Alex Uranga from the Basque Country in northern Spain is the winner of the 2011 Nissan Reunion Bodyboard Pro at Les Archers in Saint-Pierre, Reunion. Uranga, 22, who won the trials into the main event, took his winning streak all the way to the final, defeating Jake Stone from Dunsborough in Western Australia, with minutes to go, in glassy four to six foot waves. The Basque was carried on the shoulders of his brother and a friend from the water’s edge to the presentation area while the crowd whistled and cheered for him. He dedicated his win to all the people who believed in him back in the Basque Country. “It’s incredible”, said Alex Uranga, “I can’t put these feelings into words”. Jake Stone, 22, beat reigning world champion and local, Amaury Lavernhe in the quarterfinal and Frenchman Pierre-Louis Costes in the semifinal. Stone, was coming first until 2 minutes before the final siren when Uranga caught his winning wave, a big back flip scoring him a 7.6 out of a possible ten. “It
Today almost was a perfect day at Pipeline, 6'-10' waves, sunny day, clean but The Backdoor Shootout contest close the beach almost all day long, good for the local surfers who got the best waves of the season until the next swell, Pipeline still The Best Wave of the World soo far in days like that, how beautifull is that incredible wave, Me, Paulo Barcellos, Mike Stewart, Guilherme Tamega, Jeff Hubbard, Luis Villar, Toby Player, Hermano Castro, Carol Casimero, Lindsay Yasui and others was out there in the line up, lets see if the waves still good to run the Eddie Aikau Contest in Waymea, the 2008 Hawaiian Season is getting warm... 
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