So what happened at #Paris2024? | Surfing Reviewed

The shores of Tahiti in the South Pacific Ocean. This was the home of surfing for these Olympic Games. The only sport that took place away from the mainland. And it looked like paradise. Tayupo is one of the best places to surf on the planet. The size of the waves and the shallowness of the sea meant this would test even the world's best. Joanne de Fay from France found that out to her cost. Four stitches after a fall in the opening rounds. These athletes are hardy. She would go on to win bronze. The first rounds were majestic, near perfect conditions, and the surfers were in their element. The top score for one wave is 10. Round three. And this was the closest we came to that at Paris 2024. An incredible display from Brazil's Gabriel Medina scored 9.9 for this wave. Clearly, he thought it should have been higher. The photo of his celebration was already being touted as the image of these Olympic Games. Big names went out. New stars were born. Awesome, spectacular, stunning, heart stopping. Those who looked on were running out of words to describe it. But the ocean is its own master. After two days of surfing heaven, the waves subsided. Delays were inevitable in a sport that is so biddable to Mother Nature. Relief when the waves came again, the surfers returned to the water. In the end, the glory belonged to two 22-year-olds. Caroline Marks from the United States of America had missed four months of training last year through poor health. She came back on the biggest stage of them all to take gold. Francis Cowley-Vast grew up on these shores, a local hero who knew the surf, and now at such a young age, he was in the history books. Before these games, much of the world haven't witnessed the majesty of Théouport. The sport of surfing has changed that at Paris 2024.