When it shows its full force, Teahupo'o is the sort of wave that changes your life. Most people can't handle that sort of energy, myself included — simply observing from the channel is enough to ...

Spit from the wave exploded into, and into the boat where Guy Mac was shooting in the channel, as Tahiti welcomed its first ...

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There were less than 10 minutes left in the semifinal round of the women's Olympic surfing event in August 2024, and US surfer Caroline Marks was two points behind French athlete Johanne Defay when ...

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, ...

Round 3 of men’s surfing in Teahupo’o, Tahiti validated the Olympic Committee’s decision to hold the sport thousands of miles from Paris, as the best day in surfing history took the sport’s world by ...

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 ...

Round 3 of Olympic surfing brought the heat, delivering the largest swells and scores of the competition thus far. This round had it all, from brutal wipeouts to highlight rides to thrilling duels.

Before Olympic surfers actually see the Teahupo’o wave arrive, in those final pristine moments of calm before all hell breaks loose, they will hear it coming. Cries rise from the flotilla of boats ...

The best surfers dream of waves that are almost, but not quite, unsurfable. The glorious and notorious Teahupo’o can be that kind of wave, thundering just off the coast of Tahiti in French Polynesia.

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 ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. Paris is officially hosting the summer games, but dozens of Olympians will compete at ...