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Feb 20th, 2007 Press Release With an outstanding performance, the Mexican surfer Angelo Lozano was the great winner of the Junior Pro division in the Reef Classic Latin Pro Chile, Latin Tour second stage, in the difficult waves of Reñaca. The surfer from Puerto Escondido proved that he´s ready for this year challenges, and that he will be a tough to beat competitor on the Junior Pro and on the Open Pro division. On his first round heat, he obtained a combined score of 12,26 points and made it to the quarter-finals, leaving behind Venezuela´s big promise, Argentinean Lucas Santamaría and the local Maximiliano Cross. On the next stage and in man-to-man modality, Lozano beat Brazilian Felipe Texeira on a very close heat. With closing out waves, Angelo had to lean on his quick backside to make a difference in front of another Brazilian surfer, this time it was Víctor Juns who couldn’t stop the Mexican either. Lozano was on his first ALAS tour 2007 final. Dylan Soutworth, another Mexican, was the other finalist who tried to stop Angelo Lozano’s big moment. However, his 7,17 points weren’t enough against the 12.83 the big winner of the Junior Pro division got. The Mexican surfer said to Pablo Zanocchi –ALAS press manager-: “I’m very happy for this victory. I think the Junior Pro is a very tough division now that it’s been changed from Under 18 to Under 20. If you look carefully at it, two Juniors were the ones who achieved more in the Open Pro and one of them was in the final. This shows that on the Pro Junior division there is a very good level of competition now. That’s why I enjoy so much this victory, because it wasn’t easy to win.” Angelo also participated on the Open division were he got to the quarter-finals. After the awards ceremony, the Puerto Escondido promise said to Surfpress: “I’m really happy for this first place in the Jr Pro, now there are more and best surfers in this division and it’s always the best to start with a first place on the ranking. The waves were tough throughout all the event, but luckily I found the right ones in all my heats to get to the final. This way I could compensate for the results on the Open division where I lost on the fourth round. My mate Dylan Southworth from Sayulita helped me as he eliminated Manuel Selman from Chile and Francisco Bellorin from Venezuela.” As the Reef Classic Latin Pro Chile was taking place, Lozano was interviewed by several journalist that were covering the event. For example, he had a long interview with the Sport Channel ESPN with the cameras of Gravedad Zero. Next weekend, Angelo Lozano will be participating in the Reef Classic Latin Pro Peru, which will take place on Punta Rocas on the third stop of the ALAS tour 2007. You can know more about Angelo Lozano in: www.angelolozano.com Angelo Lozano is sponsored by: SQUALO - LINDEN SURFBOARDS –FCS - BLACK FLYS - HYPER FLEX WETSUITS - BAJA BOARD HOUSE. Con una impecable actuación, el surfista mexicano Ángelo Lozano fue el gran ganador de la categoría Junior Pro en el Reef Classic Latin Pro Chile, segunda fecha del tour ALAS, realizado en las difíciles olas de Reñaca. El local de Puerto Escondido dejó en claro que este año estará para grandes cosas, y que tanto en la categoría Junior Pro como en Open será un hueso duro de roer para más de un adversario. En la primera ronda con una combinación de 13,26 puntos logró catapultarse a cuartos de final, dejando atrás a Francisco Bellorín (gran promesa del surf venezolano), Lucas Santamaría (Argentina) y al local Maximiliano Cross. En la siguiente fase y con modalidad hombre a hombre, Lozano se enfrentó al brasileño Felipe Texeira en un muy disputado heat. Finalmente el integrante del team Squalo cantó victoria y se aseguró el pase a semifinales. Con olas bastante carradas, Ángelo tuvo que apoyarse en su rápido backside para sacar la ventaja necesaria ante otro surfista de Brasil, esta vez Víctor Juns tampoco pudo detener la imparable marcha del mexicano que ya se encontraba en su primera final del tour ALAS 2007. Entre compatriotas se disputó la final, Dylan Soutworth fue el otro finalista que intentó ponerle punto final al gran momento de Ángelo Lozano, sin embargo sus 7.17 puntos no fueron suficientes contra los 12.83 que sumó el gran ganador de la categoría Junior Pro, el Sr. Lozano. En declaraciones a Pablo Zanocchi – jefe de prensa de ALAS- el surfista mexicano manifestó lo siguiente: "Estoy muy feliz de haber logrado este resultado. Creo que la Junior Pro ahora es una categoría bien fuerte, luego de que se hizo el cambio de Sub. 18 a Sub. 20. Si uno se fija, dos juniors fueron los que llegaron más lejos en la Open Pro y uno de ellos estuvo en la final, esto demuestra que ahora en la Pro Junior hay un muy buen nivel. Por lo tanto, disfruto mucho este triunfo ya que no es fácil ganar" Cabe remarcar que además de la destacada actuación en su división, Ángelo también participó en la categoría Open donde alcanzó la cuarta ronda. Luego de la entrega de premios, el crédito de Puerto Escondido comentó lo siguiente a Surfpress: “Muy contento de haber logrado este primer lugar en la Jr Pro, ahora hay más y mejores surfistas en esta categoría y siempre es de lo mejor iniciar con un primer puesto para el ranking. Las olas fueron difíciles durante todo el evento, pero por suerte logré encontrar las indicadas para pasar cada uno de mis heats hasta la final, y así compensar el resultado de Open en donde perdí en la 4 ronda. También mi compañero Dylan Southworth de Sayulita me hizo el favor de eliminar a Manuel Selman de Chile y Francisco Bellorin de Venezuela”. Durante el Reef Classic Latin Pro Chile, Lozano fue requerido por gran parte de la prensa que se acreditó para realizar la cobertura del evento, donde se destacó una extensa entrevista que le realizaron para el canal deportivo ESPN a través de las cámaras de Gravedad Zero. El próximo fin se semana Ángelo Lozano estará participando en el Reef Classic Latin Pro Perú, que se realizará en Punta Rocas en el marco de la tercera parada del tour ALAS 2007. Conozca más sobre Ángelo Lozano en: www.angelolozano.com Ángelo Lozano es auspiciado por: SQUALO - LINDEN SURFBOARDS –FCS - BLACK FLYS - HYPER FLEX WETSUITS - BAJA BOARD HOUSE.
Adan Hernández, José Manuel Trujillo, Christian Corzo and Angelo Lozano had been the athletes chosen by the ASP to determine who would be Mexico's representative in the Championship. Finally, it was Lozano's honour to represent his country. Lozano showed really happy when he realized that. And so, the Squalo team member had to prepare his boards and luggage to fly to Australian lands. Talking to Surfpress, the Mexican surfer said: “I think I could do even better, but in the heat against Matt “Wilko” Wilkinson, australian favourite, there weren't many waves and he chose the best ones. I think that anything can happen in 20 minutes of a heat on those tipe of conditions and surfing level, no matter who are you competing with, all the participants are great surfers. At this stage, it's a question of being more intelligent and being lucky to catch the waves. I feel very proud of giving this 17th place to Mexico.” As well as participating in the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships, Lozano visited different Australian waves like Snapper Rocks and Duranbah Beach (Gold Coast) among others. On the later, he took part of the "Rip Curl King of Coolly", where he was interviewed by Mark Flanagan(Rip Curl event manager). Angelo answered different questions about the Rip Curl Search that took place last year in Mexico, and about his participation in the Trials of the Foster's ASP World Champonship tour on that stop. The interview would be on the promotional video of the Rip Curl Search WCT which will be carried out in Chile this year. TOWARDS CHILE Next February the 16th, Angelo Lozano will be competing in the Reef Classic Chile, which is the second stop of the ALAS tour of 2007. It will take place in Reñaca's waves, and it will be the first time of this year in the Latin tour. This year the member of the squalo team will have double participation in the Latin tour, because of the modifications ALAS made in the Junior division (now it will be called Junior Pro and the participants have to be younger than 21 years old) Angelo will compete in the Open and Junior divisions at the same time. “ I had to choose not to participate at the Mexpipe of Puerto Escondido so that I didn't miss the ALAS date. This year, I'm focusing on the international level and the ALAS tour is a good chance to prove it. That's why I will be participating in the Open and Junior divisions throughout this year” said to Surfpress this promising surfer. In this days, Angelo Lozano is in his dear country enjoying with his family and preparing himself for his next competition.
FEATURING Angelo has lived in Puerto Escondido, Mexico since the age of 3, but it wasn't until 9 years of age when he started surfing by the support of his Mother and influence of step Dad Jim, a Texan surfer who moved to Puerto for its quality waves. Angelo began surfing in "La Punta", a left handed point break located 10 minutes from the main beach break (Zicatela).
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