MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal

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champion(s)		 Flag of the United States.svg Griffin Colapinto (men)
Flag of France.svg Johanne Defay (women)
Most titles Flag of Brazil.svg Italo Ferreira, Flag of the United States.svg Griffin Colapinto (2 titles) (men)
5 surfers (1 title) (women)
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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]

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The defending men's champion is the Californian surfer Griffin Colapinto who won the event in 2022 after the break due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Before, Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira won the event both in 2018 and 2019, being the first back-to-back winner ever on the event. [3] [4]

The defending women's champion is the Brasilian goofy-footed surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb, who beat American runner-up Lakey Peterson in 2022.

In 2016, due to the lack of surfing conditions on Supertubos beach, the WSL organization explored other possibilities in the peninsula and moved temporarily to Point Fabril, between Almagreira and Pico da Mota, where the waves were big and curly providing a good show for the spectators. [5] The Round 5 of the event was done there, then the conditions on Supertubos came back, and the competition returned to its normality. [6]

In August 2018, it was announced by the WSL that Peniche will receive once again the women's competition after nine years without it, which they lost to Cascais. Peniche will host both the men's and women's competition. [7]

Naming

Since the birth of this competition it had four different titles due to sponsor deals.

NameYears
Rip Curl Pro Portugal2010–2013
Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal2014–2015
MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal2016–present
MEO Pro Portugal2022

Winners

The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal event gives birth to a new champion each and every year. The past champions of the listed WSL competition are located below. [8]

Finished season as world champion
Men's
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upScore
2010 [9] Flag of the United States.svg  Kelly Slater  (USA)13.33Flag of South Africa.svg  Jordy Smith  (ZAF)11.43
2011 [10] Flag of Brazil.svg  Adriano de Souza  (BRA)15.67Flag of the United States.svg  Kelly Slater  (USA)14.73
2012 [11] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Wilson  (AUS)16.26Flag of Brazil.svg  Gabriel Medina  (BRA)15.37
2013 [12] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kai Otton  (AUS)12.23Flag of the United States.svg  Nat Young  (USA)11.03
2014 [13] Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Mick Fanning  (AUS)15.50Flag of South Africa.svg  Jordy Smith  (ZAF)7.67
2015 [14] Flag of Brazil.svg  Filipe Toledo  (BRA)17.83Flag of Brazil.svg  Italo Ferreira  (BRA)17.13
2016 [15] Flag of Hawaii.svg  John John Florence  (HAW)16.67Flag of the United States.svg  Conner Coffin  (USA)9.93
2017 [16] Flag of Brazil.svg  Gabriel Medina  (BRA)13.26Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Julian Wilson  (AUS)10.94
2018 [17] Flag of Brazil.svg  Italo Ferreira  (BRA)15.93Flag of France.svg  Joan Duru  (FRA)10.77
2019 [18] Flag of Brazil.svg  Italo Ferreira  (BRA)[2]18.43Flag of South Africa.svg  Jordy Smith  (ZAF)6.17
2022 [19] Flag of the United States.svg  Griffin Colapinto  (USA)14.34Flag of Brazil.svg  Filipe Toledo  (BRA)14.20
2023 [20] Flag of Brazil.svg  João Chianca  (BRA)17.57Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jack Robinson  (AUS)15.14
2024 [21] Flag of the United States.svg  Griffin Colapinto  (USA)[2]17.94Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Ethan Ewing  (AUS)11.13


Women's
YearWinnerScoreRunner-upScore
2010 [22] Flag of Hawaii.svg  Carissa Moore  (HAW)17.44Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Stephanie Gilmore  (AUS)8.60
2019 [23] Flag of the United States.svg  Caroline Marks  (USA)13.73Flag of the United States.svg  Lakey Peterson  (USA)6.27
2022 [24] Flag of Brazil.svg  Tatiana Weston-Webb  (BRA)15.33Flag of the United States.svg  Lakey Peterson  (USA)14.27
2023 [20] Flag of the United States.svg  Caitlin Simmers  (USA)13.50Flag of the United States.svg  Courtney Conlogue  (USA)12.83
2024 [20] Flag of France.svg  Johanne Defay  (FRA)10.83Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Tyler Wright  (AUS)5.50

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References

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  2. ↑ "2010 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  3. ↑ "MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2018".
  4. ↑ "Ítalo Ferreira crava nota 10, é campeão em Peniche e assume liderança do Mundial de Surfe". Globoesporte (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  5. ↑ Redação. "Meo Rip Curl Pro avança no Point Fabril" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  6. ↑ "News - 2016 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  7. ↑ Redação. "Apresentado o World Tour 2019 com Peniche a receber prova feminina" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-09-07.
  8. ↑ "Champions MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  9. ↑ "Results - 2010 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  10. ↑ "Results - 2011 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  11. ↑ "Results - 2012 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  12. ↑ "Results - 2013 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  13. ↑ "2014 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  14. ↑ "2015 Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  15. ↑ "2016 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  16. ↑ "2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  17. ↑ "2018 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  18. ↑ "2019 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  19. ↑ "MEO Pro Portugal 2022". World Surf League. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
  20. 1 2 3 "Results - MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2023". World Surf League. Retrieved 2023-03-14.
  21. ↑ "MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2024". World Surf League. Retrieved 2024-03-16.
  22. ↑ "Results - 2010 Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  23. ↑ "2019 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  24. ↑ "Results - MEO Pro Portugal Women's 2022". World Surf League. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
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