San Juan Capistrano, Calif. – August 24, 2008 –

After six days of competition at the SIMA Surfing America USA Championships presented by PacSun, the new PacSun USA Surf Team was announced.

"The level of surfing at this year’s USA Champs was unbelievable," said Surfing America executive director Mike Gerard. "The performances were tremendous, the judging was spot on, and the new PacSun USA Surf Team looks stronger than ever." At the conclusion of the surfing action, Coach Buran was excited about the 2009 PacSun USA Surf Team roster. "This is a much better place than we were last year because there is already a solid program in place," said Buran. "The goal of the selection was to have surfers on the roster who will compete for those three ISA starting spots and we have that." The following athletes were selected to the 2009 PacSun USA Surf Team:

Boys Under 18: Nathan Carvalho (HI) Andrew Doheny (CA) Victor Done (CA) Fisher Heverly (NC) Kyle McGeary (CA) Balaram Stack (NY) Chase Wilson (CA) Nat Young (CA) Dane Zaun (CA)

Boys Under 16: Kolohe Andino (CA) Conner Coffin (CA) Ian Crane (CA) Luke Davis (CA) Evan Geiselman (FL) Taylor Thorne (CA)

Girls Under 18: Courtney Conlogue (CA) Quincy Davis (NY) Lani Doherty (HI) Kaleigh Gilchrist (CA) Keenan Lineback (SC) Nage Melamed (HI) Lakey Peterson (CA) Taylor Pitz (CA)

Super Juniors Under 14: Taylor Clark (CA) Parker Coffin (CA) Jake Halstead (CA) Andrew Jacobson (CA) Colin Moran (CA) Cam Richards (SC) Nikki Viesins (FL)

TAYLOR CLARK / PHOTO: MCDANIEL