"The sandbanks at Praia do Norte have finally reached the quality patterns we are used to see throughout September, October and November," event organizer Rui Costa said. "We are expecting to have a good winter swell season in Nazaré and, alongside Magicseaweed’s team of experts, we are committed to honoring people’s choices and surfers’ expectations, making every effort to get that AAA roster of chargers into the best possible conditions.” “Every year, the Perfect Chapter takes place on the best day of the European winter. That day is yet to come”, Rita Matta Loureiro, marketing manager at Reef Portugal, stated. “By postponing the event we are hoping to fulfill the expectations this event has built up throughout the years among sponsors, surfers and surf fans.”

Set to compete are Alex Bothelo, Alex Gray, António Silva, Anthony Walsh, Aritz Aranburu, Bruno Grilo, Bruno Santos, Cory Lopez, João Guedes, Kiron Jabour, Miguel Blanco, Nathan Florence, Nic von Rupp, Pedro Boonman, Pedro “Scooby” and Tiago Pires. For