Anat Lelior (ISR) and Andy Criere (ESP) have won the QS1,500 Deeply Pro Anglet in historic fashion today, claiming victory in the Final bouts against Isabella Nichols (AUS) and Vasco Ribeiro(PRT) held in two-to-three foot surf at Chambre d’Amour.
Stop No. 8 of 1 on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) European Qualifying Series (QS), the Deeply Pro Anglet has been treated to an abundance of swell on the opening two days and incredible performances by some of the region’s best surfers as well as international traveling pros.
After a rather slow start to the women’s Final with both surfers posting under-average scores, Lelior started building momentum midway through the heat. The Israeli surfer started on a left and put together a nice two-turn combo on her forehand to post a 5.73 and quickly escalated on her backhand this time with a similar combination and more vertical turns for a 6.77.
Lelior built a healthy lead as the current No. 1 on the Qualifying Series Nichols was struggling to find waves with good scoring potential. She eventually did on a clean little right with a 6.50 but with only a minute left in the heat, the Australian was unable to find a second good score to overtake Lelior and the Israeli walked away with her first QS win ever.
“This is the first of many hopefully, go big or go home!” Lelior said. “I’m super happy with the way I surfed this week, trusted my surfing and had fun doing it. It was great to share the Final with Isabella, she’s such a good surfer. I really look up to her and I want to be in her shoes on that number one spot someday. I’m excited to head to Galicia, stoked I could qualify to get in and hopefully I have a good time there too.”
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