Surfing’s first-ever gold medalist Olympian makes the case for moving future Games from the ocean to the pool.

Come late July, and into early August, surfing will return to the Olympic stage. After its debut appearance at Tokyo 2020, the sport got a sequel: Paris 2024. But being that surfing is a ...

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The medal heats for surfing, making its Olympic debut in Tokyo ... with Tuesday's rowing races rescheduled for later in the week. A spokesman for Tokyo 2020 said earlier on Monday that there were no ...

It’s a shame what we are living with the pandemic.” Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing - Men's Shortboard - Round 3 - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Tokyo, Japan - July 26, 2021. Kanoa Igarashi of ...

Skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing already will be included as medal sports in the 2020 Olympics, and this latest action makes it likely that the sports will also be included in the 2024 Games.

2023 World Surf League Championship Tour Rankings (January – September 2023) The top-10 men and top-eight women in the season-long rankings qualified directly for the Olympics, with a limit of two men ...

With surfing’s success in the 2024 Paris Olympics now well in the rearview mirror, event organizers are now focused on planning for the LA 2028 Games. Rumors have circulated over the past couple ...

Rich Pierce (center, white shirt), who was the co-head surf judge at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, poses for a photo with clinic attendees after hosting Sunday’s session at Maui High School in Kahului.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Surfing - Men's Shortboard - Bronze Medal Match - Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Chiba, Japan - July 27, 2021. Gabriel Medina of Brazil reacts after losing the match REUTERS/Lisi ...

Surfing also makes its Olympic debut in 2021 on the real waves ... shortboards will be used at the Tokyo 2020 Games. They are approximatley six feet (1.8m) in length, compared to longboards ...