[Photo credit: Aquashot/aspeurope.com by Bonnarme] Marc Lacomare (Capbreton, FRA), 18, is the nw ASP European Junior Champion and is guaranteed a spot into this year’s ASP World Junior Championships (WJC) at Narabeen

TENERIFE, Canary Islands (Friday, September 4, 2009) – Marc Lacomare (Capbreton, FRA), 18, was crowned the 2009 ASP European Junior champion today after closest title contender Jatyr Berasaluce (Sopelana, EUK), 20, was eliminated from the ASP Grade-3 Santa Surf Pro Junior in the Canarian island of Tenerife. Leading the regional ratings since his recent win in the Rip Curl Pro Junior at Hossegor a couple of weeks ago, Lacomare sealed the deal today closing a great year of performance to claim his maiden regional title and get his ticket for this year’s ASP World Junior Championships (WJC) taking place at Narabeen in Australia next January.

“The title wasn’t done for me even if I was in the lead before Tenerife,” Lacomare said. “I was really focused on my heats and did not think about the title until it would be confirmed and I am just over the moon right now. I’ve had a long year competing on both ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) and Pro Junior events. I had an injury in June and July and I got back to competition to focus on the junior series, and it finishes perfectly with that title.”
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[Photo credit: Aquashot/aspeurope.com] Marc Lacomare (Hossegor, FRA), 18, is the new ASP European Junior ratings leader after claiming ASP Grade-3 Rip Curl Pro Junior at Seignosse in France. Lacomare heads to the final event in September with a comfortable lead and is a favorite for the 2009 ASP European Junior title

LE PENON, Seignosse – France (Sunday, August 23, 2009) – Marc Lacomare (Hossegor, FRA), 18, has won the ASP Grade-3 Rip Curl Pro Junior at Seignosse in France today after defeating Hawaii’s wunderkind John John Florence (Oahu, HAW), 15, in testing five foot (1.5 meter) waves. Lacomare, who claimed his second event win this afternoon to jump back in the lead on the ASP European Junior ratings, dominated the crucial event by far with several of the competition’s best scores posted en route to victory.
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