Earlier this month Carlsbad High School sophomore Christian Abrallo, 16, took the Western Coast Championships in Men’s and Boy’s Shortboard at the Western Surfing Association Championships at Church’s, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
But Arballo’s victories are remarkable for the fact that the local surfer is excelling despite major heart defects that threatened his life and have prompted two surgeries to repair valves. . . . To hear him tell it, though, it’s no big deal. . . . βI don’t think about it at all,β Arballo said. βIt doesn’t stop me from surfing or doing anything I want to do.β
Congrats, Chris.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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