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Dive into Olympic dreams with surfer Rio Waida in “See You in Teahupo'o”. Explore his journey, Olympic experiences, and reflections on the legendary Teahupo'o wave.

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See You in Teahupo'o | Rio Waida

Dive into the exhilarating world of elite surfers on their Olympic quest in “See You in Teahupo'o”. Join John John Florence, Tatiana Weston-Webb, Leonardo Fioravanti, Carissa Moore and others as they share personal backgrounds, Olympic journeys, and profound reflections on the awe-inspiring Teahupo'o wave.

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An insight look at the ISA World Surfing Games 2022 in Huntington Beach, California, from the 16th until the 24th of September . With the participation of Rio Waida, Gabriela Bryan, India Robinson, Vahine Fierro, Kanoa Igarashi, Lucía Machado and many more surfers.

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Surfing to Paris

Miyazaki’s changing conditions cause problems for some of the top names. Jordy Smith and Michel Bourez are eliminated while Rio Waida and Morocco’s Olympic hope, Ramzi Boukhiam, stay in the fight. Portugal’s Frederico Morais secures an Olympic spot.

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Gnarly Waves | Road to Tokyo: Surfing - The Qualifier Stories

Indonesia’s Olympic hopeful Rio Waida battles it out on the waves with the world’s best including Jordy Smith, Kolohe Andino, Michel Bourez, Italo Ferreira, Filipe Toledo and Gabriel Medina.

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Men’s Early Rounds | Road to Tokyo: Surfing - The Qualifier Stories

Some Olympic dreams are made and broken on the final day of men’s competition at the ISA World Surfing Games in Miyazaki Japan.

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Tears and Cheers | Road to Tokyo: Surfing - The Qualifier Stories

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A dream vacation. A high ideal to live up to. Even harder if your summer office happened to be an Olympic wave in Tahiti.
While their experience at Paris 2024 is hard to match, Olympic surfers are rising to the challenge and making their off-season days dazzling as well. From

Rio Waida dances with local performers during the Opening Ceremony of Paris 2024 in Teahupo'o.

The ultimate vacation: How surfers are holidaying after Paris 2024

There was an emergency on Team Mexico on the eve of the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games in Puerto Rico.
When the athletes' luggage was opened, a crucial item was discovered missing.
“We forgot to bring the hot sauce!” Shelby Detmers Cesenas recalled of how she and her teammates scrambled

Team New Zealand has a tradition of performing the haka at every opening ceremony of the ISA World Surfing Games.

Hot sauce and card battles: Team traditions that help surfers ward off homesickness

Four male surfers earned provisional quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games\* after a dramatic ninth repechage round at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games on Saturday, 2 March, live on Olympic Channel.
Indonesia’s Rio Waida and Morocco’s Ramzi Boukhiam are headed to their second Olympic Games, while Spain’s Andy

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Ramzi Boukhiam earned an Olympic quota at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games.

World Surfing Games 2024: Rio Waida, Ramzi Boukhiam, Andy Criere, Tim Elter, Joan Duru clinch Paris 2024 individual quotas amid repechage drama

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was an experience that Indonesia’s Rio Waida cannot forget. And he is determined to live that Olympic moment again.
To do so, he will have to finish among the Top 8 eligible male surfers at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games*, which are taking place

Rio Waida advanced in first place from his second round heat at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games

World Surfing Games 2024: Waida, Glatzer, McGonagle look strong on hunt for second Olympic ticket as round 2 wraps up

It is down to the final qualifying event, the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games, to determine the surfers going to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, and no teams are holding back.
The world’s best, including all but one of the surfers who have earned provisional quotas, are on their way

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ISA World Surfing Games 2024: Preview, schedule, top surfers competing, and how to watch the final Paris 2024 qualifier live

It’s hard to believe that Rio Waida was once afraid of the open sea.
The way the 23-year-old Indonesian currently carves up the waves on the World Surf League 2023 Championship Tour, enough to make it past the mid-season cut line and rank above Olympic silver medallist Kanoa Igarashi and

MANLY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 24:  Rio Waida of Indonesia celebrates winning the Men's final during the 2022 Sydney Surf Pro at Manly Beach on May 24, 2022 in Manly, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

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Indonesian surf star Rio Waida: From being bullied to being on top 

The first Indonesian ever to qualify for the World Surf League Championship Tour, Rio Waida made it to the top of his sport despite bullying at school for his size. Having represented his country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021, and been selected as Indonesia's flagbearer in the Opening Ceremony, he tells Olympics.com how he was inspired by Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, plus the nation's badminton gold medallists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu. Hear more in this exclusive interview.

Rio Waida of Indonesia celebrates winning the Men's final during the 2022 Sydney Surf Pro at Manly Beach on May 24, 2022 in Manly, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images)

Indonesian surfer Rio Waida: From being bullied at school to reaching the top of the sport

Surfing at Paris 2024 is about to feel that much closer.
The very first spots for the next summer Olympic Games are going to be awarded at the 2022 ISA World Surfing Games taking place at Huntington Beach, California, between 16 - 24 September.
For the first time at this

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2022 ISA World Surfing Games: Preview, schedule, key athletes and how to watch 

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Round 2 of the Men and Women's Surfing Heats at Teahupo'o, Tahiti, on the 28/07/24

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