At Tahiti's Olympic surfing venue, Polynesians fight for a reef and a way of life
On the remote south coast of Tahiti, its Jurassic peaks and azure lagoon accessible only by boat, Patrick Rochette is explaining how centuries-old
August 18, 2024On the remote south coast of Tahiti, its Jurassic peaks and azure lagoon accessible only by boat, Patrick Rochette is explaining how centuries-old
August 18, 2024Kauli Vaast from French Polynesia and Caroline Marks from the United States won gold medals in surfing at the Paris Olympics in Tahiti on Monday
August 06, 2024Tahiti is hosting the surfing competition for the Paris Olympics and has been a coveted destination for the sport for decades, but it’s only in more recent years that local surf culture and talent begun to develop among younger generations
August 01, 2024Cardboard beds might be Paris’ solution to providing athletes a place to sleep for the 2024 Olympics
July 28, 2024Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday, with some of the biggest names in the sport paddling side-by-side in the ocean
July 28, 2024Surfing makes its second Olympic appearance at the Paris 2024 Games after a successful debut in Tokyo, with competition being held this time on the French Polynesian
July 26, 2024The search for the perfect wave has been a part of surfing culture for decades, with surfers traveling from location to location in their quest for the best swells
July 26, 2024From wiping out on waves to building homemade speed bumps on local roads, surfers, residents and workers across Tahiti, French Polynesia, are using the final days before the commencement of the Paris Olympics to brace themselves— and the island— for the upcoming surfing competition
July 24, 2024By Lincoln Feast While most 2024 Olympians will be battling for glory in Paris, the world's best surfers will be going for gold some 16,000km away on the island of Tahiti, where the spinning blue
July 11, 2024Why Tahiti will host part of the Paris Olympic Games and the controversy that comes with it
July 08, 2024After days of barreling along the huge waves of Tahiti’s island paradise, French Polynesian surfer Vahine Fierro has even more reason to look forward to this summer’s Olympics
May 31, 2024Residents of the Tahitian village that will host the 2024 Olympic surfing event remain opposed to plans to build a new smaller judging tower on the reef, saying it will
April 26, 2024Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will continue on a new tower for judges and TV cameras at the surfing venue in Tahiti
December 20, 2023Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will resume this week to prepare the surfing venue in Tahiti after an uproar over damage to a coral reef put efforts on hold
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