One day — winner takes the crown. World Champions John John Florence and Caitlin Simmers hoists their trophies at Lower Trestles in San Clemente. John John Florence of Hawaii performs a maneuver on a wave during his finals match with Brazilian Ítalo Ferreira. Ítalo Ferreira gets big air in the first heat of the finals against John John Florence of …
Brazil's Italo Ferreira and USA's Carissa Moore claimed historic gold medals in the shortboard surfing event of the 2020 Olympics at the Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach in Tokyo on Tuesday. Ferreira overcame a broken board in the first wave to outclass Kano Igarashi of Japan 15.14-6.60 in the men's final. RELATED | Surfing at Tokyo Olympics: Top contenders enter quarterfinals READ …