On a big day, the left reef at Teahupo’o in Tahiti is one of the world’s most spectacular waves. This uniquely intense surf zone owes much of its freakish form to an equally unique bottom contour, a ...

The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With just over four months to go until the 2024 Summer Olympics, the games’ surfing events are raising environmental concerns in the Pacific. The surfing competition will ...

Photography by Gaetan Charlin, Leah Hahn, Anuanua Lucas, and Marcus Paladino. There’s been a lot of adjectives lavished on the amazing left reef outside Tahiti’s Passe Havaé over the past week or two.

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 ...

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 ...

As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone's attention is focused on the host city, Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, which is half a world away in French Polynesia. Why? Well, ...

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 ...

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TEAHUPO'O, French Polynesia — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo'o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling ...

As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone’s attention is focused on host city Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, half a world away in French Polynesia. Why? Well, apart from ...

TEAHUPOO, TAHITI, FRENCH POLYNESIA - AUGUST 16: Caroline Marks of the United States after winning the Final at the SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro on August 16, 2023 at Teahupoo, Tahiti, French Polynesia. (Photo ...