Heavy fog and small waves briefly disrupted the opening day of the surfing test event for Tokyo 2020 as International Surfing Association (ISA) officials insisted the conditions would be "absolutely adequate" for the sport's Olympic debut.
Preparations for the surfing's Olympic debut will be scrutinised this week when a test event for next year's Games in Tokyo takes place at Tsurigasaki Beach.
French Polynesia in the South Pacific is among five regions to have submitted a bid to host surfing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, the Organising Committee has announced.
Huntington Beach will host the World Junior Surfing Championship for the second successive year in October and November, the International Surfing Association (ISA) has confirmed.
The International Surfing Association (ISA) and World Surf League (WSL) have announced an anti-doping agreement which will ensure athletes are eligible for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Peru’s Benoit Clemente, silver medallist last year, went one better in dramatic fashion as he moved ahead of the home surfer who has been making the pace all through the International Surfing Association World Longboard Surfing Championships, Antoine Delpero, to win with a score of 17.53 points in Biarritz.
Host nation France share pole position with the United States in the team rankings heading into finals day at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championship in Biarritz.
Host nation France earned the first gold medal of the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championship after triumphing in today's Aloha Cup team event in Biarritz.
France's Antoine and Edouard Delpero will compete against each other in the men's main event final at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championships in Biarritz.
France's Antoine Delpero continued his impressive form by winning both of his main event heats at the World Longboard Surfing Championship in Biarritz.
France’s Justine Dupont produced an impressive performance in the women's heats as Brazil's world silver medallist Chloe Calmon was consigned to the repechage round at the World Longboard Surfing Championship in Biarritz.
Antoine Delpero of France made the best possible start to his pursuit of a third title as he recorded the highest score in the heats of the men's event at the World Longboard Surfing Championship in Biarritz.
A record 103 athletes from 32 countries are set to compete at the International Surfing Association (ISA) World Longboard Surfing Championship in France this week.
Oman and Mongolia have become members of the International Surfing Association (ISA), increasing to 106 nations the body’s membership figure.
An International Surfing Association (ISA) delegation visited Lima to check progress ahead of surfing and stand-up paddle boarding’s (SUP) debut at the 2019 Pan American Games in the Peruvian capital.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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