<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Stop No. 2 on the 2019 World Surf League (WSL) European Qualifying Series (QS), the Cabreiroá Las Americas Pro Tenerife has been graced with incredible conditions and witnessed epic performances by some of the region’s best surfers, culminating today with Bisso & Boldini’s<strong> </strong>victories.</div><p style="text-align: justify;">The men’s Final was treated to a great start with a few good waves coming through the lineup in the opening minutes. <strong>Bisso</strong> once again came firing right out of the gates with an excellent 8.33 for a series of radical turns on his forehand. The Guadeloupe surfer linked his maneuvers perfectly with flow and took a big lead right away.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Paul Cesar Distinguin</strong> (FRA) answered with powerful turns but shorter rides and couldn’t quite navigate his way around some of the sections closing out. Time continued to run away as Bisso sat patiently in the lineup until a set of two waves came on the five minute mark.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bisso surfed the first wave of the set, continuing to push his turns hard all the way into the shorey. Distinguin opted to go on the second wave, with a good first turn and a little fin-free rotation for a 6.33 but Bisso’s back up came slightly higher with a 6.7 which sealed the deal for his first-ever QS title.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I got a couple close calls earlier in the event and today I just made no mistakes so I’m super happy to finally win my first event!” Bisso said. “I’ve trained a lot with my coach Zé on all the different situations and tactics and today I just felt like I was ready to win. I moved to Portugal recently and there are so many great waves there to train, plus my coach lives there so it’s perfect.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bisso’s path to the Final was an example of momentum building through the early rounds to peak at the right time. His fast and powerful approach in the pumping swell earlier this week translated perfectly into the smaller waves breaking on finals day and Bisso was the clear standout in the Final.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Distinguin reached the Final for the first time since 2014 and capped off a week of great surfing with a runner-up result in Tenerife.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“I just won the La Nord Challenge before coming here so I’m stoked with how I surf at the moment,” Distinguin said. “I surfed well here last year so I really wanted to have a result again. Waves were incredible this week and I had so much fun! Sharing the Final with a friend is great too, Tim deserved it, and I hope the next will be mine! I feel like I did everything I could with the waves I was given today but my selection was a little off in the Final for sure.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Distinguin had previously edged out <strong>Thomas Debierre</strong> (FRA) in an exciting first Semifinal, where he scored an excellent 8 point ride with a series of very good turns. Bisso left no chance to <strong>Lucca Mesinas</strong> (PER) in their Semi, dropping a near-perfect 9.50 in the opening 30 seconds of their exchange and backing it up with an 8.50 later on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Local sensation <strong>Daniela Boldini </strong>(CNY) made it all the way to the women’s event Final on her home break and despite a slow start from both surfers, took a short lead over <strong>Leticia Canales Bilbao</strong> (EUK) in the opening ten minutes. The goofy vs. regular battle mostly happened in small insiders as the ocean failed to provide many sets for the two surfers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A good exchange happened on the ten minute mark with the Basque surfer swinging first with a couple of good turns to re-claim the lead. The local answered right away and pushed her maneuvers a touch harder to post a 5.17 and get back in pole position.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Canales Bilbao got a final opportunity in the dying moments when the best wave of the heat rolled in, but the surfer fell on her first turn attempt, probably affected by the pressure of the whole situation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cinderella story culminated with the local event wildcard Boldini claiming the event title in front of very vocal, huge crowds, for her second time only competing at this level on the Qualifying Series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“For me this competition has been a dream come true and it has motivated me to keep competing on the QS tour and to get a good end of year result,” Boldini said. “The truth is that my coach Nacho Sebastia has helped me a lot this week with my confidence and telling me where to position myself so that has helped me a lot. It turned out to be one of the contests where I have been less nervous because I believed in my ability and surfing. I would like to thank my family, my friends for their support and the surf club Punta Blanca. And I hope to achieve even bigger results during the year.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Canales Bilbao came back last year from an injury sustained in 2017 and finished her season just outside the QS top 50. She started her season exceptionally in Tenerife with a runner-up result and showed great potential all-week.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“This is a good result for me and a great confidence boost before the Australian leg coming up,” Canales Bilbao said. “These past couple of days had incredible waves and I surfed pretty much as well as I can so I’m super happy with my performance. We have a huge year ahead with the qualification for the Olympics, the WSL tour of course as well so it’s going to be a busy one but I look forward to it.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the Semifinals, Boldini eliminated event standout <strong>Anat Lelior</strong> (ISR) by surfing the only good wave that broke to a 7.50 to solidify the lead. Canales Bilbao defeated <strong>Carol Henrique</strong> (PRT) by staying busy on the insiders on the other hand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the completion of the QS1,500 <strong>Cabreiroá Las Americas Pro Tenerife</strong>, the European rankings have changed, here is the new current Top 5:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>European Men’s QS Top 5:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 - <strong>Timothee Bisso</strong> (FRA) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 - Tristan Guilbaud (FRA) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3 - Paul Cesar Distinguin (FRA) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4 - Leon Glatzer (DEU) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4 - Ruben Vitoria (EUK) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4 - Thomas Debierre (FRA) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>European Women’s QS Top 3:</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 - <strong>Daniela Boldini</strong> (CNY) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 - Leticia Canales Bilbao (EUK) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3 - Carol Henrique (PRT) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">3 - Anat Lelior (ISR) </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Surfers will now have eight weeks to prepare for the next event on the 2019 European Qualifying Series, the Pro Santa Cruz.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Cabreiroá Las Américas Tenerife Pro is organized by Federación Canaria de Surf, supported by Cabreiroá, Estrella Galicia, Ayuntamiento de Arona Playa De Las Américas, Spring Hotel Group, Islas Canarias, Cabildo de Tenerife in collaboration with Siam Mall, Spanish Federation of Surfing, Volcanic Experience and Litografía Trujillo among others.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CABREIROA LAS AMERICAS PRO TENERIFE MEN’S FINAL RESULTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 - Timothee Bisso (FRA) 15.10</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 - Paul Cesar Distinguin (FRA) 12.83</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CABREIROA LAS AMERICAS PRO TENERIFE WOMEN’S FINAL RESULTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1 - Daniela Boldini (CNY) 9.50</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2 - Leticia Canales Bilbao (EUK) 8.00</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CABREIROA LAS AMERICAS PRO TENERIFE MEN’S SEMI RESULTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SF 1: Paul Cesar Distinguin (FRA) 13.93 def. Thomas Debierre (FRA) 12.33</div><div style="text-align: justify;">SF 2: Timothee Bisso (FRA) 18.00 def. Lucca Mesinas (PER) 12.40</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>CABREIROA LAS AMERICAS PRO TENERIFE WOMEN’S SEMIFINAL RESULTS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SF 1: Daniela Boldini (CNY) 12.73 def. Anat Lelior (ISR) 7.40</div><div style="text-align: justify;">SF 2: Leticia Canales Bilbao (EUK) 12.00 def. Carol Henrique (PRT) 7.7</div>