5 Aug 2021

The Rest is History: Surfing in New Zealand

From Lately, 10:45 pm on 5 August 2021

Surfing is one of six sports that made their debut at the Olympics this year, along with softball, baseball, sport climbing, skateboarding and karate as the Games looked to capture a new youth market. Professor Belinda Wheaton from Waikato University has co-written a book called Action Sports and the Olympic Games and she joins Karyn to talk about the history of surfing.

Billy Stairmand (NZL) during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Men's Surfing  at Tsurigasaki Surfing Beach, Japan on Monday 26th July 2021.
Photo: Sean Evans / ISA Surf

Photo: ISA Surf 2021 / Sean Evan