Sixteen-year-old Olympic surfing hopeful Erin Brooks is now a Canadian citizen. It's good news for many families and children in the same position The good news arrived Saturday morning: After a protracted battle and initial rejection by Ottawa, 16-year-old surfing phenom Erin Brooks will become a...
2023 has been a wildly successful year for Canadian National Team Surfers who scored 30 International Podiums (ISA, WSL, PASA, PanAmSports) plus 1 Olympian qualified, with 1 more Olympic Qualifier to go! Here are your Canadian All-Star Surfers that hit the podium in 2023: Sanoa Olin -...
Winningest woman in sport's history takes home gold in women's kneel division Canadian Para surfer Victoria Feige continued her reign of dominance by winning her fifth straight world title on Saturday in Huntington Beach, Calif., extending her record for most gold medals at the sport's premier...
Sanoa Dempfle-Olin snagged silver at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile B.C.'s Sanoa Dempfle-Olin, 18, is the first Canadian surfer to qualify for the Summer Olympics. (Instagram/sanoa_olin) Surfing isn't a sport most people associate with Canada. But when the 2024 Summer Olympics get underway next July, at least...
Tofino’s Sanoa Olin shows off her copper medal for a fourth-place finish at the Pan American Surfing Games in Santa Catalina, Panama, last April. The result earned Olin a berth at the Pan American Games. DOM DOMIC, SURF CANADA There could be another Dempfle-Olin from Tofino...
Canada’s Santiago 2023 surfing team announced TORONTO (October 4, 2023) - Surf Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee have announced Canada’s surfing team nominated to compete at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. The Team Canada surfing team for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games is: Athletes Lina Augaitis...
Saturday, September 2, 2023 Today, Sanoa Dempfle-Olin and Levi Slawson emerged victorious at the World Surf League (WSL) WRV Outer Banks Pro presented by Pacifico, a Qualifying Series (QS) 1,000, in ideal, four-to-six foot conditions. Jennette's Pier provided a pristine platform for Finals Day action with Slawson and Olin both...
It is with great surprise and extreme disappointment that ANOC has learnt that the Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) has withdrawn from its commitment to host the ANOC World Beach Games and the ANOC General Assembly in August 2023. With the Games scheduled to take place in...
At just 15 years old and only six years after she got her start in surfing, Erin Brooks is a world championship silver medallist. She delivered a remarkable performance in the women’s shortboard event at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in El Sunzal, El Salvador...
Teenaged prodigy Erin Brooks won Canada’s first open-surf medal at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador on Wednesday. The 15-year-old was narrowly beaten in the dying seconds of the final heat by Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb, a split judging decision that left some on the beach...
