Watch: Highlights: EDP Ericiera Pro 2025 - Day 1

The Atlantic Ocean came to life to kickstart the 2025 EDP Ericeira Pro, and Championship Tour qualification hopefuls brought the goods. Clutch performances, breakthrough moments, and excellence tipped the scale on opening day to lay down the standard with men’s top seeds making their initial debuts. Now, the rest of the Challenger Series top-tier talents await their start alongside a stacked top-seeded women’s Round of 32 ready to ignite. The EDP Ericeira Pro is the 4th stop of the Challenger Series. Currently seated at No. 5 in the rankings, Portugal's Francisca Veselko will be hungry to win in front of her home crowd, but she'll have to surpass current No. 3 Sally Fitzgibbons who won the event in 2024. As the only pathway to pro surfing’s highest level of competition, the Championship Tour, and the stop in Portugal will be a defining moment for athletes looking to be a part of the next generation of professional surfing history. Portugal will be pressure packed. The path to the Tour runs through Portugal