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French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday (Monday local time) while US surfer Caroline Marks defeated Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb to take gold in the women's competition. Vaast outscored Australia's Jack Robinson, 17.67 to 7.83. Vaast surfed two long barrels, scoring 9.50 and 8.17, while Robinson was unable to execute a second scoring wave at the Paris 2024 surfing venue 16,000 kilometres away in Tahiti. "I just made history - not just for me, for all Tahitians, for surfing and Polynesians and friends," Vaast said. "I can’t be more proud to represen...
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French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday (Monday local time) while US surfer Caroline Marks defeated Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb to take gold in the women's competition. Vaast outscored Australia's Jack Robinson, 17.67 to 7.83. Vaast surfed two long barrels, scoring 9.50 and 8.17, while Robinson was unable to execute a second scoring wave. Bronze went to Brazil's Gabriel Medina with a score of 15.54, beating Peru's Alonso Correa to the medal. The former World champion finished fourth in the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. "That was my goal com...
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French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday. Vaast outscored Australia's Jack Robinson, 17.67 to 7.83. Vaast surfed two long barrels, scoring 9.50 and 8.17, while Robinson was unable to execute a second scoring wave. Bronze went to Brazil's Gabriel Medina with a score of 15.54, beating Peru's Alonso Correa to the medal. The former World Champion finished fourth in the sport's Olympic debut in Tokyo 2020. "That was my goal coming here, to get a medal. In Tokyo I was really close and this year I had another chance and I just wanted it really bad so I gav...
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US surfer Caroline Marks is the gold medallist in women's surfing after defeating Brazil's Tatiana Weston-Webb in the final. Marks won gold despite failing to find a big second score to go with her 7.50, totalling 10.50. Weston-Webb came agonizingly close to securing the 4.68 points needed for gold with her second scoring wave, with her 4.50 score leaving her with the silver. "I'm so honoured and so happy, this is just incredible and I’m so emotional," said Marks once back on dry land. "So happy to do this for my family and everyone back home. Wow, I'm just so happy." Johanne Defay of France h...
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Australian judge Benjamin Lowe was removed from the surfing competition at the Paris Games after an image surfaced on social media of Lowe posing for a photo with Australian surfer Ethan Ewing. The International Surfing Association (ISA) said in a statement on Thursday that it removed Lowe from the judging panel for the rest of the event to "protect the integrity and fairness of the ongoing competition." According to media reports, Australian coach Bede Durbidge, who was also in the photo, had posted the picture in his Instagram story, a feature in which the post automatically disappears after...
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Nearly 16,000km away from the main event in Paris, Olympic surfing kicked off in Teahupo‘o, Tahiti, French Polynesia this week. The event has been the subject of controversy since the venue was announced with concerns about damage to pristine coral reefs from construction work proposed by Olympic organisers. Residents of Tahiti, surfers, environmental campaigners and the biggest surfing organisation in the world spoke out against the proposed work. At the centre of this controversy over the venue for only the second Olympic Games to include the sport? A tower used by judges in professional com...
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A spectacular photograph of Brazilian surfer Gabriel Medina seemingly standing in mid-air during the Olympic competition in Tahiti has made a splash across social media, but surf fans will have to wait longer than expected for any medals. Medina scored a huge 9.90 points - the highest mark in Olympic history - after catching the wave of his dreams in round three of the men's competition. The best mark possible is 10. "I felt like it was a 10. I’ve done a few 10s before and I was like, ‘For sure that’s a 10’. The wave was so perfect," he said as he reached the last eight. But his celebration ha...
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In 2003, Michel Haddi, known for immortalising the likes of David Bowie, Tupac Shakur, Aretha Franklin and Kate Moss with his portrait photography, set out on an unexpected trip to the vibrant shores of Tahiti for a photoshoot. What began initially as a routine assignment soon turned into a profound exploration of the island’s rich surf culture. From a tiny boat, Haddi captured stunning images of Teahupo'o, one of the most powerful and deadly waves on the planet. He also took portraits of surfing legends, including Kelly Slater, widely regarded as the greatest professional surfer of all time. ...
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Cocoa Beach (United States) (AFP) - Santas of all stripes descended on Florida's Cocoa Beach this Christmas Eve -- not to deliver presents, but to ride some waves and raise funds for a good cause. Beginning early Sunday, the beach filled up with thousands of adults and children alike dressed as St Nick, elves or reindeer for the annual "Surfing Santas" celebration. Launched in 2009, the event raises funds for Grind for Life, a charity helping cancer patients travel for treatment, as well as the local surf museum. While dozens of wetsuit-clad surfers headed out into the chilly water -- albeit m...
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