Team Hawaii Wins ISA World Junior Championship Two Individual Gold Medals Lead to IOC President's Trophy and First ISA Team Gold Since 2005
Young Hawaiians Dax McGill and Kalani David Win Back-to-Back Gold Medals Brazilian Matheus Navarro Narrowly Wins Gold Over Teammate Deivid Silva
There's quite a lot of Aloha spirit spreading through Panama at this time. In a thrilling final day of competition at the DAKINE ISA World Junior Surfing Championship Presented by Billabong, which was run in ultra-fun waves at the Playa Venao beachbreak, Team Hawaii won two of three individual Gold Medals and managed to win its first Team Gold Medal since 2005.
Two of the youngest Hawaiians on the team, 14-year-old Dax McGill (competing in Girls Under-18) and 14-year-old Kalani David (Boys Under-16) carried the Aloha State flag proudly as they were chaired up the beach by teammates after winning their respective divisions. Brazil's Matheus Navarro, one of the most dynamic, entertaining and innovative surfers of the event, won the Gold Medal in Boys Under-18.
Under sunny skies and with light onshore winds blowing, athletes from the 31 nations found a spot on the beach to watch the best 24 surfers remaining in the event on the last day of competition. Many wore their country colors and waved their nation's flags, even if they no longer had an athlete competing.
