Mega Wins! Morgan second.

The contest must go on said the contestants. Hard onshore winds and large offshore waves were dealt with by the contestants and it was pretty tough. Mega managed to get some frontside AND backside wraps, into the wind, to beat Morgan and take the title. Hugo Santos was out with a hurt foot from Saturday so the door was open for Mega to realize his dream of many, many years. Morgan said before the victory was announced that he didn't mind if Mega won, he was that good a skimmer and a great guy. With European football style chanting, the crowd was celebrating for every favourite and many of the cheers were for Herve LeDoux, the organizer of the event. He really knocks himself out for three days, hosts parties every night, has a huge sound system and a big crowd. Cree and little Noami, forgive my spelling, handed out the prizes. Very heartwarming to see the crowd appreciation for all the family's efforts. Morgan is now the leader on the European tour by a good margin and is planning to go on to England to try and get the title. Last night he got rained on in his tent, yes I said tent, and got pretty wet and cold. That's dedication. He said he was just now getting over the jet lag after 12 days in Europe. Sorry I don't have the names of the other finishers but rest assured, the Europeans are damn good. Morgan said he was really feeling the pressure in Portugal where he took second. Sergio and Eric of gorgonitasskim, find the blog on google, urged me to invite any and all to the 2010 in Barcelona. By the way, the contest in Portugal was a major ocean festival with a 1000 contestants in all the ocean sports. Morgan reported that billboards featuring Jaime, the winner of last years event, were all over town. That's not little old posters, but really big billboards. Reminds me of sailboarding, which started in the U.S., but really took off in Europe in a much bigger way. It is absolutely amazing to see how big skimboarding has become. Tex