Tag: surf
Paris 2024 Olympics: Work suspended on the Teahupo’o site, the international surfing federation satisfied
Will the surfing event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games really take place in Teahupo’o? This Wednesday, the International Surfing Federation (ISA) welcomed the decision of the Polynesian government to…
Broken coral during technical tests on the Teahupoo site
The President of French Polynesia, Moetai Brotherson, canceled his planned visit to Teahupoo on Saturday, where the 2024 Olympic surfing competition is to take place, after once again questioning the…
Macron in Chartres to surf the 2 billion from the Novo Nordisk lab – Libération
Production insulin Article reserved for subscribers The very profitable Danish company will invest 2.1 billion euros to develop its only French factory. 500 jobs should be created by 2028 to…
Surfer found dead in rocks
The emergency services could do nothing to save him. A surfer died on Saturday morning in Préfailles, near Pointe Saint-Gildas, reports the Loire-Atlantique departmental fire and rescue service (Sdis). Around…
The Teahupo’o site remains “the central option”, affirms Amélie Oudéa-Castera
As concern mounts in Polynesia regarding the environmental impact of surfing events during the next Olympics, Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra reaffirmed this Friday that the site remains the organization’s number…
Australian Laura Enever breaks record for biggest wave surfed by a woman
Australian Laura Enever broke the record for the biggest wave surfed by a woman, with a height of 13.3 meters, Guinness World Records announced Thursday. The feat dates back to…
Will the surfing event move to preserve the corals?
This is a new episode, perhaps decisive, in the controversy over the location of the surfing event for the next Olympic Games. The president of French Polynesia Moetai Brotherson told…
A thorn in his side for the end of his mandate?
“The central question is that of a potential embezzlement of public funds for this trip to Polynesia, of knowing whether Ms. Hidalgo was off the mark,” says David Alphand, deputy…
In Tahiti, the construction of a judges’ tower will be “a disaster” for the corals
This was one of the fears of the inhabitants of Teahupoo, when the Paris Olympic Organizing Committee decided that the small Tahitian village (1,400 inhabitants) would host the surfing event…
Breaking wants to “surf the big wave” in France from Red Bull BC One at Roland-Garros
Forty years later, will Yannick Noah finally have a triumphant French successor at the Roland-Garros Central? It will not have escaped your attention, last spring, no Frenchman did better than…