{"id":124402,"date":"2026-01-22T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/?p=124402"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:06:27","slug":"local-charger-enters-the-capitulo-perfeito-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/local-charger-enters-the-capitulo-perfeito-line-up","title":{"rendered":"Local charger enters the Capitulo Perfeito line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trials for the 12th annual Cascais Cap\u00edtulo Perfeito, powered by Billabong, ran in pumping Carcavelos last week, and it was local surfer Tom\u00e1s Valente who rose to the top and punched his ticket into the main event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The field was stacked with some of Carcavelos\u2019 most reliable and hungry surfers \u2014 Martim Nunes, Salvador Vala, Miguel Kilford, Francisco Mittermayer, Jo\u00e3o Moreira, Ant\u00f3nio \u201cLacrau\u201d Carvalho, Bruno Mendon\u00e7a, and Valente himself. It came down to experience and wave sense in the end, with Tom\u00e1s edging it out with a winning total of 10.25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For someone who now spends most of his time teaching surf lessons, the win clearly meant a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI still can\u2019t believe it,\u201d he said after the final. \u201cWinning here, among so many young talents, also took a bit of luck, because Carcavelos isn\u2019t easy. Qualifying for Cap\u00edtulo Perfeito brings me back to the essence of surfing: if the waves are good, that\u2019s all you need. This event represents exactly that \u2014 the pursuit of barrels and the counterculture of surfing. I entered the 2014 edition and a few others, and my goal was always to be here among my friends, who inspire me the most. Now I want to enjoy it and not worry too much.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With that, Tom\u00e1s joins an already loaded main-event roster that includes Balaram Stack, Bruno Santos, Joel Parkinson, Noah Beschen, Rob Machado, Soli Bailey, Torrey Meister, Tosh Tudor, Jo\u00e3o Maria Mendon\u00e7a, Miguel Blanco, Nic von Rupp, Anne dos Santos (the first female invitee), Pedro Boonman (fan-vote wildcard), and reigning champion Cam Richards. The final Performance Wildcard will be announced once the official contest call is made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cap\u00edtulo Perfeito remains what it has always been: a one-day, tube-only event, with surfers getting just 72 hours\u2019 notice so it only runs when it&#8217;s genuinely firing. 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