Surfing
Kelly Slater celebrates after winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline on Feb. 5, 2022, in Haleiwa, Hawaii. Slater won the contest just short of his 50th birthday. (Brady Lawrence/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

Carissa Moore, of the United States, preforms on the wave during the gold medal heat in the women's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Seasoned superstars win gold in surfing's Olympic debut

By Sally Ho Jul. 27, 2021 06:55 AM EDT

Brazil's Italo Ferreira maneuvers on a 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

Ricarda Funk of Germany competes in the Women's K1 heats of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Olympics Latest: Funk wins surprise kayak slalom 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 08:57 PM EDT

John John Florence, of the United States, and Australia's Owen Wright walk to the water prior to the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (Olivier Morin/Pool Photo via AP)
Nerves, joy, and modest waves at surfing's Olympic debut

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

France's Jeremy Flores 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

Surfer Anat Lelior, of Israel, rides a wave during a practice session at Tsurigasaki beach at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics 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

Surfer Gabriel Medina of Brazil comes out of the water after working out on a Surf Ranch wave during practice rounds for the upcoming Olympics Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Lemoore, Calif. This year, Medina and fellow Brazilian Italo Ferreira are expected to rule the men's competition at surfing's long-awaited debut as an Olympic sport in the Tokyo 2020 Games. While the surfing community has long pledged that the ocean is for everyone, a look at the professional ranks show a sport that remains expensive and inaccessible. A series of recent industry efforts to help groom the next generation outside of the usual hot spots of Hawaii, California and Australia look to be a tacit acknowledgement of the existing disparities among its talent bench. (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 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 Thursday, July 18, 2019, file photo, a surfer competes during a test event at Tsurigasaki beach, a venue for surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Ichinomiya, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. The International Surfing Association has been lobbying the International Olympic Committee since 1995, though the effort to include the sport dates back to the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, FIle)
A century later, a lot riding on surfing's Olympic debut

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

US surfer John John Florence injured in Australian event

May. 07, 2021 07:38 PM EDT
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Two-time world surfing champion John John Florence has a knee injury which he hopes won't prevent him from representing the United...

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...

ILE - In this May 12, 2015, file photo, Kelly Slater competes in the Oi Rio Pro World Surf League event at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Professional surfers will be riding the waves again Sunday, Aug. 9, 2020, for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the sport in March. The Surf Ranch in Lemoore, Calif., some 100 miles from the Pacific Ocean, will provide a perfect bubble for the World Surf League’s Rumble at the Ranch featuring 16 surfers, including 11-time world champion Slater and Olympic qualifiers Kolohe Andino, Caroline Marks and four-time reigning world champ Carissa Moore. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
Surf's up again for Slater, Olympic qualifiers at Surf Ranch

By Bernie Wilson Aug. 08, 2020 07:31 PM EDT