After an amazing overall performance Portuguese talent Nic Von Rupp has taken down some of the world's best tube riders to become the champion of the first Pawa Tube Fest.

"It has been a really tough week and I am so stoked to come out as the winner. Coming here to surf one of the best waves in the world with some of the best tube riders has been an amazing experience. I want to thank everyone who made this event possible," said Von Rupp.

Von Rupp beat Nathan Hedge, Diego Silva, Brian Conley, Nils Schweizer and Gabriel Villaran in the final.

The event introduced a new format for tube riding where the final results were accumulated from the athlete's overall heat performances, all counting towards their individual heat totals and round totals, event tally and ranking, qualification and final placing. The event champion and final placing were determined by the athlete's best 10 scores accumulated from each heat throughout the event.