FILE PHOTO: Surfing - ISA World Surfing Games 2021 - La Bocana Beach, Tamanique, El Salvador - June 5, 2021 Japan's Kanoa Igarashi in action REUTERS/Jose Cabezas
TOKYO (Reuters) - Though born and raised in California, Japanese surfer Kanoa Igarashi is hoping his family connection to Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach will give him an advantage in the Olympic competition starting there on Sunday.
When his father Tsutomu "Tom" Igarashi, a huge surfing fan, and his mother Misa found out she was pregnant, they quit their jobs in Tokyo and moved to Huntington Beach to give their son the best possible chance at becoming a pro surfer.
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