<strong>Surfers of the year gather at Nazaré for the ultimate battle</strong>

It is the final countdown for the <strong>Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Quiksilver</strong>, as the day in which the <strong>16 men chosen by the fans </strong>will be called on approaches. The new event’s waiting period is to resume tomorrow (October 5th) and extend for 6 weeks (until November 15th), overlapping <strong>Nazaré’s second swell season</strong>.

Event organizers are holding their expectations high to set the competition in <strong>epic conditions at Praia do Norte</strong>, in a time of the year when Nazaré often gets perfect swells, becoming Europe’s surfing epicenter over the Fall.

“We have great expectations for the event’s second season as Praia do Norte has been firing for the last few weeks”, event organizer <strong>Rui Costa </strong>said. “We are grateful to our sponsors for believing in this second window’s potential, especially to Nazaré’s Mayor Walter Chicharro, who’s willing to host the Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Quiksilver in his county alongside with other major events. We will do everything we can to run the event in epic conditions and help promoting Praia do Norte as a global, all-round surfing spot”.

“We are feeling very enthusiastic towards the event’s second season”, Allianz Marketing Manager <strong>José Francisco Neves </strong>stated. “This is an unprecedented situation and the fact that we stood by the organization shows how much we believe in this event. Allianz is increasingly investing in surfing and we are holding our expectations high for Perfect Chapter’s upcoming edition.”

The promise of a great surfing show has been fueled up along the year by some of the guys within the 2016 Surfers List, especially <strong>Bruno Santos</strong>, who’s finished 5th in the World Tour 7th stop in Tahiti, defeating Matt Wilkinson and Kelly Slater along the way; <strong>Damien Hobgood</strong>, who went straight out of being one of the standouts in a Cloudbreak heavy session in June to becoming the Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang’s runner-up in August; and <strong>Bruce Irons</strong>, who was already attracting attention in February with a jaw-dropping performance in the Volcom Pipeline Pro final days, alongside Uruguayan <strong>Marco Giorgi </strong>who finished 5th in the competition.

Starting from tomorrow these hellmen are going to be on-call to come to Portugal and join <strong>Koa Rothman</strong>, <strong>Pedro Vianna “Scooby”</strong>, <strong>Miguel Tudela</strong>, <strong>Bobby Martinez</strong>, <strong>Nic von Rupp</strong>, <strong>Tiago Pires</strong>, <strong>João Guedes</strong>, <strong>Francisco Alves</strong>, <strong>Miguel Blanco</strong>, <strong>Alex Botelho</strong>, <strong>Bruno </strong>

<strong>Grilo </strong>and <strong>Ruben Gonzalez </strong>for the final battle. Expect nothing less than an unforgettable show in Europe’s most intense beachbreak, culminating a year of triumph and ovation for <strong>Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Quiksilver </strong>invitees.

The competition is being webcasted at www.perfectchapter.com and www.quiksilver.com.

The Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Quiksilver is sponsored by Allianz, Quiksilver, Nazaré City Council, Kia, MEO and it is associated with the media partners RTP, Fuel TV, Jornal i, Mega Hits, SURFPortugal, Beachcam, Surf Session, Fluir, Waves and Surfing Life.

<strong>THE SURFERS </strong>

Nic von Rupp

Tiago Pires

João Guedes

Francisco Alves

Miguel Blanco

Alex Botelho

Bruce Irons

Pedro Vianna “Scooby”

Miguel Tudela

Marco Giorgi

Damien Hogbood

Bobby Martinez

Bruno Santos

Bruno Grilo

Ruben Gonzalez

Koa Rothman

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