SURFING

If there’s a single country that’s made an international surf splash over the past decade, it’s Portugal. With a meandering coastline littered with white-sand beaches and full exposure to the raw and consistent power of the North Atlantic, it has quickly become Europe’s go-to destination for guaranteed surf. 

In the dying minutes of the final heat, Filipe found a perfect wall and decimated it for a 9.47 and the win, the 13th in his career.

“It’s a magical place far from civilisation where you can embrace the simplicity of life through a blue filter, on a world-class wave that only works during a rare swell direction.”