French federation of Surfing Bidarteko Club.Event Surfing Bidart Beach of the center. 18 - April 19, 2009 Master de France 2009, results! - -
Apologies for the translation but i tried hard to understand, sounded like a really good event, well done guy's.
More than 80 registered surfers in 6 categories for this edition of the Championships of Masters France. After missing a year with no event last year the spice was added to the contest by having the French team selection for the next ISA World Masters event needing to select ...2 Masters, 2 Grand Masters, 2 Kahunas, 1 Grand Kahunas and 1 Master Women.
Saturday, the beach of the center with Bidart accomodates the candidates with a good 1.2m and good weather. But it was necessary to move quickly because of the heavy schedule ahead, the evening paella of the evening would have to wait, and with the forecast for Sunday announced rainy and windy. The hope was to finish 3 categories in the course of the day: Masters women: + 35 years: always young Cathy MONGE is the only registered woman and gains the title by defect (and so much worse for the absent ones), but makes a point of being put at l' water (in company of the finale Large Kahunas) and shows us she still has the skill.
Kahunas: 45 years and +: semi finals before a final or one finds the elite of the surfing of the Eighties. Lastly, and at the end of many years, Eric GRACIET of the Great Beach of Biarritz and Michel LARRONDE of Biarrot compatriot but exiled in Hawaii. Large Kahunas enter to l' water for a series with 6; known names like Christophe REINHARDT of GUETHARY, d' others less, present for the fun. Finally, c' is RED Eric, the shaper and surfer of Biarritz which l' carry in the breeze of north which s' is raised. It will receive its trophy the evening, at the time of the meal, with much d' emotion. . All the tribe is found the evening with the meal with the House club of Bidart Union Club; c' is the local tradition and of these Championships Masters, which combine serious, sport, and user-friendliness. Sunday, the serious things continue for the “kids” of the contest: 28 to 45 years gathered in 3 categories. Biscarosse Grande Masters continue. The conditions which are degraded do not facilitate the evolutions: high tide, wind and weakening swell. On one of the rare series, l' event will be l' interference of Bruno LAHARRAGUE on Joao of SONIS, which seen l' external, a little will rot l' environment of this final. Nevertheless Free-Brazilian the l' carry with its powerful surfing, and validates its ticket for a selection for Chile in company of Pierre FOURCADE.
Lastly, Masters closes the ball, not without plancha of Biarteko n' celebrating it; hummed, and proposed its “taloa xingar”, an extremely gouteuse local receipt. With l' hour of the finale of the 35/40 years, the waves are quasi non-existent. The finalists will have with surfer of the large clapots. This play, Olivier SALVAIRE with his flexible and light style takes the best on always the crafty one Thierry LEROY, relegating Nicolas PINOT and Thierry VIDAL to the last places in a desperate search of waves. 1: Olivier SALVAIRE: Mimizan. 2: Thierry LEROY: Bayonne 3: Nicolas PINOT: Boucau Tarnos 4: Thierry Vidal: Bayonne. S' in is finished for this edition 2009.
Xaby LAFFITTE, large unlucky person of this last category, but good player, gives appointment to l' next year, launching the candidature for a voluntary club for 2010. Unless Biarteko took taste there…. Thank you with Bidarteko, its President: Luc VALLEJO, his staff, and its partners. Thank you at the commission judges, with the chief Claude CHAMOUX and with his staff judges. Thank you with all the surfers for their presence and their good spirit.
1: RED Eric: Biarritz 2: Christophe REINHARDT: Guethary 3: Bernard MATHIEU: Rebated joint 4: Jean Pierre LEURION: Bayonne 5: Jean DARRIEUSECQ: Biarritz 6: Gibus of SOULTRAIT: Guethary.
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1: Eric GRACIET: Biarritz 2: Michel LARRONDE: Biarritz 3: Pierre THOURON: Rebated joint 4: Gilles ASENJO: Biarritz.
Apologies for the translation but i tried hard to understand, sounded like a really good event, well done guy's.
