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The Australian’s path to silver at the Paris Games has not been straightforward after the ‘next big thing in surfing’ found adjusting to competitive life difficult

Kauli Vaast has won gold in the men’s surfing competition in his native Tahiti, on the famed Teahupo’o waves. Along with Johanne Defay’s bronze in the women’s final, the surfers won France’s first ever medals in the discipline that was introduced to the Olympics three years ago in Tokyo.

Two "marvellous" spots in Scotland have been named among the best beaches to take your dog to in the UK.

Tahiti 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

My daily dips were a game-changer for my mental health. Now I’m suing the water company that’s deprived me of them, says Jo Bateman

Whether you’re influenced by the Olympic effect or catch waves every weekend...

Pity the poor sunbathers who wander from the beach into this weak and confusing show that proves not all abstract art is worth seeing

Local authorities have responded to over 4,500 complaints in July so far

Beachgoers are still spending time on the sure just metres from the fallen debris