugal, a punch-above-its-weight colonialist power that once held dominion over hunks of Africa with the added kink of eating up Brazil.

Today, according to the Surfline forecast for the penultimate event of the WSL’s WCT schedule, the surf is “jumbled (‘five-to-seven-foot faces’), with mixed-up shape but improving some over the afternoon behind the frontal passage.Moderate onshore winds continue through around midday before winds ease and trend more favorable in the afternoon. Rain showers likely through around midday.”

Tomoz, better winds with a few bomb sets.

A world title is, how do you say, on the line, although it’ll take two days of rough and tumble for the smog to clear and the action to start.

Still, it ain’t the worst thing in the world to back and forth with virtual pals.

So, light up, cool down, part your dressing gown and comment you know where.

Watch here.

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal Men’s Seeding Round 1 Matchups:
Heat 1: Kanoa Igarashi (JPN), Willian Cardoso (BRA), Ricardo Christie (NZL)
Heat 2: Kolohe Andino (USA), Griffin Colapinto (USA), Soli Bailey (AUS)
Heat 3: Italo Ferreira (BRA), Yago Dora (BRA), Frederico Morais (PRT)
Heat 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF), Caio Ibelli (BRA), Crosby Colapinto (USA)
Heat 5: Filipe Toledo (BRA), Ezekiel Lau (HAW), Vasco Ribeiro (PRT)
Heat 6: Gabriel Medina (BRA), Joan Duru (FRA), Miguel Blanco (PRT)
Heat 7: Owen Wright (AUS), Jack Freestone (AUS), Jadson Andre (BRA)
Heat 8: Jeremy Flores (FRA), Deivid Silva (BRA), Leonardo Fioravanti (ITA)
Heat 9: Julian Wilson (AUS), Conner Coffin (USA), Jesse Mendes (BRA)
Heat 10: Seth Moniz (HAW), Adrian Buchan (AUS), Peterson Crisanto (BRA)
Heat 11: Ryan Callinan (AUS), Wade Carmichael (AUS), Sebastian Zietz (HAW)
Heat 12: Kelly Slater (USA), Michel Bourez (FRA), Michael Rodrigues (BRA)

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Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
6 years ago

You been around the block a few times.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
6 years ago

The one with the with the deep fried falafel balls?

Nick Carroll
Nick Carroll
6 years ago

Japan had a free kick entry in the IOC contract. Actually a double entry, one boy one girl. No qualification needed. Kanoa will be one of them. How could that POSSIBLY BE A SURPRISE.

Mads Naeraa
Mads Naeraa
6 years ago

True. The normal east coast surf experience – looking back at bare sheep country – is not my favourite. The few spots that are truly wild are so special.

Mads Naeraa
Mads Naeraa
6 years ago

Worst thing: the lack of reef/point waves :-/

Chris Binns
Chris Binns
6 years ago

Perish the thought! Dez was more a Picture Homegirls kinda scribe back in the day.

vive45
vive45
6 years ago

Watched heat analyzer. Was there an official announcement that when Colapinto rides a wave consisting of one back hand re-entry he gets a high 6?

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
6 years ago

She looks kinda hot

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
6 years ago

Colander of Pinto beans.

Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
Greebnurt Hurkurmurgurt
6 years ago

Somebody gave you a downvote, I see. Somebody was “triggered!”
Hahaha. Fuck em if they get all upset and pissy, and can’t take a joke.

f u
f u
6 years ago
FL Skunk Ape
FL Skunk Ape
6 years ago

There’s a contest live right now? Shut the front door!!

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
6 years ago

They never show waves after the hooter . I guess Kelly needs the publicity …..?

Poop Stance
Poop Stance
6 years ago

Kelly: Hey Michel, if you like riding for Firewire you might want to surf very conservatively this heat…

Owen's Outgoing Tide
Owen's Outgoing Tide
6 years ago

give enough time to get to each event by sail

Geronimo Mastrobator
Geronimo Mastrobator
6 years ago

I thought the perk to Peniche was that somewhere is always offshore.

Nick Dee
Nick Dee
6 years ago

Bed time. Watched Gabriel, then did so study/reading, then noticed Julian’s two turn combo. I would have scored it higher than 7.33. The man surfs good.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
6 years ago
Reply to  Nick Dee

I look forward to a more detailed analysis

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
6 years ago
Reply to  Nick Dee

3 nice but soft turns for a 6.5 for Connor and 2 on the edge on a much more powerful wave gets not even 1 point more ?

HoBo
HoBo
6 years ago

forecast this bad that they have to run with shit waves like this?

Turtle
Turtle
6 years ago
Reply to  HoBo

Textbook Portugal

Turtle
Turtle
6 years ago
Reply to  Turtle

Gets good twice a year

HoBo
HoBo
6 years ago
Reply to  Turtle

super tubos btw

channelbottom
channelbottom
6 years ago

I’ve called 2 outta 2.
Pay up.

Edit: I’m outta here.
Goodnight!

f u
f u
6 years ago

what are the jet skis for?
sharks?

channelbottom
channelbottom
6 years ago
Reply to  f u

Just in case Raimana visits.

bottomless pit
bottomless pit
6 years ago
Reply to  f u

no sharks in europe

channelbottom
channelbottom
6 years ago
Reply to  bottomless pit

Tell that to people opposed to Brexit.

bottomless pit
bottomless pit
6 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

as soon as boris gets his way the great whites are like “it’s on, boys”

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
6 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

They should have another referendum .

Do you want a referendum that we should have another referendum cause we didn’t win the other referendum
And if it’s close like the other referendum should we have another referendum cause you should really only have referendum that go the way we’d want referendums to go?


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