Zarautz surfer Nadia Erostarbe once again made good use of her backside attack today in Ribeira D'Ilhas and made it to the grand final of the Portuguese surfing cup where she will face CT top surfer Johanne Defay of France.

Erostarbe, who had advanced to the quarterfinals after falling to the repechage round and beating local Mafalda Lopes, today beat Teresa Bonvalot and Yolanda Hopkins, scoring 13,93 and 13,5 in their respective series.

The right-handers at Ribeira D'Ilhas broke fun for the third day in a row, providing plenty of room to combine various moves on the waves of the series.

In the men's category, the Basque Aritz Aranburu said goodbye to the event at the hands of the person who had been the executioner in round 1, the local hero, Frederico Morais, who beat him by 16,83 to 12,5.

Morais then advanced to the grand final where he will face world champion Italo Ferreira, who won the night event in Brazil and then the French Cup in Anglet.