One year ago, the sleepy Japanese beach town of Ichinomiya hosted the first ever Olympic surfing competition. Now, it's trying to ensure the economic benefits of the Games are felt by the entire ...

The highest-ranked national teams for men (Japan) and women (the United States ... the highest-ranked eligible man and woman qualified directly for the Olympics. 2024 ISA World Surfing Games (February ...

Olympic surfing chiefs have scrapped the final day of competition to cram medal events into Tuesday's schedule while big waves last, as a tropical storm approaches Japan. Tropical Storm Nepartak ...

At the 2020 Tokyo Games, an impressive four different sports were contested at the Olympics for the first time: karate, surfing, sport climbing, and skateboarding. The only two nations to earn a medal ...

Teahupo’o has since achieved world renown among surfers — the roaring wave garnered a reputation for its ferocious power — and will be home to the 2024 Paris Olympics surfing competition ...

after Filipe Toledo lost to Japan's Reo Inaba. Gabriel Medina from Brazil made Olympic history on the waves, receiving the highest score in Olympic surfing history — a 9.9, just shy of a perfect 10.

Breaking debuted at the Paris Summer Games, while sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding made their second Olympic appearances. Medals were the top goal at the 2024 Olympics, but what else came ...

Japan dominated in skateboarding in the Tokyo ... with no ropes and in the fewest attempts possible. The 2024 Olympics Surfing will take place over the course of four days in between July 27 ...

The Paris Olympics is only the second time surfing has been included as an Olympic ... Shino Matsuda from Japan, Defay from France, Taina Hinckel and Tatiana Weston-Webb from Brazil, Yolanda ...