Sanoa Olin and Nate Laverty dive into the raw reality of surfing in Tofino, where extreme wilderness, powerful North Pacific swells, and unforgiving cold shape one of the most rugged surf environments in the world. Watch the video....
Originally from Pierrefonds, Quebec, Carolyn’s journey to the U.S. began in 1999 when she joined Cheval Theatre, a traveling show created by members of Cirque du Soleil. There, she became the first woman ever to perform a back handspring on a galloping horse and served...
Watch this feature from The Canadian Press, spotlighting Sanoa Dempfle-Olin of Tofino, B.C.—the first athlete to represent Canada in Olympic surfing....
"The 2024 Paris Olympics are set to welcome Sufing for the second time since its debut at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The unique event will, however not be held in Paris, but instead in Teahupo’o, located on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia where waves...
(23 April 2024) "When you first think of surfing, you definitely think of more tropical locations and sunshine and palm trees and blue water. But my favourite aspect of surfing is the adventure that it brings you on," said Sanoa Olin, who is set to...
An exclusive interview with the Olympic surfing qualifier. In less than 8 months, 24 men and 24 women will don their 2024 Olympic jerseys and battle it out at one of the world's heaviest lefthanders for a gold, silver, or bronze. Among this ensemble of 48...
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 -...
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...
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...
