NBC has an age-old formula for its Olympics broadcasts: Crank up the tension, hype the world’s best athletes until they either win or crumble under pressure, and, in between, run dozens of tear-jerky ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics could include a unique sight: surfers wearing helmets. Griffin Colapinto, a member of the U.S. Olympic team, said he wore one last week. His concern is the risk of head ...

Miles away from the site of the 2024 Paris Summer Games, Olympic surfers are riding one of the deadliest waves in the world in Teahupo’o, which translates to “the place of skulls.” Subscribe to read ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the games head to our latest updates. Portugal's Yolanda Hopkins judges the moment and starts paddling as the aqua behemoth ...

An estimated 10,500 athletes from across the world descended upon Paris this past week as the city prepared to host the 2024 Olympics, but 48 athletes aren’t there. Instead, they’re on island time.

The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “These guys are basically riding tsunamis. It’s an unbelievably challenging wave. The coral, you even think about touching it, and ...

To capture images of surfers taking on the dangerous swells in Teahupo’o, Ben Thouard must suit up himself. By John Otis Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes ...

For many of the competitors—and the 1,400-odd residents of the wave’s namesake village—this year’s contest is a dress rehearsal for an event with a far larger global profile in a few months’ time.

A 56-year-old surfer has passed away after breaking his neck on the reef at the infamous Tahitian slab.

The Olympic surfing competition will take place in Teahupo’o on the island of Tahiti in French Polynesia. The village ...