Surfing

After weeks of controversy over possible environmental damages, a surfing site in Tahiti has been confirmed as the official venue for the Paris 2024 Olympics. But there will be some changes. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Four companies on Hawaiʻi Island were granted permits from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to operate commercial surf schools out of Kahaluʻu Bay. Some community members deemed the selection unfair because three of the four companies are owned by one person.

French Polynesia is hosting part of the 2024 Olympic Games: the surfing competition. But that part of the planning is now at the center of an environmental controversy. HPR’s Derrick Malama has more in the Pacific News Minute.

Monica Medellin is the creator and executive producer of Surf Girls Hawai’i, an Amazon Prime Video four-part documentary series about up and coming Native Hawaiian surfers. She spoke to HPR’s Stephanie Han about surfing, culture, and gender equity.

How education was addressed in California's Paradise 2018 wildfire; Hana Hou: sleep for our physical and mental strength; New Zealand artist George Nuku on plastics and artmaking; documentary “Surf Girls: Hawai’i” and why representation matters

Hawaiʻi’s newest wave attraction is based on dry land. It’s part of a new development that’s drawing some locals as well as tourists. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.

Mikala Jones, a Hawaiʻi surfer known for shooting awe-inspiring photos and videos from the inside of barreling waves, has died after a surfing accident in Indonesia. He was 44.

A prominent Hawaiian waterman wants to build another Hawaiʻi wave pool facility using the latest technology to simulate the ideal conditions top-notch surfers need to stay competitive. But some people, including fellow Hawaiians, want to stop the project.

Mindy Pennybacker's new book explores the history, challenges and evolution of surfing from the perspective of women on waves. The Conversation’s Stephanie Han talked to Pennybacker about the sport that they both love.

Jesse del Mar injured himself doing what he loves after he surfed over a wave and broke his neck in 1997. The 55-year-old surfer has since been paralyzed from the waist down, but that didn't stop him from catching waves with his friends. As HPR's Cassie Ordonio reports, he was one of 104 surfers who competed in this year's AccesSurf Adaptive Surf Championships in Waikīkī.