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Brett Simpson named Team USA Olympic head coach

USA Surfing named Brett Simpson head Olympic surf team coach. The two-time US Open of Surfing winner was unanimously voted by the four surfers that will represent the United States in the upcoming Olympic Games. Kolohe Andino, Carissa Moore, Caroline Marks, and John John Florence are expected to represent their country next year in Tokyo.

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San Diego gets ready for the 2019 World Beach Games

The inaugural 2019 World Beach Games will feature five board-and-water sports disciplines. The event announced by the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) will take place at Mission Beach, in San Diego, California, from October 10-15. The final list of sports features 15 sports and 17 disciplines, including shortboard surfing, longboard surfing, kiteboarding, wakeboarding, and waterski.

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Joey Buran will coach the US Olympic surf team in Tokyo 2020

Joey Buran will lead the United States surfing team into the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Japan. USA Surfing, the national governing body for the sport of surfing in the United States of America, announced that Buran will be the head coach of the US Olympic surfing team. Joey Buran won the 1984 Pipeline […]

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How many surfers are there in the world?

How many people in the world surf? What is the breakdown of active surfers and non-active surfers? Although the facts and figures on surfing are scarce and relatively inaccurate, we’ve compiled the most cited evaluations. Surfing is one of the most popular water sports on the planet. And, who knows, probably the number one water […]

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Surfing in the Olympic Games: The official qualification system for Tokyo 2020

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved surfing’s qualification system for the Tokyo 2020. The sport’s Olympic debut will feature 20 male and 20 female surfers competing in a shortboard event. The qualification process is the result of a previous agreement between the International Surfing Association (ISA) and the World Surf League (WSL).

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Surfing in the Olympic Games: 5 suggestions for a successful debut

August 3, 2016, was a day that surfers should never forget. For the first time in its long history, surfing was confirmed in the Olympic Games. The ancient Olympic Games date back to the 8th century BC. They were a celebration of Zeus, the god of all gods. The first edition was run in 776 […]

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Kanoa Igarashi will surf for Japan in the Championship Tour

Kanoa Igarashi will represent Japan in the 2018 World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour. The 20-year-old surfer was born in Huntington Beach, California, but he has dual citizenship – his parents and family are Japanese. With this announcement, Igarashi hopes to compete for the Land of the Rising Sun in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Simultaneously, […]

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Bede Durbidge: goodbye WSL, hello Olympic Games

Bede Durbidge announced that he will retire from the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour in 2018. The Australian surfer will put an end to his pro surfing career as an athlete, possibly after the 2018 Margaret River. But he has big plans for the future. “I’m very excited to take on the role as […]

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University of Lisbon announces postgraduate degree in high-performance surf coaching

University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Human Kinetics announced the launch of a postgraduation program in high-performance surf coaching. The world of surfing is evolving rapidly, becoming transparent, standardized, evidence-based, multidisciplinary and Olympic. The postgraduation in high-performance surf coaching is the world’s first course supported by Surfing Medicine International, offering state of the art medical knowledge.

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