<strong>Nic von Rupp, Tiago Pires and Bruno Santos share their thoughts on the event’s postponement </strong>

CASCAIS (February 23, 2015) – <strong>Nic von Rupp</strong>, <strong>Tiago Pires </strong>and <strong>Bruno Santos</strong>, three of the surfers still in contention for the Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Billabong’s title, are taking part in a Live Chat at <strong>6 pm </strong>this afternoon (local time).

Surf fans around the world are welcome to join them at http://2017.capituloperfeito.com/live-chat/ and ask them any questions they want regarding the event. The chat moderator will be getting your questions starting from <strong>5 pm</strong>.

After being postponed for lack of conditions, the 4th annual Allianz Perfect Chapter powered by Billabong will soon resume in <strong>Carcavelos Beach</strong>. Surfers will be sharing their thoughts on the event’s postponement and expectations for the next couple of days, as surfing forecast indicates big and challenging conditions for the final rounds of the competition.

A global <strong>15,000€ </strong>prize money will be at stake, a part from special awards for <strong>best tube </strong>(Allianz, 2000€), <strong>best score </strong>(Kia, 1000€), <strong>worst wipeout </strong>(Nixon, 500€) and <strong>most passionate claim </strong>(VonZipper, 300€).

So far, <strong>Nic von Rupp </strong>has his hands on both <strong>best tube </strong>and <strong>best score </strong>awards thanks to an amazing performance in his quarter-finals heat, where he manage to score a 9 and an 8 point ride.

The event will be webcasted live at <a href="http://perfect-chapter.com/live-chat/"><strong>perfect-chapter.com/live-chat</strong></a>

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.

<strong>HEAT DRAW </strong>

H1: Tiago Pires, Rodrigo Herédia, Miguel Blanco, Bruno Santos

H2: Ruben Gonzalez, Nicola von Rupp, Marlon Lipke, Filipe Jervis Pereira