Dimitri Poulos, of Ventura, celebrates after nabbing gold in the U18 boys division, helping team USA earn gold. (Photo Sean Evans/ISA)
By LAYLAN CONNELLY | [email protected] | Orange County Register
It was a winning combination of staying relaxed but focused, training hard and learning how to work together as a team.
Put all that together and you have gold.
The USA national junior surf team earned first-place gold at the Vissla ISA World Junior Championships, which wrapped up Sunday, Nov. 3, on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier.
“It was a really fun week, we had some great chemistry,” said coach Brett Simpson, who previously won two US Open of Surfing championship titles at the same surf break.