the surfer natxo gonzalez is the winner of the fifteenth edition of the Laboral Kutxa Punta Galea Challengethe surfing competition on big waves oldest in Europeheld this Tuesday on a sunny day with waves of about five meters high.
González, who was already the winner of this competition in 2013, almost assured victory in the last maneuver of the day to beat the Gipuzkoan Aritz Aranburuwho had dominated the definitive series almost since its inception.
After obtaining the best score (18.6) midway through the final with a great left, the surfer from Plentzia did not find the definitive wave (6.63) until those last few seconds that would serve to overcome with breadth (25.29) the 20.13 he added aranburu with its two best waves.
In third position was classified the Californian Nick Lamb (18.46), winner at La Galea in the 2014 and 2017 editions. Fourth was the Gipuzkoan Iker Amatriain (16.67), fifth the Portuguese Michael White (15.57) and sixth the Australian Russell Beerke (14.21).
About 10,000 fans followed the event live throughout the almost nine hours of competition from the La Galea cliff and several thousand more via internet broadcast.
Source: Eitb
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