by natalie | Jul 29, 2024 | News
Molly Picklum has survived a run-in with the reef but not her Olympics surfing heat, exiting the competition in the second round at Teahupo’o. Frenchwoman Johanne Defay edged the Australian star on Monday morning (AEST), winning their knockout heat 11.83 to...
by natalie | Jul 28, 2024 | News
Ethan Ewing has shown no fear on his return to the same waves that broke his back last year, qualifying for the third round of Olympic surfing. The Queenslander fractured two vertebrae in 2023 at the feared Teahupo’o break in Tahiti, which as part of French...
by natalie | Jul 28, 2024 | News
Ethan Ewing has returned to the same wave where he broke his back last year to qualify for the third round of Olympic surfing. The Queenslander fractured two vertebrae in 2023 at the feared Teahupo’o break in Tahiti, which as part of French Polynesia is hosting...
by natalie | Jul 26, 2024 | News
The surf is building in Tahiti ahead of the Paris 2024 competition, which is due to begin on Saturday 27 July. And when Teahupo’o starts to hint at what it is capable of, it brings a couple of other things to the famous break: fear and excitement. “You’ve...
by natalie | Jul 25, 2024 | News
15,700 – The approximate distance in kilometres between Paris and Tahiti, the largest distance between events at a single Olympic Games.2021 – Surfing made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020, held in 2021.1964 – The year the first world surfing...