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An All-French Affair in Caraïbos Lacanau
An All-French Affair in Caraïbos Lacanau
Grande Plage, Lacanau - Nouvelle-Aquitaine, in Franc, whereMaud Le Car of France and Marco Mignot, also from France, won the 2019 Caraïbos Lacanau Pro in historic fashion, claiming victory in the Finals against Gabriela Bryan (HAW) and Gatien Delahaye (FRA) held in four-to-six foot surf.
This was Stop No. 7 of 11 on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) European Qualifying Series (QS), the Caraïbos Lacanau Pro has been treated to good conditions all week, culminating today with the crowning of Le Car and Mignot as the 2019 winners.
In the women's Final, Maud Le Car (FRA) and Gabriela Bryan (HAW) drifted apart in the lineup at first, until the French surfed dropped a solid 7.17 score for two backhand turns, prompting her opponent to join her on the lefts breaking right in front of the judges tower closer to shore. Ten minutes into the Final, Gabriela Bryan answered with a 6.17.
Both surfers struggled to back up their main score for a while but Le Car with a 4.03 kept Bryan at a safe distance. The swell failed to materialize Bryan and Le Car claimed her first QS1,500 win.
In the men's Final, Marco Mignot (FRA) pulled the trigger first with a combination of three decent turns on his backhand for a 5.50 and the first score of the heat. Gatien Delahaye (FRA) answered with an impressive maneuver but failed to control it perfectly, still scoring a 5.67 to get his Final started.
On the next exchange, Delahaye put together a nice combination of backhand gauges but the waves wasn't offering much verticality, posting a 7.00 for his effort. Mignot answered on a bomb with three critical turns to post an excellent 8.70 and re-claim the lead.
Delahaye multiplied attempts to move back into first but his scores remained under the 7.21 required. Mignot continued to improve his situation and pushed the requirement for Delahaye into the excellent range in the last five minutes of the Final. Mignot got the better of the exchange with a 9.00 against Delahaye's 8.33, eventually walking away with the win.