This Tuesday the champions of the eighth edition of the 'Lanzarote Quemao Class' will be decided

The young local Makoa Gómez faces the Basque Aritz Aranburu, the French Joan Duru and Marc Lacomare, the Portuguese Joao Mendoca and Mason Barnes from the USA

December 12 2023 (19:18 WET)
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The second day of competition of the Lanzarote Quemao Class continues this Tuesday with incredible wave, sun and public conditions. The quarterfinals have already been completed in both modalities and the semifinalists for this eighth edition are known.

With great scores, the Frenchman Joan Duru has qualified, who achieved the first ten-point wave of the morning. "I saw this perfect wave coming, I prepared to catch it, and at one point I thought it wasn't going to form a tube, but yes, it's the best wave I've ever caught here" at the Lanzarote Quemao Class.
 
Next to him, the young local Makoa Gómez, who continues to advance unstoppably. "Today the conditions are bigger, it's more difficult, but I'm very happy to be able to find the two waves that guarantee me a pass to the semifinals and to be able to compete at home."
 
The Frenchman Marc Lacomare continues to stand out with very high scores, along with the Basque Aritz Aranburu, demonstrating that they know this wave and know how to get the most out of today's conditions. "I am very grateful for the opportunity to compete here and for the locals to share this incredible wave with us. This wave is one of the best there is, I couldn't be better," Lacomare highlighted.
 
"The conditions today are more solid than yesterday, it's perfect. You keep entering the water with nerves, but always trying to catch the waves with your head and do it well," commented the Basque.
 
Thus, the semifinalists of the 8th edition of the Lanzarote Quemao Class are the surfers Makoa Gómez (Lanzarote), Joan Duru (France), Joao Mendoca (Portugal), Mason Barnes (USA), Marc Lacomare (France), Aritz Aranburu (Basque Country),
 
For their part, the French bodyboarders Ethan Capdeville and Amaury Lavernhe are advancing leading in their modality. "The waves are even bigger today, the conditions are perfect. I am very happy to be in the semifinal, now it's time to keep fighting until the final," commented Ethan Capdeville.
 
The Basque bodyboarder Alex Uranga, has entered the water in the first series of the day, where he has led and qualifies for the semifinals. "The waves today are bigger than yesterday, I was in the first series of the day and you enter nervous, but it has gone very well, this is an epic scenario. Lanzarote is a wonderful place to do all kinds of sports and enjoy a vacation." He added that "this event is very special, it is always done with the best conditions and if I could choose an event to highlight, it would be this one."
 
Thus, in bodyboard Alex Uranga (Basque Country), Amaury Lavernhe (Reunion Island), Lionel Medina (Gran Canaria), Álvaro Padrón (Tenerife), Pablo Lecouey (Lanzarote), Ethan Capdeville (France), William Lujan (Gran Canaria), and Aday Borges (Tenerife) will face each other.

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