The surfing competition for the Paris 2024 Olympics will not be staged at any of France’s famous mainland surf spots. Not at Biarritz or Anglet or even the thumping sand-bottom beach break at Hossegor ...

TEAHUPO'O, Tahiti, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Gabriel Medina is a competitive surfing machine. A jewellery-clad, helicopter-riding superstar, the Brazilian is a tattooed terminator who paddles faster, pulls ...

SEATTLE — Surfing is one of the five new sports introduced at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Unlike most other Olympic events, surfing requires a hand from Mother Nature. Instead of riding a massive ...

TOKYO—South African surfer Bianca Buitendag uses some apps and websites to gauge wind and wave conditions before she competes, but she doesn’t consider surfing a high-tech sport. It’s mostly about ...

Amidst the chaos of sand storms, onshore winds and collisions with photographers on crucial end section maneuvres, the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro was a tale of two ends of the judging scale, with competitors ...