The comeback kids are doing stellar here on the wild West Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Just ask Amie Shimizu what it feels like to come off triple surgery ankle injury and win a National Title. “I did it. That was crazy. I haven’t had a lot of time on surfboards since the injury and I was not feeling a lot of confidence in myself, so it was harder to catch waves and ride it as I felt like I remember my body doing,” said Shimizu after winning the Master Women final of the 2026 Vancouver Island (VI) Longboard Classic at Wickaninnish (Wick) Beach in the Pacific Rim National Park. “I actually wasn’t going to enter at all. In my mind, I was going in with low expectations of myself. It had been just over two weeks that I’ve been back on my longboard,” said the hard working mom and co-owner of Howler’s Family Restaurant in Ucluelet.…