When did surfing become an Olympic sport? Surfing became an Olympic sport for the first time during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, held in 2021, with events off of Tsurigasaki Beach in Japan. Japan has won ...

Tokyo hosted the first-ever Olympic surfing competition, and it did not disappoint. American Carissa Moore came away with the women's gold and Brazil's Ítalo Ferreira topped the podium in the men's ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — For some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities ...

Three Americans are advancing to surfing's quarterfinals, but Kolohe Andino had to eliminate a teammate to get it done.

Olympic surfing’s debut is making clear that these wave riders are unsung masters of science -- in climatology, meteorology and oceanography to be exact. Serious wave chasers are by default ...

What country has the most medals for surfing at the Olympics? Japan has won two medals total for surfing at the Olympics, with Kanoa Igarashi winning a silver medal in the men's event in Tokyo, and ...