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...
The Santiago 2023 Pan American Games culminated in a historic day of competition with an incredible showing for Surfing in its second appearance in the Games....
Twelve individual surfers will claim Olympic slots in Puerto Rico Top-Ranked Men’s and Women’s national teams to earn an additional Olympic slot for their nation The ISA President announced that Puerto Rico will be the location of the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games (WSG), the all-important final...
Driving north across the Hawaiian island of Oahu from Honolulu can feel like a bit like journeying back through time. Far from Waikiki’s towering hotels, manicured beaches and Chanel outlets, the freeway suddenly ends, giving way to the sand-dusted Kamehameha Highway. The Kam wends along Oahu’s...
Surfing included for three consecutive Olympic Games following Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 La Jolla, California, USA – February 3, 2022 At the 139th International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session today, held in Beijing, China, Surfing was approved to be included on the Initial Sports Program for LA28. Following a vote...
Brazil’s Ferreira tops the Men’s podium, Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi earns Silver, Australia’s Owen Wright Bronze USA’s Moore tops Women’s podium, South Africa’s Bianca Buitendag earns Silver, Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki Bronze Surfing’s debut appearance spreads sport’s stoke around the globe IOC President Thomas Bach visits Surfing venue on finals...
Surfing has arrived at the doorstep of the Olympic Games, set to make its debut appearance at Tokyo 2020. Here are the 10 things you need to know about this historic moment for the sport. 1. Duke’s dream Hawaii’s Duke Kahanamoku, an Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer and the...
For the first time in the history of the sport, surfing will take the world stage this summer at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Bethany Zelask and Surf Canada’s final push to qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was at the 2021 ISA World Surfing Games....
All Olympic qualifiers to be honored at Closing Ceremony The International Surfing Association (ISA) today reaffirms that the 2021 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games is well on track to run May 29 – June 6 across two locations in El Salvador – El Sunzal and La Bocana. The...
Pete Devries has officially withdrawn from the ISA World Surfing Games in El Salvador May 29-June 6, which is the Final Qualifier for Surfing’s first inclusion at the Olympic Games.
Devries, Team Canada Captain, is sidelined by an injury sustained during training at home in Tofino, and he will not be fully recovered in time to compete for one of the five available Olympic spots for Tokyo.
