Pauline Ado, the Anglet surfer was doubly the star of this eagerly awaited day of international surfing for the first WSL competition in Europe and the laying of her imprints on the famous Surf Avenue. The very big swell announced for the following days encouraged the organizers to ….
…. start the competition from 7:50 this morning (Editor’s note Wednesday September 23). The conditions were almost perfect early in the morning and quickly changed, forcing the competitors to adapt as they went.
3 star surfers from Anglet: Emmanuelle Joly, Pauline Ado and Johanne Defay
Pauline Ado, ambassador of the city of Anglet, immediately set the mood on the golden sands beach by winning her series. Eagerly awaited, headliners such as Italo Ferreira, Michel Bourez, Léo Fioravanti, Kanoa Igarashi also launched the day with very high level series.
Before the semi-finals, the highlight of the day was the imprint of the 3 great champions that are Emmanuelle Joly, Pauline Ado and Johanne Defay (read their bio) alongside the 13 other stars of the discipline (including 2 others emblematic surfers Maritxu Darrigrand and Justine Dupont).
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Listen to Emmanuelle Joly’s reaction
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Anglet, the only international surfing event in France
The city of Anglet has chosen a hell of a challenge for this French Surf Rendezvous, the WSL countdown.
“The fact of organizing one of the only two European events despite the extremely restrictive context proves our determination to pursue and persevere in the field of surfing, the strong marker of the city. Since 2014, we have been organizing international events and we did not want to Obviously the closed door has completely upset our habits, we who make these events a great popular celebration, there we were asked to hide the competition. The local surf fan population was frustrated by this rule that We have nevertheless applied. We have worked hand in hand in with the WSL so that the great champions present in lack of competition can express themselves on our waves, display an image of surfing on the Basque coast and show our commitment to the events. futures “ sums up Anthony Bleuze, Assistant Animation – Events – Tourism – Communication for the city of Anglet.
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