SURF COAST SIZZLE: THE RIP CURL PRO SEARCH WCT PORTUGAL

Hello Surf Coast,

Wes Schaftenaar checking in from Portugal at the site of the next WCT event "The Rip Curl Pro Search"

I arrived in Peniche Tuesday night and have been working on the two contest sites which both look incredible. Scotty Hargreavres and his event crew have been on the ground here for some weeks making sure the logistics of an event of this scale are all coming together. The whole set up is sure to impress with up to 100,000 fans to come through Peniche to check out the worlds best male and female surfers in what is shaping up to be a dramatic Title race.

Walking on site is like rocking up to the formula 1 Grand Prix along pit lane, the stands and setup is something else. The live web and live TV broadcast to Fuel USA and OZ, Eurosport sent to millions of viewers around the globe is sure to impress.

Spot "X" has been small but as you will see from the photo’s it’s a pretty epic set up. The back up location is also looking good but completely different from the waves at Spot "X" and only a couple of km's down the rd.

I caught up with Mushy and Ben Dunn last night and checked them into the hotel after there eight hour drive from Mundaka. They where stopped randomly at the boarder crossing and the car was searched with sniffer dogs and they had to take everything out of the car and the 30 odd boards off the roof which you can imagine they where really happy about.

There is a solid swell showing up on the maps for mid next week so log onto ripcurl.com/live to check out all the live action from the search CT Peniche, Portugal.

http://www.live.ripcurl.com/?home

Wes Schaftenaar