Kanoa Igarashi won silver and Shun Murakami picked up a copper medal on Wednesday to land Japan on the World Surfing Games podium for the first time in the event's 54-year history.Igarashi held the lead briefly in the men's final at Pacific Long Beach in Tahara, Aichi Prefecture, but was overtaken by 2011 World Surfing Games champion Santiago Muniz of Argentina.The 20-year-old, whose parents moved to California before he was born, was making his competitive debut for Japan at the annual International Surfing Association tournament.He earned 13.67 points, while Muniz claimed his second World…READ FULL ARTICLE
