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European Juniors Head to Sopela for Stop No. 5
Nicolas Leroy
The Junior Pro Sopela will continue the exciting 2018 season on the European Junior Qualifying Series. Here's everything you need to know about this event.
Where?
Sopela is located on the outskirts of Bilbao, the Basque Country's main city. It's an extremely popular beach that gets crazy crowded in summer. Clean light-brown sand bordered by cliffs and green fields behind paint a pretty picture of a typical Basque beach.
The wave is a highly-consistent, punchy beachbreak that offers both lefts and rights at pretty much all tides. The event usually has great conditions for the surfers to display all the maneuvers, whether in tubes, on the wave face or in the air.
What?
The Junior Pro Sopela will be Stop No. 5 of 6 on the European Junior Qualifying Series. After four events, two in Portugal (Espinho and Caparica) and two in France (La Torche and Biscarrosse), it's time for the final two stops in Spain.
In the men's field, what shaped up to be a very open race for the 2018 European title, has suddenly turned into a one-man show with Justin Becret taking out back-to-back wins in France. The Seignosse local now has a shot at claiming a first-ever regional title in Sopela if he can reach the finals again and his main opponent Marco Mignot fails to make big points.
The women's title race is a completely different story. With four different winners in the first four events, the race is wide open and the two remaining events will be decisive in crowning the European Champion as well as selecting the Top 2 surfers who qualify for the World Junior Championship. Nadia Erostarbe currently leads the show with a very consistent effort: a win, a runner-up, a third place and a fifth to make up a total 2,730 points.
When?
Tune in from July 18-22, 2018 and check out all the photos, videos and updates right here!
Axel Lopetegi
The E.Leclerc Pont L'Abbé Junior Pro La Torche ran the all-important final four-man heats to decide the event's quarterfinalists on Day 4.
The 2018 edition is fast approaching so check out once more some of the finest images from last year.
Junior Pro Sopela
Marco Mignot and Neis Lartigue come out victorious from a tricky finals day at the Junior Pro Sopela.
The French overcome Spaniards to claim an important win before the last junior event of the season.
The Junior Pro Sopela goes through another massive day of competition and multiple upsets to only keep eight men and eight women for finals
The Junior Title race takes an interesting turn as most of the front-runners suffer early round eliminations.
European groms find fun Basque surf and put on a good show.