Here is a short profile on Lewis.
Lewis was born in Marie Galante, Guadeloupe in 1992 to Bryte St. John from Barbados and Estelle Latapie from Viileneuve, France. He is bi-lingual and has lived in Guadeloupe, England and France, but prefers to call Barbados home. Surfing began at 9 years old at Silver Sands, Christ Church under the training of family friend Mark Holder and started competing at age 11. His first Sponsor, Dread or Dead, supplied him with Local Motion Surfboards. It is at this age that he was managed and coach by Nicholas Donawa daily at Soup Bowl, Bathsheba. He was first spotted by some representatives of Reef at the 2003 Independence Pro which developed into a two year sponsorship contract with Reef ending in 2006. At the conclusion of his Reef contract, he was signed to Team Rip Curl for a 2 yr. full sponsorship comprising of clothing, hats, shoes, eye wear, Coaching, an International travel allowance and 10 surfboards per year. He is now ranked 27th out of 196 surfers entered on the 2007 ASP Europe Pro Junior Tour.
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