Surfing

Surfing instructor Godpower Tamarakuro Pekipuma in Lagos, Nigeria.

‘Walking on water’: Surfing makes waves in Nigeria

Sports

The West African country of Nigeria is lucky to have a long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. In the coastal community of Lagos, where many people didn’t grow up learning to swim, interest in surfing and water sports is growing.

Team USA Hawaiian surfer Carissa Moore practices for a World Surf League competition at Surf Ranch on Tuesday in Lemoore, California, on  June 15, 2021.

Hawaiians highlight surfing’s cultural roots as it makes its Olympic debut

Tokyo Olympics
A woman riding a wave

An Olympic hopeful from Senegal hopes to inspire more black women to surf

close up of Maya Gabeira surfing

Brazil’s Maya Gabeira conquers 68-foot wave and Guinness World Record

Sports
Moroccan surfer Meryem El Gardoum standing on a beach, looks directly at the camera.

Shredding the patriarchy: Two Moroccan women just surfed onto the world stage

Culture

The 2020 Olympics will feature surfing, skateboarding, baseball, karate and more

Sports

The International Olympic Committee voted unanimously to add new sports to the official games roster, in an effort organizers hope will get young people pumped again about the event.

A surf shop in the Philippines town Baler, where some surfing scenes from Apocalypse Now were filmed.

How Francis Ford Coppola helped bring surfing to the Philippines

Culture

Part of “Apocalypse Now” was filmed in the Philippines town of Baler. And as the story goes, when the film crew left, they left behind their surfboards, starting a new surfing culture there.

The World

These girls redefine what it means to play like a girl. And they’re crushing it

Sports

In Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and Iran, these girls are breaking down traditional barriers in sports — and taking names in the process.

Surfing in Iran 4

Surf’s up…but in Iran? A talk with filmmaker Marion Poizeau

Sports

French filmmaker and surfer Marion Poizeau heard there were good waves in southeastern Iran. But when she finally rode them, she decided to teach Iranians how to enjoy them, too.

Marion Poizeau

In Iran, where the women school the men on surfing

Education

People were welcoming, but they were surprised, when a team of modestly dressed women surfers showed up in a remote corner of Iran. They had never seen surfing before. “Because we were only women in the water, they thought it was a sport for women,” says French director Marion Poizeau. “So the men asked us if they could also do it.”