Mirante Beach, Santa Cruz offered up some great waves for the last day of competition. Italy ended the day as new Eurosurf Champions.

One week of great surfing ended today at Mirante Beach, Santa Cruz. The Ocean Spirit 2019 Festival hosted a marvelous event with some great waves making an appearance to greet the winners.

And speaking of winners:

Surf Men:

1st - Jay Quinn (Wales)

2nd - Leon Glatzer (Germany)

3rd - Eduardo Fernandes (Portugal)

4th - Kian Martin (Sweden)

Surf Women:

1st - Claire Bevilacqua (Italy)

2nd - Francisca Veselko (Portugal)

3rd - Rachel Presti (Germany)

4th - Peony Knight (England)

Longboard Men:

1st - Federico Nesti (Italy)

2nd - João Dantas (Portugal)

3rd - Evan Rodgers (Wales)

4th - Luca Carlisle (Switzerland)

Longboard Women:

1st - Francesca Rubegni (Italy)

2nd - Nienke Duinmeijer (Holland)

3rd - Emily Currie (England)

4th - Mascha Trietsch (Germany)

Coming into the final day Portugal had the lead but as the finals played out (Surf Women had already been surfed 3 days before) it was Italy that took the lead and lifted the final trophy of the day. Congratulations to the new European Champions!

Team Standings:

1st - Italy (5321 pts)

2nd - Portugal (4928 pts)

3rd - Germany (4656 pts)

4th - England (4165 pts)

(for the full table view the scoreboard below)

For Marco Gregori, head coach and captain of the Squadra Azzurra, winning in Santa Cruz was a dream come true:

“For a country like ours, with no great waves, this moment is incredible, it is truly a dream. We wrote history for the Italian Surfing Federation, by being for the first time European Champions. During the week the waves were good but with difficult circumstances due to the constant shift in wave conditions. The Italian team is really solid and adapted to the strategy and tactics needed for this competition. The level of the other teams was great, each country was really strong with the majority having greater experience then we did.

(source: Santa Cruz Ocean Spirit website)