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This week all eyes will be on Teahupo’o as it hosts the world’s best surfers. Many islanders welcome the new infrastructure brought by the 2024 Paris Games, but are concerned that any benefits will be undone by longer-term damage

From wiping out on waves to building homemade speed bumps on local roads, surfers, residents and workers across Tahiti, French Polynesia, are using the final days before the commencement of the Paris Olympics to brace themselves— and the island— for the upcoming surfing competition

Almost 10,000 miles will separate the competition from the opening and closing ceremonies.

A greener games? Certainly that is what Paris promised when it made environmental sustainability, innovation and leadership central to its successful bid to host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This month some of the world’s best surfers will travel to Tahiti, French Polynesia, to compete for gold on what is referred to as one of the heaviest waves in the world

Think of the Olympic Games and for many of us it conjures images of the traditional marquee events: track and field, swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics. But the games are changing – and the Paris Olympics will take it to a new level.

The WSL have revived women’s events at the heavy wave in Tahiti but past surfing feats are only now being recalled ahead of the Paris Games

The two-time world champion insists she will be ready to represent Australia in Tahiti next month but Surfing Australia have got a standby in place if needed

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set ambitious goals for environmental sustainability