Surfing
Seth Moniz and Kelly Slater, of the United States, embrace after Slater won the Billabong Pro Pipeline on Feb. 5, 2022, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Slater won the contest just short of his 50th birthday. (Brent Bielmann/World Surf League via AP)
Nearly 50, surfing icon Slater still catching winning waves

By Pat Graham And Eddie Pells Feb. 06, 2022 03:56 AM EST

Brazil's Italo Ferreira, holding his gold medal, celebrates on the podium in the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (Olivier Morin/Pool Photo via AP)
Seasoned superstars win gold in surfing's Olympic debut

By Sally Ho Jul. 27, 2021 06:14 AM EDT

Japan's Hiroto Ohhara is covered by the wave during the quarterfinals of the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
GLIMPSES: At Olympic beaches, surf's definitely up

The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2021 12:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 15, 2021 file photo, Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais practices for a World Surf League competition at Surf Ranch, in Lemoore, Calif. Portugal's Olympic team says that surfer Frederico Morais will miss the Games after having tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated. The team says that Morais won’t travel to Tokyo on Friday, July 23, 2021 as planned. The 29-year-old Morais qualified for the Games after finishing as the top-ranked European surfer at the 2019 World Surfing Games held in Japan. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
Alternate Olympic surfer: Rival 'selfish' for COVID report

By Sally Ho Jul. 26, 2021 09:29 PM EDT

Vladislav Larin of the Russian Olympic Committee, left, reacts as the referee signals his win for a gold medal for taekwondo men's 80kg match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
Olympics Latest: Germany wins another equestrian gold

Jul. 26, 2021 08:17 PM EDT

Surf's up: Favorites lose as pending storm stirs waves

By Sally Ho Jul. 26, 2021 06:25 AM EDT
ICHINOMIYA, Japan (AP) — As a brewing storm stirred up the waves Monday during day two of surfing’s historic Olympic debut, there was a collapse of the...

Hidilyn Diaz of Philippines celebrates as she competes and sets new world record and won the gold medal in the women's 55kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Olympics Latest: Japan upsets China in table tennis

Jul. 25, 2021 08:45 PM EDT

Japan's Mahina Maeda maneuvers on a wave during the second round of the women's surfing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Nerves, joy, and modest waves at surfing's Olympic debut

By Sally Ho Jul. 25, 2021 03:54 AM EDT

France's Johanne Defay rides a wave during a training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 23, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Surfing science: Dependent on weather, defined by the ocean

By Sally Ho Jul. 24, 2021 05:31 AM EDT

This photo shows a general view of the surfing venue at the 2020 Summer Olympics at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Olivier Morin/Pool Photo via AP)
Portuguese surfer Frederico Morais tests positive for COVID

By Sally Ho Jul. 23, 2021 08:57 AM EDT

A wave breaks at Tsurigasaki beach as the venue for the surfing competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics stands in the background in Ichinomiya, Japan, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
EXPLAINER: Surfing, where the playing field is never level

By Sally Ho Jul. 21, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

Surfer Johanne Defay, of France, works out on a Surf Ranch wave during practice rounds for the upcoming Olympics Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Lemoore, Calif. Defay is headed to the Olympics for surfing's debut at the Games, buoyed by an upset win against reigning world champion Carissa Moore, 28, at the high-intensity Surf Ranch competition last month. Though there's much excitement and renewed enthusiasm for the women's game, the objectification, pay disparities and opportunity gap have taken its toll. Industry leaders say they're committed to righting the wrongs that have long held female surfers back in the male-dominated sport. The mental, financial and logistical roadblocks for women in surfing date back centuries. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
Female surfers overcome sexism's toll to earn Olympic berth

By Sally Ho Jul. 19, 2021 12:03 PM EDT

French surfer Johanne Defay stands for a portrait during World Surf League practice sessions at Surf Ranch on Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Lemoore, Calif. Defay wouldn't consider herself a poor surfer -- her father, after all, is a doctor, and the mega surfing brand, Roxy, started sponsoring her when she was 12, which included training opportunities in Australia and Hawaii. But the Reunion Island native recalls how devastating it was to her career when the sponsorship deal ended right before she reached the professional WSL championship tour in 2014. "This is the sacrifice that I'm willing to do to be on the tour because it's my job, because it's my passion," Defay said. "I'm like trying to let the French surfers and the French girls know that it's possible. And maybe if we have more and more French (surfers)...then we have maybe more events there and maybe more support and maybe more sponsorship." (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Olympic surfing: Can the exclusive sport become accessible?

By Sally Ho Jul. 15, 2021 12:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 12, 1961, file photo, members of the North Bay surfing club upload their surf boards from a station wagon at Malibu Beach, Calif. 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 seared into the history of the game and their homeland. The Summer Games in Tokyo, which kick off this month, serve as a proxy for that unresolved tension and resentment, according to the Native Hawaiians who lament that surfing and their identity have been culturally appropriated by white outsiders who now stand to benefit the most from the $10 billion industry. (AP Photo/File)
Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots

By Sally Ho Jul. 13, 2021 12:36 PM EDT

Surfer Caroline Marks of team USA is followed by tv crews during a Olympic exhibition a the USA Surfing Junior championships at the Lower Trestles in San Clemente on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
High-water Marks: Teen surfer rides memorable wave to Tokyo

By Pat Graham Jul. 10, 2021 09:58 AM EDT

Surfing ready to impress at Olympic debut

Jul. 02, 2021 01:10 PM EDT
HIGLIGHTS FROM RIO: None. Surfing’s Olympic debut has been a century in the making. It was the fervent wish of Duke Kahanamoku, the Olympic swimmer who...

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 23, 2015, file photo, Kanoa Igarashi attempts a 360 air during his win in the Vans Pro Men's final at the 53rd annual Coastal Edge East Coast Surfing Championship in Virginia Beach, Va. It’s a full-circle kind of Olympic connection for Kanoa Igarashi, the 23-year-old Californian with dual Japanese citizenship who is representing Japan. He’s been surfing at the Olympic site, Tsurigasaki beach, his whole life and the location is deeply sentimental for his family. (L. Todd Spencer/The Virginian-Pilot via AP, File)
A century later, a lot riding on surfing's Olympic debut

By Sally Ho Jun. 30, 2021 02:50 PM EDT

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia

Apr. 10, 2021 02:49 AM EDT
NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) — Defending World Surf League champion Italo Ferreira won an all-Brazilian men’s final Saturday over Gabriel Medina at the Newcastle...

FILE - In this July 28, 2019, file photo, thousands of people converge on the beach during the U.S. Open of Surfing competition in Huntington Beach, Calif. The Vans U.S. Open of Surfing, a summer competition that draws thousands each year to Southern California's Huntington Beach, has been canceled because of the coronavirus. Organizers announced the cancellation on Monday, June 15, 2020 citing "continued health concerns and current guidelines surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic." The event will return in 2021, organizers said.. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP)
California's US Open of Surfing canceled over coronavirus

Jun. 16, 2020 09:58 AM EDT

Wearing face masks as a precaution amid the spread of the new coronavirus, surfers leave the reopened Waikiki beach in the Miraflores district of Lima, Peru, Thursday, June 11, 2020. The emblematic surfers who dot Peru's coastline are retaking to the waves as the hard-hit nation relaxes COVID-19 related restrictions on outdoor sports. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Quarantined surfers return to Peru's famous waves

Jun. 11, 2020 04:21 PM EDT