Puerto Rico is such a nice place to go, a tropical paradise with a good bodyboarding community and this last APB contest  is an amazing and professional event with so many promos, meeting in schools and exposure for the sport : that is exactly what bodyboarding needs today! The organisation is really good and we are lucky to get some fun waves.READ MORE
4 Oct – After Sintra, the Nazaré Pro allows me to improve my scores. For this new APB Step, the waves are not as good as expected, anyway the riders’ level is very high and the situation asks for skill and mental.
On the final day, a sand storm changes the deal : no live scores, no webcam. The semis and the final will not be man on man, no more priority. We are four on each heat, with no visibility, no scores but a big motivation. The conditions are crazy. The heats are really grueling, I ride as much waves as possible. Quarter 1st. Semi 1st. The final is a big moment too. Jared Houston rips with a big invert, I know that I still need a big trick to overpass him. A second place would keep me on the top ranking. On the last seconds, Tristan Roberts scores and makes me third. OK, it is an incredible moment.
I think that no matter the surfing conditions, a contest is a contest and it always brings good sport actions, team work, emotions and exposure.
I have not competed in such conditions since a long time and it is actually awesome to change the rules for few heats, making it faster and stronger in terms of physical effort!
So excited for this World title race, something healthy and something that stays for ever in the history of our sport! I am more than ever engaged in the World title race with Jared Houston and Pierre-Louis Costes. It is my adrenaline for the end of the 2015 APB Tour.
Long life to the Nazaré Pro and thanks to the organizers for the job. Obrigado a todos !
The 2015 Sintra Pro is not an unforgettable comp for me, living two tough days in prone but that makes me even stronger and I am always learning something.
This week-end I have seen my friend Pierre-Louis winning this event and I get inspired to how he makes it and how happy he is. Idem for Dave Hubbard in Drop Knee even in light waves conditions, he did it and get with a new World Champ crown. Quite happy with my 3rd place in Drop knee. Still leader of the 2015 ranking I know that I have to do my best to keep ahead.
That’s good to be fighting with motivated and talented guys following me.
Anyway, the atmosphere and the welcoming in Sintra is always at the top, and I will miss all my friends and local supporters. See you next year for more action and pleasure. I am now in Nazaré, for the next stop of the APB Tour, focused and fixed up to do my best. Let’s go ahead.