Surfing - Technical & Direct

A few weeks back we made our first trip ever to Chile!!!
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As the Technical Director of the Pan American Games (the Olympics of the Americas) for Surfing, we were there with the ISA Delegation to inspect and approve the famous iconic location of Chilean Surfing, Punta de Lobos!!!
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The event will be held across seven days and host Shortboard, Longboard, SUP Surf, and SUP Race. The Men and Women Shortboard divisions will also be a qualifying event giving the winner of each gender a slot at the Paris 2024 Olympics to be held in Teahupoo!!!
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The trip was a complete success with a direct inspection of the venue and a cold first-hand visit to the lineup resulting in one of the longest lefts we have ever surfed followed by two days of logistical meetings in the capital city of Sántiago!!
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We are already looking forward to our return for another possible inspection and of course running the event in October of 2023!!!
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We can't wait to see Surfing at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles!!!
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The ISA World Para Surfing Championship was ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
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Always so proud to serve as the Technical Director for this inspirational event and give my best to these amazing humans that go beyond what is possible in their pursuit of competition and the pure stoke of Surfing!!! They have inspirational abilities, not disabilities!!!
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Congratulations to everyone involved especially the athletes, teams, coaches, the judges and the technical staff, Ampsurf, and the ISA for providing the platform to show the world the joy of surfing on another level!!!
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We are focused on Para Surfing reaching the Para Olympics for Los Angeles in 2028, and this was one giant step closer!!!
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have come to an epic close in immensely challenging times with more than a double thumbs up performance and presentation!!!
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I can't believe it's over, and I still can't believe that after 5 years of planning and preparation, Surfing finished in the first three days!!
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Thanks so much to everyone involved for making it a HUGE SUCCESS AND A HISTORIC DEBUT!!! Much appreciation to the judges and the technical officials, the ISA and it's amazing staff plus President Fernando Aguerre and Executive Director Bob Fasulo, the medalists and all the athletes as Olympians, the International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020 staff and all its volunteers, the Omega team, all of the families involved (especially mine) for their eternal support, and of course the wonderful country of Japan!!!
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DOMO ARIGATO!!!
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The Surf News in Japan!!!

【東京オリンピック】メディア関係者が入れなかった五輪サーフィン会場の舞台裏 | THE SURF NEWS「サーフニュース」 7月25日〜27日の3日間に渡って開催され、日本代表「波乗りジャパン」が2つのメダルを獲得した東京オリンピックサーフィン競技。

Great story being told by Surfline one week after the finish of Surfing's debut at The Olympics!!!👍 👍

The Wash-Up We’re a week down the track from surfing’s Olympic debut — but what just happened?

A few photos from Day 3 of Olympic Surfing.
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Taking the Olympic style across all sports, athletes were introduced live on the Olympic Broadcast between heats, something never done previously at a professional surf event especially one at the highest level.
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Planning the gap time of 10 minutes between the heats of Round 1 and Round 2, and 6 minutes between Round 3, Quarters, and the Semis, and then back to 10 for the Bronze and Gold Matches was immensely complicated. Then trying to figure how to divide the time amongst everything necessary for the broadcast, the athletes, and the judges, and then hope there was still enough time to paddle out depending on conditions.
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Heading into the start of the Olympics, the length of the gap times was no longer negotiable, and when it got big on Day 3 the athletes were not only surfing but they were running too...
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"ONCE AN OLYMPIAN, ALWAYS AN OLYMPIAN!"
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Although the debut of Surfing at the Olympics finished 6 days ago, the momentum of our SPORT has only just begun!!!
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Here's an interview I did with the Olympic Channel a while back, and then they re-released it again on July 7th!!!
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Surfing explained: How the new Olympic sport is judged Everything you need to know about surfing judging criteria