<strong>Artiz Aranburu, Pedro Scooby, Bruno Santos and Nathan Hedge </strong>

<strong>go head to head with the best Portuguese tube riders </strong>

CASCAIS (February 17, 2015) – The 4th annual Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Billabong, the original one-day Portuguese event that requires perfect surfing conditions, will be held this <strong>Friday </strong>(February 20th) at <strong>Carcavelos Beach</strong>, featuring <strong>world-class tube riders</strong>.

Forecast calls for <strong>good-to-epic conditions </strong>at the iconic beach break, setting the ideal scenario to hold a barrel-oriented competition such as Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Billabong. This is a special event meant to take place under the best surfing conditions the Portuguese coast has to offer, <strong>gathering surfers from different countries and generations </strong>who will battle themselves for the <strong>7500€ </strong>1st place check.

The 13 final contenders (plus 3 wildcards) have been <strong>chosen by the fans </strong>through free web-based polling and are being scored solely upon their barrel riding skills once the competition starts.

With a waiting period ranging from January 15th to March 15th, the event’s organization decided to waste no more time as the promising forecast indicates classic conditions for Friday. The surf, weather and wind are lining-up in harmony, urging organizers to announce a <strong>7:30 am official call </strong>at Carcavelos Beach.

Internationally known for their tube riding skills, <strong>Nic von Rupp </strong>(winner of the previous edition wildcard), <strong>Artiz Aranburu</strong>, <strong>Pedro Scooby</strong>, <strong>Bruno Santos</strong>, <strong>Tiago Pires </strong>are among the restricted group of athletes who’ll be competing for one of the most wanted surfing titles in Europe. Australian surfer <strong>Nathan Hedge </strong>is also attending the competition as the organization decided to assign him the <strong>Rescue Wildcard </strong>(meant to “rescue” one of the surfers left out by the public).

Surfers will go head to head for a global <strong>15,000€ prize money</strong>, plus special awards for the most epic moments of the event (best tube, highest score, worst wipeout and most passionate claim). In addition, the event’s organization is awarding the most committed surfer with a special trophy named after the recently deceased <strong>Ricardo dos Santos</strong>, originally one of the 13 surfers chosen by the fans to take part in the competition. The <strong>Rds Commitment Award </strong>is honoring the most vigorous athlete according to commitment and raw courage criteria.

All 16 contenders are also taking part in a tribute ceremony dedicated to Ricardo dos Santos, right before the competition starts. Surfers are honoring Ricardinho’s legacy by staying silent for a minute in his memory while forming a circle at the beach. Ricardo’s girlfriend, the Brazilian top model <strong>Karoline Esser</strong>, and his manager, <strong>Felipe Borges</strong>, are also attending the ceremony.

<strong>The event will be webcasted live at perfect-chapter.com</strong>. Expect nothing less than an unforgettable surfing show!

The Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Billabong is sponsored by Allianz, the Municipality of Cascais, Billabong, Kia, MOCHE and MEO and it’s associated with the media partners RTP, Fuel TV, Jornal i, Mega Hits, SURFPortugal, SurfTotal, Carve, Surf Session and Hardcore.

&nbsp;

<strong>THE SURFERS </strong>

Frederico Morais (competitor)

Vasco Ribeiro (competitor)

Tiago Pires (competitor)

José Ferreira (competitor)

Miguel Blanco (competitor)

Marlon Lipke (competitor)

Francisco Alves (free surfer)

João Guedes (free surfer)

Ruben Gonzalez (free surfer)

Alexandre Ferreira (soul surfer)

Aritz Aranburu (international surfer)

Pedro Scooby (international surfer)

Bruno Santos (international surfer)

Nicolau von Rupp (winner of the previous edition wildcard)

Rodrigo Herédia (local wildcard)

Nathan Hedge (“rescue” wildcard)

<strong>Follow us: </strong>

perfect-chapter.com

facebook.com/capituloperfeito