After an women's-only opening day in Espinho, the men launched their campaign with 16 heats of Round 1 at the Junior Pro Espinho and a whole lot of insane action from Europe's best U-18 surfers!
It didn't take long for things to get crazy, as a matter of fact, the very first heat of the day witnessed Kauli Vaast's absolute dominant form post an insane 17.60 in perfect rights.
France's Sam Piter followed suit with an excellent 8 point ride of his own, then Dean Vandewalle upped the ante with a near-perfect 9.60 in Heat 4!
The following heats all had brilliant performances from the likes of Tim Elter, Guilherme Ribeiro, Noa Dupouy..
Then came the No. 1 Portuguese junior Afonso Antunes with a sick heat of his own and two high 8s for a 16.87 total!
The day was filled with incredible action as Praia da Baia continued to pump perfect right after perfect right, check out this bird's eye view of the scene on Day 2:
Full results from today's men's opening round can be accessed here. The next call will be at 8:30am BST / 3:30am ET / 12:30am PT at Praia da Baia tomorrow Thursday for potentially more men's action as the women's event is already down to the Quarters.
Make sure you check out all the content from Espinho on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts!
While we wait for the official highlight reel of Day 2, here are more behind-the-scenes shots from the day:
Espinho: Day 2 Social Recap
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After an women's-only opening day in Espinho, the men launched their campaign with 16 heats of Round 1 at the Junior Pro Espinho and a whole lot of insane action from Europe's best U-18 surfers!
It didn't take long for things to get crazy, as a matter of fact, the very first heat of the day witnessed Kauli Vaast's absolute dominant form post an insane 17.60 in perfect rights.
France's Sam Piter followed suit with an excellent 8 point ride of his own, then Dean Vandewalle upped the ante with a near-perfect 9.60 in Heat 4!
The following heats all had brilliant performances from the likes of Tim Elter, Guilherme Ribeiro, Noa Dupouy..
Then came the No. 1 Portuguese junior Afonso Antunes with a sick heat of his own and two high 8s for a 16.87 total!
The day was filled with incredible action as Praia da Baia continued to pump perfect right after perfect right, check out this bird's eye view of the scene on Day 2:
Full results from today's men's opening round can be accessed here. The next call will be at 8:30am BST / 3:30am ET / 12:30am PT at Praia da Baia tomorrow Thursday for potentially more men's action as the women's event is already down to the Quarters.
Make sure you check out all the content from Espinho on our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts!
While we wait for the official highlight reel of Day 2, here are more behind-the-scenes shots from the day:
Afonso Antunes
The Men's RD64 and women's RD48 are completed on a third consecutive day of action at the E.Leclerc Pont L'Abbé Junior Pro La Torche pres.
The QS3,000 Rip Curl Pro Anglet gets underway with a massive day of competition to run 3 rounds of men and 2 rounds of women in fun
The Caraïbos Lacanau Pro continues with the men's RD4 to shrink the field down to the last 16 surfers as conditions continue to pump.
The Round of 96 is completed in tricky surf, paving the way for a top seed start on Friday.
Competition gets fierce as the last early rounds compete before the Estrella Galicia Caparica Surf Fest top seeds enter the show.
Junior Pro Espinho
Re-live the epic victories of Kauli Vaast and Janire Gonzalez Etxabarri at the 2020 Junior Pro Espinho.
The pair was the strongest on Day 1 and went all the way.
The uprising star of European surfing blows minds on final day of junior comp in Portugal.
The Junior Pro Espinho battles through a foggy day but advances through the men's second round.
A tricky full day of competition sets up Finals for Friday in Espinho.