SAN DIEGO (Border report) – The founder of a children’s surf school in California is accused of stabbing and killing his two young children in Mexico, the Baja California state attorney general said on Tuesday. Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, is detained in the United States. Investigators say he traveled to Rosarito, which is about...
Read MoreAfter winning the first ever Olympic medal in surfing history, Australian Owen Wright said he felt like he was “walking on a cloud”. Five and a half years ago he couldn’t even walk. The 31-year-old’s bronze medal, obtained after beating two-time World Surfing League (WSL) champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil in rough seas on...
Read MoreAfter winning the first ever Olympic medal in surfing history, Australian Owen Wright said he felt like he was “walking on a cloud”. Five and a half years ago he couldn’t even walk. The 31-year-old’s bronze medal, obtained after beating two-time World Surfing League (WSL) champion Gabriel Medina of Brazil in rough seas on...
Read MoreSurfing is one of six sports that have been added to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Professional surfers will look to catch their first waves on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. While the idea of surfing the waters of Tokyo is a life-changing opportunity, it also comes with some challenges. The sport depends on wave...
Read MoreThe Tokyo Olympics introduce four new sports: skateboarding, surfing, karate and sport climbing. Everyone has come their own way to the Games. Here are, at a glance, the tales of how these sports reached Tokyo, and what to look out for in each. Karate When he debuts: August 5-7 Why it’s at the Olympics...
Read MoreTop Olympic surfing debut Carissa Moore and John John Florence originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Surfing is one of six sports that have been added to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Professional surfers will look to catch their first waves on Saturday at 6 p.m. ET. While the idea of surfing the waters of...
Read MoreFour new sports make their Olympic debuts in Tokyo, with two modified versions of established events and a few returning faces also added to the program. Find out what’s new, what’s different and what’s coming back. basketball 3×3 Like basketball, but with four fewer players on the court at a time. The Chinese are...
Read MoreA fifth surf school will begin offering commercial lessons this summer at Half Moon Bay in Surfers Beach after city approval. Justin Appold, the owner of the San Francisco Surf Lessons, said Surfers Beach, at the north end of Highway 1, is a premier location in the Bay Area for novice surfers, as well...
Read MoreSurfing’s long-awaited debut at the Olympics in Japan will introduce its talented athletes and enviable beach lifestyle to an audience of millions, many of whom will be watching the sport for the first time. But the typical summer waves at the Tsurigasaki Beach venue – small, short, and lacking in power – left some...
Read MoreCarissa Moore pulled off a sensational aerial maneuver this weekend in the Rip Curl Newcastle Cup, the second leg of the Surf League World Championship. The American surfer was competing in a round against the Frenchwoman Johanne Defay when she succeeded “the best aerial ever seen in women’s competition. “Moore was stunned after she...
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