Paris Olympics 2024, Women's Surfing: The Perfect Wave

It was Caroline Marks (USA) who had the Gold Medal winning ride in the unique waves off the coast of Tahiti.  It was the pile of skulls at Teahupo'o provided the perfect and consistantly similar waves for these Olympics.  They almost seemed man made in their uniformity.  The Olympics next move to the United States in Los Angles.  I guess we will be looking at some California surfing, or perhaps they will take a page out of the French playbook and go to Hawaii for the surfing competition.

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"The Perfect Wave PO24-73" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Surfing: Turning Out Gold

Not only is Kauli Vaast and French citizen, he is a resident of Tahiti, the very beach where the Olympic surfing events were held.  It may be the local knowledge, or it may be a life surrounded by the sea, but whatever it was it gave him the ability to win Gold in Men's Surfing.  At this point he is turning out of the wave after his gold medal winning ride.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The work sells for $95 USD including shipping, but, yes, international shipping is both available and extra.

"Turning Out Gold PO24-72" (Original art by Greig Leach)

Paris Olympics 2024, Men's Surfing Qualifying: Dropping In

I was wondering how Paris would be able to stage a surfing event for these Summer Olympics.  I don't know why I didn't think of Tahiti.  Despite being literally on the other side of the world, it was the perfect place to host the surfing events.  During Monday's qualifying rounds Gabriel Medina (Brazil) had a near perfect ride going so far as to come out of the curl of the wave holding up ten fingers in an appeal for a perfect score of 10.  He didn't get it.  But it was roughly a 9.7, not too bad.  Unfortunately for the Brazilian, the points won't carry over to his bid for a Gold Medal.

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"Dropping In PO24-29" (Original art by Greig Leach)