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Julian Wilson (Sunshine Coast, AUS) 22, has won the ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal

The new generation of up-and-comers on the ASP Star tour stormed into the quarterfinals of the ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal with dominating performances in tough wind affected 3-4ft waves at the main event site of Ribera D'Ilhas.

The ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal held another day of incredible surfing as Round Three of competition

The ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal witnessed an incredible marathon day of performance surfing

The opening day of the ASP PRIME Quiksilver Pro Portugal witnessed two intense sessions of surfing separated by the high tide with Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA) 20, leading the stacked international field of elite surfers

The QUIKSILVER PRO PORTUGAL starts tomorrow, on Tuesday 14th of june, at the mythical point break of Ericeira

Coming from a small Caribbean island, St Barthélémy, Dimitri now lives in Bidart, (close to Biarritz in the South West of France).

Aritz is without doubt the best Basque surfer of his generation. From Zarautz, he is as much at home in France as he is in Portugal where he knows all the spots perfectly.

Coming from Morocco, born in Holland and living in France, Ramzi has been travelling since he's a kid.

At 30 years of age, Tiago Pires is the star of Portuguese surfing and one of the country's sporting greats.

The Quiksilver Pro Portugal marks the first stage in a collaboration destined to become a yearly one between the Quiksilver Foundation and S.O.S. Portugal.

Indisputably the top Portuguese surfer of his generation, Vasco Ribeiro represents the future of the sport in his country.

The Reunion surfer, 23, is in his 5^th season among the best surfers in the world.

Ericeira is one of the jewels of European surfing.  Benefitting from a unique maritime outlook on the Atlantic Coast, Ericeira and its surroundings, abound with world-class surf spots that now form part of the World Surf Reserve.

During the Quiksilver Pro Portugal, Quiksilver will unveil its Portuguese seat in Ericeira and, above all, its Tiago Pires Boardriders, the opening of which is scheduled for June 2011.

From next 14^th to 19^th of June, the second edition of the Quiksilver Pro Portugal will take place at the world-class surf spot, Ericeira, near Lisbon.

The Quiksilver Pro Portugal will be broadcast live on the Internet.