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Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige fights to get her sport included in 2028 Los Angeles Paralympics
Surfing is California’s official state sport and Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige wants Los Angeles to prove it in 2028. The five-time women’s world champion is at the forefront of a lobby to get her sport included in the 2028 Paralympics. LA’s organizing...
At this church in Portugal, parishioners surf before they worship
PORTO, Portugal (AP) — Porto takes pride in its beaches, old churches covered in blue-and-white tiles and its famous port wine named after the city in northern Portugal. It’s also home to a different kind of church — located on its beachfront suburbs along the Atlantic coast...
Advocates want para-surfing to be part of Paralympics after being overlooked for Los Angeles 2028
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Despite being a three-time world champion in her sport, Liv Stone realized earlier this year that she may never get a chance to compete at the Olympic level. The 21-year old para-surfer was one of many in the sport's international community who was...
French Polynesian Kauli Vaast and Caroline Marks of U.S. win gold at Paris Olympics surfing
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — French Polynesian Kauli Vaast won the gold medal in men’s surfing while Caroline Marks from the United States won the women's surfing gold medal on Monday at the Paris Olympics in Tahiti. Cheers and tears erupted from boats floating near the wave and...
Paris Olympics water safety patrol 'like guardian angels' during surfing competition in Tahiti
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Cracked helmets, sutured skin and checks for concussions have been all been part of the Paris Olympics surfing competition, as surfers go head-to-head on the treacherous waves of Teahupo'o, Tahiti on their quest for gold. While the competition has had...
One Extraordinary (Olympic) Photo: Gregory Bull captures surfer battling waves in Tahiti
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Gregory Bull takes a closer look at his AP photo of during the surfing competition in Tahiti. Why this photo? Vahine Fierro, who surfs for France, is a local hero in Tahiti, having grown up here. This punishing wave of Teahupo’o is her...
Defending women's champion loses as Olympic surfing competition resumes with tricky Tahiti swells
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Defending Olympic women's surfing champion Clarissa Moore of the United States was beaten in the Paris Games quarterfinals on Thursday as competition resumed in Tahiti after two days of unfavorable conditions had put the event on hold. It was the end of...
Judge removed from Olympics surfing panel after photo with athlete circulates on social media
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — A surfing judge was removed from the Paris Olympics judging panel after a photo circulated online of him embracing a competitor along the shore’s edge in Tahiti this week. During one of the competition's off days, a commentator shared a photo on his...
Tahiti's youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — As the heavy, barrel-shaped waves of Teahupo’o, Tahiti — where the Paris Olympics surfing competition is being held — crashed in the distance, another, smaller surf session was underway just off the shore. “Go, go, go!” one lanky teenager with...
Paris Olympics surfing heats postponed through Tuesday in Tahiti due to unfavorable conditions
TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — The next heats of the Paris Olympics surfing competition were postponed through Tuesday afternoon in Tahiti, as strong winds and sheets of rain whipped through the surfing venue, contributing to unfavorable surfing conditions. Surf forecasting website...
