Last Thursday morning, at around 7am Tahiti time, an amazing thing happened: The Olympic flame arrived in Teahupoo. It will now travel 12,000 miles to the other side of the planet in its now famous ...

On Tuesday, the IOC confirmed that surfers competing in the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics won’t be doing so at some nearby topless beach, but rather in Tahiti. To say that surfing’s entry into the ...

The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...

As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone's attention is focused on the host city, Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, which is half a world away in French Polynesia. Why? Well, ...

After hosting surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympics, the presence of Teahupo’o, Tahiti became a worldwide phenomenon. Folks who had likely never seen any surfing in their entire lives were tuning in ...

A surfer rides a huge wave at the Teahupoo beach in the French Polynesia island of Tahiti on August 13, 2021. (Photo by Tim McKenna / AFP) (Photo by TIM MCKENNA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty ...

In French Polynesia, waves are revered and feared at the legendary surf break off the village of Teahupoo. A swimmer navigates the water near Teahupoo’s famed surf break, which sits just a few feet ...