(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...
Squad places 9th to meet target; Cody Young might be reserve for Paris Game Canada's Sanoa Demple-Olin, pictured competing at the surfing world championships this week in Puerto Rico, posted the single-highest wave score and heat total, surpassing reigning Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion...
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...
Mathea Dempfle-Olin and Taj Lindblad emerged victorious at the World Surf League (WSL) SLO CAL Open at Morro Bay hosted by Surfing For Hope, a men's and women's Qualifying Series (QS) 1,000, after taking down their respective, heavily-contested fields at Morro Rock. Dempfle-Olin and Lindblad overpowered the...
Erin Brooks is no ordinary 15-year-old. Not in how she lives her life, and certainly not in how she surfs. Brooks has an affinity for flight, and is already making history competing against and beating men twice her age and size. The Canadian has shown an X-factor,...
Around the same time, Challenger Series warriors were S-turning or H-hopping their way to the sand at the US Open, halfway around the world, another tribe of competitors were threading one of the best barrels on Earth. To soul arch or to Clay-back? After a two-year, pandemic-induced...
ISA World Surfing Games run from May 29-June 6 in El Salvador It’s game on for Tofino surfers Mathea Olin and Kalum Temple Bruhwiler. The 2021 Surf City El Salvador ISA World Surfing Games kicks off May 29 across two surf breaks in El Salvador (El Sunzal...
With 365 days until Tokyo 2021, today on What On What’s Good, I am here with Team Canada surfer Cody Young. There is something about going to the beach. I am not sure if it’s the sunlight, the smell of the saltwater, or the waves crashing against a nearby rock or sand. Perhaps it’s the memories of boogie boarding as a child, walking up the golden sand beach, or simply relaxing and reading my favorite book. The beach is my stress relief. It makes me calm. The environment is so peaceful. On beautiful days, you can’t help but enjoy the infinite blue sky with fluffy white clouds while watching surfers riding the waves in the backdrop. I have always been a big fan of surfing. For the first time in my life, I tried it on my honeymoon. I have to give props to all the surfers out there because when I tried surfing…well…at least we had fun.
PUNTA ROCAS, Peru — Surfer Mathea Olin floated on her longboard Sunday off the Punta Rocas beach, watching the ocean and waiting for the right moment to make her move.
The 10-foot waves that were consistent through the morning and early in her 30-minute heat at the Pan Am Games had gone quiet.
The timing couldn’t have been worse. With the clock ticking, Olin eventually found some late waves but couldn’t score enough points to catch Peruvian opponent Maria Fernanda Reyes.
