That's it!!! Next year I'm entering the 4* Breaka Pro and see if I can score more than a 3.

pretty cool to see that write up on him. El Naib's name has been on numerous discussions on this forum ... a mini doco should be made about him....

hopefully we'll see him turn up in his own youtube/vimeo series shortly so we can get a weekly fix of el naib on the web!

there's something that it's not clear in my mind.
it's now some years we see him in contest but never improve his level, still troubling poppin up.
does he go surf outside the contests?

I used to pick him before he was famous!

I'm not so much of a fan now. He's changed, I think the fame has gone to his head.

I'm still gonna put him on my team, I know he'll show up, 5 points is better than 1 anyday. I seem pretty good at picking the no-shows so maybe this will change my luck. Who knows, if enough players pick him he might just get stoked enough to make a heat, and then go on to solve the financial crisis in Europe, or discover a new cheap clean source of electricity.

he just won 300 usd for his effort at vendee, he's living the dream

After reading this article, I am now a big fan.

I just found this blog article about him. http://charleysurfsalot.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-force-in-pro-surfing.html


If anyone watches as much pro surfing online as me then you may have seen a fair few WQS events from around europe this summer. Its been all over from newquay to the azores and is now finishing up in the canaries. I kept noticing a name in the 1st round results - Alexander El Naib. Let me tell you a bit about this fella. Al El Naib is 49 year old german guy who has been doing the QS all through europe. He enters every event, always shows up for his heat but never gets through round one. Why is this I here you ask... Its because he's fucking shit! When i say shit, i don't mean horrible brazillian style shit or not quite good enough shit. I mean really shit, like can just about stand up shit. Why does he do the QS was my question and it appears from a bit of internet research a lot of other peoples too. The guy is becoming a bit of a legend - he has never scored over 2 points for a heat total yet he keeps coming back for more. At $250 - $400 dollars a comp, travel costs, accomodation and hire car costs it must be costing him an absolute fortune to show up and surf for 20 mins. So why does he do it... well turns out he's just as much of a pro surf fanatic as me, yet infinatly richer (rumour is he's a trust fund kid) so what better way to spend your summer than travelling round europe and not only surfing with but gettng to know some of the best surfers in the world! True dedication I say. Here's a photo that encapsulates it for me - here he is shaking hands with Tom Curren who he's just surfed a heat with in the Azores... yes TOM CURREN!! Got to be worth the airfare eh?

Er, that'd be, World Qualifier Series competitor.

Then it would be fair to say that we can all surf better that a World Series Qualifier. haha

damm, finished with a 0.8 total, never pick him again

he's in the water and already snatched a 0.2

I'm including him at every event he enters.

Some say he is the illegitimate son of a wealth German industrialist:

Birth date 26th June, 1963.

Keep living the dream Alexander for all of us that can't go chase our dreams.

breakout year 2012 for him = finally a wavescore over a 3???

never miss a event of the euro leg.

He should also think of coaching ala Dan Ross.

I saw that too, Go get'em Naib-baby

Just checking the rollup at the 3* Vendee Pro and noticed that the FPS poster boy has entered. Yeeeehah!!