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Why is Olympic surfing in Tahiti, 10,000 miles away from Paris?

Because its legendary and its French.

To back up for a sec: Tahiti is the largest island of French Polynesia, which is a collection of about 120 islands in the south pacific that are officially considered an overseas country of France. What does that mean?

Basically it operates mostly autonomously with its own government, laws, and political parties… but France controls defense and foreign affairs and the head of state is the President of France. Tahitians are French citizens and vice-versa. So, despite being 10,000 miles away, these are still French waters. Now, why this spot specifically?

Because of this thing.

This is Teahupo’o wave. It is legendary in the world of surfing. it breaks off the coast of a small village on the remote southeastern part of the island. The road actually ends here – you have to take a boat to get to villages further south. (The town of about 1500 people can’t host everything that comes with the Olympics so many of the teams are actually staying on a cruise ship nearby!)

Before the 90s, the wave was considered un-surfable. More started attempting it and the wave became a part of the Pro Surfing Tour in ‘99. Even then, in 2016, it was taken off the women’s tour because it was considered too dangerous and only just reinstated in 2022.

The wave actually breaks a couple hundred feet off-shore (That’s why you’ve seen teams in boats and the judges tower in the ocean).

Fortunately, Olympians have proved their skill at conquering the mighty wave this week!

And that is why the Olympics are in Tahiti.

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