In the center of Anglet’s night, wherever the waves usually only see a number of intrepid midnight swimmers, the popular Anglet Surf de Nuit took location this Sunday night. Underneath the rays of the moon, Gatien Delahaye and Tya Zebrowski dominated the waves and the opposition on the seaside of the Chambre d’Amour. Following a few white editions (in 2019 owing to lousy weather, 2020 and 2021 thanks to Covid), the party brought alongside one another additional than 20,000 spectators according to the organizers, unheard of.
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Twelve surfers ended up split into 6 combined teams for this competitiveness. At household, area Pauline Ado took the lead for the initially time in the all-feminine 1st round. But it was Gatien Delahaye, the best-scoring Frenchman in the Challenger Series (CS) (15th), who dazzled the spot and authorized his team to safe their spot. He was connected with one particular of the phenomena of French surfing, the young Tahitian Tya Zebrowski, just 11 decades outdated. In the last the duo won versus the English couple Pauline Ado and Romain Laulhe and the couple shaped by the French Jorgann Couzinet and the Spanish Leticia Canales Bilbao.
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The Chambre d’Amour beach in Anglet welcomed additional than 20,000 spectators according to the organizers, an unprecedented quantity for this version of the Anglet Surf de Nuit. (L. Masurel / WSL)
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The scoreboards of all the athletes were outfitted with colored LEDs, which authorized spectators collected on the seashore to enjoy the display even in the center of the night time. Mild details have even been set up that illuminate the most stunning waves.
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In addition to the sporting facet, each and every workforce defended the shades of an affiliation. Delahaye and Zebrowski lifted 1,500 euros for Ossegua, which is preventing the seaweed invasion (Sargassum) on the coast of Guadeloupe.
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The surf does not go away the Basque and Anglet coasts. The Professional Anglet is in fact arranged from this Tuesday 23 August, and until Sunday 28 August. It is the fourth of the ten levels of the European Qualifying Series circuit, with 3,000 factors to be acquired in the race for the elite. On the French side there will be Maud Le Automobile, Pauline Ado, Tim Bisso, Justin Becret.
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