KAILUA-KONA — A pair of Big Islanders traveled to Japan in late September and helped lead Team Hawaii to a second-place finish in the VISSLA ISA World Junior Surfing Championship. Finishing behind only Team USA, 16-year-old Ocean Donaldson-Sargis and 14-year-old Brodi Sale picked up valuable points for the Aloha State, with the decisive heat coming on the final day of competition.
Known as the largest junior surfing contest in the world, the championship drew surfers from 42 different countries for an eight-day event. By the final day, Hawaii trailed the United States by only 263 points. The U.