Italy's Leonardo Fioravanti (Boys U-18), France's Tessa Thyssen (Girls U-18), USA's Stevie Pittman (Boys U-16) and Hawaii's Summer Macedo (Girls U-16) prevailed with the Gold Medals in a string of hard-fought Finals in fun and clean conditions at Oceanside Pier. ISA President Fernando Aguerre spoke to the crowd at the Award Ceremony following the competition. "These have been an amazing eight days where the world came together in California to compete in a true World Championship," said Aguerre. "With 36 countries and 322 surfers, not only did we make history, but we have made friends, progressed junior surfing and bonded as part of the international surfing community. Some of theses surfers now stand a solid chance to become the first ever Olympic Surfers in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games." The highly anticipated Final heats kicked off with the Girls U-16, where Hawaii's Summer Macedo earned a total of 15 points, building a demanding lead to comfortably win the Gold Medal. Rounding out the heat were Australia's Macy Callaghan (10.15) with the Silver Medal, Hawaii's Brisa Hennessey (8.84) with the Bronze Medal and Portugal's Teresa Bonvalot (7.23) with the Copper.For more on this story see here.