Ocean Spirit, major water sport festival (Silver Coast – Portugal)

The beach of Santa Cruz, in the county of Torres Vedras, will receive from day 16 to 27 this month, the Ocean Spirit - International Festival of Wave Sports, with six contests, national and international, to run for relevant championships.

According to the organization, that presented the event this Monday, "after the 80 thousand visitors of last year event, this year are expected 120 thousand."

Only in this country can all this action be observed, between the Vigia and Fisica beaches, in Santa Cruz. "The Wave Masters, which is the championship of Kitesurfing, there are five contests in the world, the first was in France, the second will be in Santa Cruz, we have the Zap Skimboard International, we have the World Cup of Kayaksurf, there was never a contest in national territory, and we have the National Championship of Kayaksurf that has never taken place in Santa Cruz, "stressed Bruno Melo's Ocean Spirit Association.

The show will run from the Beach of Fisica and the Beach of Vigia, in Santa Cruz, depending on the condition of the sea and waves and may even take place four contests simultaneously.

In the space of 15 square meters began to be erected the "Village of Neptune" that will have a pool, 12 schools, 19 shops, 12 bars and two restaurants.

The proposal of the organization for animation will be from sunset until three o'clock in the morning. "We want to start the animation at half past seven in the afternoon, at the first stage in Neptune, where we watch the sunset with sound more calm, around ten o'clock starts the second band, in the biggest stage, which plays until midnight when then enters the DJ who will carry on with the night until three in the morning "explained Bruno Melo. The area for night events has capacity for ten thousand people and this year the entries will be paid with prices between two and five euros.