MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017 ; at the Surf
Location	Supertubos beach, Peniche (POR)
Dates	20 to 31 October
Competitors	36 from 9 nations
Medalists
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Last updated August 20, 2019

The MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017 is an event of the World Surf League for the 2017 World Surf League Men's Championship Tour.^[1]

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal formerly known as Moche Rip Curl Pro Portugal or Rip Curl Pro Portugal is a professional surfing competition of the ASP World Tour held every year in October at the Supertubos beach in Peniche, Portugal. The event was first founded in 2009 as Rip Curl Search Portugal. The defending champion is the Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina who won the event in 2017.

The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world's best talent in a variety of progressive formats. The World Surf League was previously known as the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) from 1983 to 2014. The organization was founded in 1976 by Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick.

The 2017 World Surf League Championship Tour (CT) is a professional competitive surfing league run by the World Surf League. Men and women compete in separate tours with events taking place from late February to mid-December, at various surfing locations around the world.

Peniche will receive for the ninth consecutive time the race of the world championship of surfing, which is the 10th of 11 stages of WSL in 2017. The event will be held from 20 to 31 October in the Supertubos beach at Peniche, (Leiria, Portugal)^[2] finishing earlier in 25 October with the victory of Gabriel Medina over Julian Wilson.^[3]^[4] This was Medina's first title in Portugal after a second place back in 2012.

Supertubos is a wave and beach located in Peniche, Portugal. The break offers world-class surfing conditions with its curvy waves and hollow powerful tubes, and is the site of the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal the World Surf League Men's Championship Tour event.

Peniche, Portugal Municipality in Centro, Portugal

Peniche is a seaside municipality and a city in Portugal. It is located in Oeste Subregion in formerly Estremadura Province. The population in 2011 was 27,753, in an area of 77.55 km². The city itself has a population of about 15,600 inhabitants.

The District of Leiria is located in Central Portugal. The district capital is the city of Leiria, which is also the largest and most populous city with about 55,000 in the city/urbanised area.

Round 1

Heat 1
	1	Julian Wilson	4.97
	2	Leonardo Fioravanti	4.20
	3	Caio Ibelli	2.03

Heat 2
	1	Matt Wilkinson	9.84
	2	Stuart Kennedy	7.90
	3	Bebe Durbidge	7.44

Heat 3
	1	Ethan Ewing	10.37
	2	Conner Coffin	9.34
	3	Owen Wright	9.33

Heat 4
	1	Josh Kerr	12.83
	2	Gabriel Medina	10.87
	3	Wiggolly Dantas	2.90

Heat 5
	1	Jordy Smith	9.20
	2	Vasco Ribeiro	3.64
	3	Italo Ferreira	2.04

Heat 6
	1	John John Florence	11.67
	2	Mason Ho	3.67
	3	Kanoa Igarashi	0.50

Heat 7
	1	Jack Freestone	14.90
	2	A. de Souza	12.67
	3	Jérémy Florès	4.33

Heat 8
	1	Michel Bourez	12.00
	2	Filipe Toledo	7.74
	3	Jadson André	4.73

Heat 9
	1	Joel Parkinson	13.50
	2	Nat Young	9.27
	3	Joan Duru	4.73

Heat 10
	1	Miguel Pupo	8.00
	2	Kolohe Andino	6.66
	3	Connor O'Leary	5.17

Heat 11
	1	Sebastian Zietz	9.77
	2	Adrian Buchan	7.90
	3	Ezekiel Lau	3.97

Heat 12
	1	Mick Fanning	15.50
	2	Frederico Morais	6.84
	3	Ian Gouveia	4.50

Round 2

Heat 1
	1	Gabriel Medina	11.66
	2	Mason Ho	6.33

Heat 2
	1	Vasco Ribeiro	11.20
	2	Owen Wright	10.17

Heat 3
	1	A. de Souza	12.27
	2	Stuart Kennedy	4.93

Heat 4
	1	Leonardo Fioravanti	15.34
	2	Filipe Toledo	8.40

Heat 5
	1	Kolohe Andino	14.24
	2	Jadson André	8.00

Heat 6
	1	Frederico Morais	5.03
	2	Nat Young	2.87

Heat 7
	1	Adrian Buchan	9.07
	2	Ezekiel Lau	6.90

Heat 8
	1	Connor O'Leary	10.70
	2	Ian Gouveia	5.97

Heat 9
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	15.93
	2	Joan Duru	9.23

Heat 10
	1	Italo Ferreira	11.53
	2	Jérémy Florès	7.77

Heat 11
	1	Caio Ibelli	12.33
	2	Wiggolly Dantas	3.87

Heat 12
	1	Conner Coffin	11.10
	2	Bebe Durbidge	8.60

Round 3

Heat 1
	1	Leonardo Fioravanti	9.76
	2	Matt Wilkinson	5.63

Heat 2
	1	Sebastian Zietz	12.10
	2	Conner Coffin	4.77

Heat 3
	1	Julian Wilson	13.43
	2	Jack Freestone	7.00

Heat 4
	1	Kolohe Andino	13.96
	2	Italo Ferreira	12.56

Heat 5
	1	Connor O'Leary	15.73
	2	Adrian Buchan	15.50

Heat 6
	1	John John Florence	14.74
	2	Vasco Ribeiro	13.73

Heat 7
	1	Josh Kerr	8.67
	2	Jordy Smith	8.27

Heat 8
	1	Frederico Morais	11.00
	2	Michel Bourez	8.74

Heat 9
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	11.67
	2	Joel Parkinson	5.27

Heat 10
	1	Miguel Pupo	13.54
	2	A. de Souza	13.24

Heat 11
	1	Mick Fanning	11.40
	2	Caio Ibelli	10.40

Heat 12
	1	Gabriel Medina	17.34
	2	Ethan Ewing	10.40

Round 4

Heat 1
	1	Julian Wilson	11.67
	2	Sebastian Zietz	8.10
	3	Leonardo Fioravanti	7.77

Heat 2
	1	John John Florence	17.00
	2	Kolohe Andino	15.57
	3	Connor O'Leary	13.50

Heat 3
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	16.83
	2	Josh Kerr	15.44
	3	Frederico Morais	13.60

Heat 4
	1	Gabriel Medina	14.47
	2	Mick Fanning	12.47
	3	Miguel Pupo	5.27

Round 5

Heat 1
	1	Sebastian Zietz	12.10
	2	Connor O'Leary	12.07

Heat 2
	1	Kolohe Andino	16.53
	2	Leonardo Fioravanti	10.83

Heat 3
	1	Miguel Pupo	15.50
	2	Josh Kerr	10.67

Heat 4
	1	Mick Fanning	11.87
	2	Frederico Morais	10.00

Quarter finals

Heat 1
	1	Julian Wilson	7.50
	2	Sebastian Zietz	7.40

Heat 2
	1	Kolohe Andino	14.00
	2	John John Florence	3.80

Heat 3
	1	Kanoa Igarashi	12.50
	2	Miguel Pupo	8.44

Heat 4
	1	Gabriel Medina	11.33
	2	Mick Fanning	3.17

Semi finals

Heat 1
	1	Julian Wilson	16.83
	2	Kolohe Andino	14.56

Heat 2
	1	Gabriel Medina	11.10
	2	Kanoa Igarashi	6.24

Final

Heat 1
	1	Gabriel Medina	13.26
	2	Julian Wilson	10.94

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References

↑ "2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
↑ "Rip Curl Pro Portugal - WSL Tour 2017 - surfnesslodge: surf house in Baleal - Portugal". surfnesslodge: surf house in Baleal - Portugal (in Italian). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
↑ Group, Global Media (25 October 2017). "Gabriel Medina com triunfo inédito no Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 October 2017.
↑ "Results - 2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 October 2017.

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[1] "2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[2] "Rip Curl Pro Portugal - WSL Tour 2017 - surfnesslodge: surf house in Baleal - Portugal". surfnesslodge: surf house in Baleal - Portugal (in Italian). 7 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[3] Group, Global Media (25 October 2017). "Gabriel Medina com triunfo inédito no Meo Rip Curl Pro Portugal". O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 October 2017.

[4] "Results - 2017 MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal". World Surf League. Retrieved 25 October 2017.