Surfing America PacSun USA Surf Team
October 6, 2008 – 2:05 am PT by MeTags: Ben Bourgeois, CJ Hobgood, ISA world Surfing Games —
The national governing body, Surfing America is proud to announce their 2008 roster for the ISA World Surfing Games. Who needs the Olympics when they have this! The event will take place on October 11th – 19th in Costa da Caparica in Portugal. And this team is made up of some serious heavy hitters. ASP World Tour surfers C.J. Hobgood and Ben Bourgeois will be leading the men’s team. You know that their chances are good especially since Hobgood is fresh off his win at the Billabong Pro in Mudaka Spain where he beat Aussie surfer Joel Parkinson in the final.
“I think we have a very good team with C.J. and Benny,” remarked head coach Joey Buran. “This squad is definitely capable of winning a medal.”
Joining Hobgood and Bourgeois, will be junior standouts Dillon Perillo
(Malibu, California) and Nat Young (Santa Cruz, California). Perillo
recently won the Oakley Pro Junior in Newport Beach, California, while Young just won the Billabong Pro Junior in Ponto, California. Perillo and Young were members of the USA’s copper medal winning junior team from last May - both finishing in the top eight in Under 18s.
The following is the PacSun USA Surf Team roster for the 2008 ISA World
Surfing Games:
Mens
C.J. Hobgood
Ben Bourgeois
Dillon Perillo
Nat Young
Womens
Lauren Sweeney
Demi Boelsterli
Longboard
Taylor Jensen
Mens Bodyboard
Jeremy Wright
Jacob Romero
Womens Bodyboard
Keila Grodzen
