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Two surfers left standing after Aussie wipe-out in Rio

Australia's top-ranked men's surfer Ethan Ewing and Morgan Cibilic are through to the quarter-finals of the Rio Pro while two rookies shocked the women's draw.

AAP · Jun 21

Star Aussie surfers tested by tricky conditions in NZ

Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson are among the Australian surfers to advance at the New Zealand Pro, but Stephanie Gilmore was a second-round casualty.

AAP · May 17

Aussie surfers dominate on World Surf Games stage

Dane Henry could be Australia's next big surf star after the teenager won the men's event at the World Surfing Games while still holding the junior crown.

AAP · Sep 15, 2025

France's Vaast wins gold surfing home waves in Tahiti

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.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 6, 2024

France's Vaast, USA's Marks Win Olympic Surfing Golds

France's Kauli Vaast won men's surfing Olympic gold Monday on his Tahitian home waves at Teahupo'o, while the United States' Caroline Marks claimed gold in the women's event in a thrilling final that went down to the wire.

International Business Times · Aug 6, 2024

Silver surfer Robinson falls to Vaast Teahupo'o clinic

Tahitian surfer Kauli Vaast has won Olympic gold for France on his home break, while Caroline Marks of the US triumphed in the women's final.

AAP · Aug 5, 2024

Tahiti's youth surf culture gets a boost as island hosts the Paris Olympics

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

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2024

Why the Olympic surfing venue is 16,000km away from Paris

Teahupo’o, Polynesia, is home to ‘the heaviest’, ‘most perfect’ waves in the world. But what’s it got to do with Paris?

Al Jazeera · Jul 27, 2024

The surfing venue for the Paris Olympics is on the other side of the world but could steal the show

The surfing venue for next year's Paris Olympics is nearly 16,000 kilometers, or 10,000 miles, away on the other side of the world

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2023

Morgan Cibilic falls one heat short of Championship Tour return

Morgan Cibilic's campaign to requalify for the Championship Tour (CT) ended in heartbreak as he fell short with a last-minute wave in quarter-finals of the season finale at Haleiwa, Hawaii. Cibilic, the 2021 world No.5 who missed the inaugural mid-season CT cut this year, needed to progress past the quarter-finals…

Newcastle Herald · Dec 4, 2022