Surfing is just one of dozens of sports to be showcased in the 2024 Paris Olympics, but it will be unlike the rest, held nearly 10,000 miles away on a small island in French Polynesia. The 48 ...
Environmental and surf communities banded together to protect ... bring and the standing it will give their little corner of French Polynesia. Born and raised in Teahupo’o, Gregory Parker ...
The Olympic surfing competition will take place in Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The village annually hosts the Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition as part of the ...
Tahiti's two distinct surfing seasons allow both inexperienced and expert surfers to take advantage of the varying swells. Travelers can head to several surf spots on the island: Papara ...
"I think the Olympics are going back to where the surf was born." Surfing was recorded in French Polynesia, now an overseas territory of France, as early as the 12th century but only made its first ...