Last Thursday morning, at around 7am Tahiti time, an amazing thing happened: The Olympic flame arrived in Teahupoo. It will now travel 12,000 miles to the other side of the planet in its now famous ...
They call it the End of the Road, but truth is Teahupo’o is the Beginning. It’s where the great Pacific southwest swells first feel land on their long journey across the ocean. Today, Sunday April 30, ...
Chaucer's Bookstore will host author Claudia Lebenthal; former surfing world champion Shaun Tomson; and director Chris Carter for a book talk and signing ...
After hosting surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympics, the presence of Teahupo’o, Tahiti became a worldwide phenomenon. Folks who had likely never seen any surfing in their entire lives were tuning in ...
The gymnastics mat doesn’t change. The basketball court is regulation. The pool, the track, the volleyball court…all the same, all the time. What makes surfing so unique, especially in an Olympic ...
Round 3 of Olympic surfing brought the heat, delivering the largest swells and scores of the competition thus far. This round had it all, from brutal wipeouts to highlight rides to thrilling duels.
There were less than 10 minutes left in the semifinal round of the women's Olympic surfing event in August 2024, and US surfer Caroline Marks was two points behind French athlete Johanne Defay when ...
PARIS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - Paris 2024 organisers insisted the surfing events at next year's Olympics would be held on the Tahiti site of Teahupo’o despite recent opposition from the International ...
PARIS, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Paris 2024 organisers are confident a solution will be found quickly for the construction of a judging tower that will allow them to finalise plans for the surfing competition ...