Chambre d'Amour

LACK OF SWELL FORCES CANCELLATION OF 2021 RIP CURL PRO ANGLET

Conditions in the one foot range this week in Southwest France have forced event officials to call the cancellation of the 2021 QS1,000 Rip Curl Pro Anglet. After a quick start on the opening day of competition that ran through 30 heats of both the men and women opening rounds, conditions did not offer enough opportunities through the week and the event sat still with numerous calls and a few lay days.

“After several calls during the morning it was decided amongst the organization of the event to finally cancel,” Rob Gunning, WSL Europe Tour Manager stated. “We did what we could with the waves that we had on offer and managed to get down to the men’s Round of 64 and women’s Round of 32 but unfortunately we couldn’t go any further. It’s not something that happens very often on our tours but it’s not in our hands and the surf was just not contestable the last couple of days which made it impossible to finish.”

As much as this year’s events were unfortunate, it was announced earlier this week that the Rip Curl Pro Anglet will be back for the next three years with a renewed partnership between the city council of Anglet, Rip Curl Europe and the World Surf League. Surfers were unanimous to praise the event’s glorious past and Anglet’s tendency to deliver excellent conditions for the region’s best surfers to perform on.

Surfers still in contention will receive the ranking points assigned to last place of the current round: male surfers will all take away 49th place and 60 points while the female athletes will be ranked equal 25th with 150 points each.

Pictured: Amir Rafaeli during Rip Curl Pro Anglet 2021. Image credit: WSL / Masurel
Source: www.worldsurfleague.com

2021 RIP CURL PRO ANGLET GETS UNDERWAY IN THE FRENCH BASQUE COUNTRY

The 2021 QS1,000 Rip Curl Pro Anglet is officially underway with the first heats of the men’s event in the water since 10 a.m (local time). Conditions in the 1-to-2 foot range with clean offshore winds and a beautiful summer day in Anglet are everything organizers hoped for to get the action going.

“We have clean little waves this morning breaking all over the Chambre d’Amour beach so we’re pleased to get our surfers in the water early,” Rob Gunning, WSL Europe Tour Manager said. “We’re looking at a very difficult forecast for the entire week of the waiting period unfortunately so every breaking wave will be taken advantage of. That’s why we have decided to use a split-banks system with two heats in the water simultaneously on two different peaks.”

The Rip Curl Pro Anglet is the first Qualifying Series event in the region counting for the 2021/22 season and the 120-men and 56-women fields are stacked with the very best European surfers.

Event officials hope to complete 36 heats over the first day of competition, both of the men and women opening rounds.

Source: www.worldsurfleague.com
Pictured: Free surfers warm up before the launch of the Rip Curl Pro Anglet. Image credit: WSL / Masurel

EUROPEAN QUALIFYING SERIES SET TO GET UNDERWAY AT RIP CURL PRO ANGLET

The 2021 QS1,000 Rip Curl Pro Anglet is just around the corner and with it the start of the 2021/22 European Qualifying Series (QS) season. The event is scheduled from August 24-29 in the beautiful town of Anglet in the French Basque Country.

It’s the sixth edition of what has become a surfer and fan-favorite event thanks to the quality of the venue, waves and the general laid back vibe of Anglet. Each year the best surfers from all over Europe set up camp on any of the numerous Nouvelle-Aquitaine coastline spots in search for the perfect training ground. By the end of August, they descend on the Chambre d’Amour beachbreak where they’re met with fun summer conditions.

Image credit: WSL / @wslqs

WHAT, WHERE & WHEN: 2021 RIP CURL PRO ANGLET

You've read it, the World Surf League just announced a pretty epic, revamped Championship Tour and Challenger Series schedule for next year and beyond. And guess what, if you want a shot at competing at one of the all-time locations, it all starts at the QS level.

Source: www.worldsurfleague.com
Pictured: Vasco Ribeiro (PRT) during Round 4 of Deeply Pro Anglet 2019. Image credit: WSL / DAMIEN POULLENOT

CULTURE - MUSIC - THE INTERNATIONAL SURF FILM FESTIVAL RETURNS TO ANGLET FOR A 17TH EDITION

The 17th edition of the International Surf Film Festival should indeed take place this summer in Anglet (Basque Country)! After a blank year in 2020 on the Chambre d'Amour website, this unmissable event on the French and European surf scene will once again present and reward the best surf films, between fictions and documentaries.

Source: www.surf-report.com
Image credit: @InternationalSurfFilmFestival