Pauline Ado : photo Aquashot/aspeurope.com

Pauline Ado Claims Oakley Girls Pro Junior San Sebastian Title

Last week, the ASP Oakley Pro Junior gathered the Europe’s finest under-21 male and female surfers. The finals, happenning on Saturday, led to a double victory of the Rip Curl Team with Pauline Ado (FRA) coming out on top for girls and Medi Vemenardi (REU) 19, winning men’s title.

On Saturday, the swell condition gave to competitors an excellent 1m peeling lefts and rights, setting up  the perfect playing field to do battle. Pauline Ado, definitively dominated the finals, from her open heat where she belted out a series of forehand turns to claim a 9.60 out of 10 and a combined heat total of 17.27 the highest of the entire event.

“My first heat of the day my quarter-final went really well with some good scores which gave me a big confidence boost so I just wanted to do the same in the semi and the final. I started well in the final but it felt so long the 30-minute final because I was in the lead and the girls were getting closer and closer but it finished really good because I didn’t do very well in the last contest so I am pretty happy right now.”

Having missed the opening series event Ado jumps to fourth on the overall women’s pro junior ratings. With other commitments at the US Open shortly Ado will have to leave her European title hopes to the last throw of the dice in the final ASP Grade-2 Pro Junior in Lacanau this August.

“It is great to be on the ratings in fourth spot,” continued Ado. “I didn’t do the first contest but unfortunately I won’t be in the next pro junior in Sopelana because I am going to the US Open but I think here is a perfect training session for the WQS events with so many girls surfing so well. I have been preparing physically and on my technique for the summer leg of ASP contests and I feel fit and inform and I hope I can continue like this.”

This event confirmed the presence of the Rip Curl Girls team on the top of the 2010 ASP Europe Women’s Junior ratings : Cannelle Bulard get the leadership thanks to her third consecutive Pro Junior final this year , shortly followed by Justine Dupont at the 2nd place, while Pauline gets the fourth place.  Our girls rocks, keep supporting them !

RESULTS FINAL OAKLEY GIRLS PRO JUNIOR SAN SEBASTIAN
1st - Pauline Ado (FRA) 13.67,
2nd - Alizee Arnaud (FRA) 12.56,
3rd- Cannelle Bulard (REU) 7.64,
4th- Justine Dupont (FRA) 5.93

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