LACANAU OCEAN - France (Sunday, August 16, 2009) – Pauline Ado (Hendaye, FRA), 18, has won the ASP Grade-2 Oakley Pro Junior today in France, finishing a top an international field over 150 competitors to raise the coveted trophy in front of a massive crowd. Ado, who had to get through several heats today to reach the final encounters in their respective divisions, showed her strong abilities in the tricky two foot (0.5 meter) waves on offer to oust event favorites en route to victory.
Ado, who claimed her second consecutive Oakley Pro Junior at Lacanau today, offered the crowds an intense battle coming back from fourth to first in the last two minutes of the final after scoring two excellent scores back-to-back to win the event. Besting local favorite and ratings' No. 5 Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA), 17, freshly crowned 2009 ASP European Women's junior champion Johanne Defay (REU), 15, and South Africa's wunderkind Bianca Buitendag, Ado showed she was back to competition in a promising form.
“I am just over the moon right now,” Ado said. “It is my first event this year on the regional pro junior tour and I never thought I would get that win for the second time in a row. The heat was so hard and I thought I wouldn't be able to get back ahead. Seeing the others get the good waves was very frustrating and it gave me the motivation to surf at my best and win.”
Ado, who has had a busy year graduating from high school and starting her ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) career, impressed with her mental strength and surfing ss to grab her first win this year with the event's highest heat score of 15.96 points (out of a possible 20) since becoming the ASP Women's World Junior Champion last January.
“It's a great confidence boost for me and I am going to ask for a wildcard for the next ASP WJC,” Ado said. “It's been a very busy year but things have gone my way and it makes that win even sweater.”
CONGRAT' Pauline!!!
Ado, who claimed her second consecutive Oakley Pro Junior at Lacanau today, offered the crowds an intense battle coming back from fourth to first in the last two minutes of the final after scoring two excellent scores back-to-back to win the event. Besting local favorite and ratings' No. 5 Justine Dupont (Lacanau, FRA), 17, freshly crowned 2009 ASP European Women's junior champion Johanne Defay (REU), 15, and South Africa's wunderkind Bianca Buitendag, Ado showed she was back to competition in a promising form.
“I am just over the moon right now,” Ado said. “It is my first event this year on the regional pro junior tour and I never thought I would get that win for the second time in a row. The heat was so hard and I thought I wouldn't be able to get back ahead. Seeing the others get the good waves was very frustrating and it gave me the motivation to surf at my best and win.”
Ado, who has had a busy year graduating from high school and starting her ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) career, impressed with her mental strength and surfing ss to grab her first win this year with the event's highest heat score of 15.96 points (out of a possible 20) since becoming the ASP Women's World Junior Champion last January.
“It's a great confidence boost for me and I am going to ask for a wildcard for the next ASP WJC,” Ado said. “It's been a very busy year but things have gone my way and it makes that win even sweater.”
CONGRAT' Pauline!!!
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