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Marielle Louw, raised hands, and Andries Louw, missionaries from South Africa, pray during a worship service at Surf Church in Matosinhos beach in the suburbs of Porto, Portugal on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)

At this church in Portugal, parishioners surf before they worship

By Luis Andres Henao - Associated Press

Ikaika Kaulukukui surfs in a wave pool in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. A prominent Hawaiian waterman wants to build another Hawaii wave pool facility using the latest technology to simulate the ideal conditions top-notch surfers need to stay competitive. But some people, including fellow Hawaiians, want to stop the project and say it's a waste of water and pointless when there are many nearby beaches for surfing. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher)

Pay per wave: Native Hawaiians divided over artificial surf lagoon in the birthplace of surfing

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher - Associated Press

Kolohe Andino, of the United States, maneuvers on a wave during third round of the men's surfing competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, at Tsurigasaki beach in Ichinomiya, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Surf’s up: Favorites lose as pending storm stirs waves

By Sally Ho - Associated Press

Women hope to ‘diversify the lineup’ for Black surfers

By HILLARD GROSSMAN and Florida Today - Associated Press

California’s US Open of Surfing canceled over coronavirus

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FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2014, file photo, Carissa Moore surfs during round one of the Swatch Women's Pro Trestles surfing competition in San Clemente, Calif. Moore is one of three Americans that will be surfing for their country’s two Olympic berths as well as the world championship at the Lululemon Maui Pro. (Mark Rightmire/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

3 US women surf for 2 Olympic berths, world championship

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

Erickson, Dora win equal-money Vans US Open of Surfing

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Daniella Rosas, of Peru celebrates, after wining the gold for shortboard during women's SUP surfing during the Pan American Games on Punta Rocas beach in Lima Peru, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Peruvian surfers win gold at home Pan Am Games

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Brazil's Lena Guimaraes rides the surf to win the gold medal in the women's SUP race final during the Pan American Games on Punta Rocas beach in Lima Peru, Friday, Aug.2, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil wins first Pan Am Games paddleboard gold on last wave

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Argentina's Santiago Muniz competes in the men's open surfing repechage round 2 during the Pan American Games on Punta Rocas beach in Lima Peru, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Argentina’s surfers hoping to make waves at Olympics

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Kevin Schulz of the United States competes in the men's open surfing main round 1, during the Pan American Games on Punta Rocas beach in Lima Peru, Monday, July 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Schulz: love wave pools but Olympic surfing should be at sea

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

A surfer slides off a dying wave as he surfs in front of the BUP Union naval teaching ship, which was carrying the Pan Am Games torch, off the coast of Lima, Peru, Friday, July 26, 2019. In the Peruvian capital, where dozens of schools teach locals and tourists from around the world how to ride the waves at beaches with Hawaiian names, professional surfers from across the Americas are preparing to compete when the sport is featured for the first time in the Pan Am Games.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Surfing: A Peru way of life as sport debuts at Pan Am Games

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

In this Wednesday, July 17, 2019, photo, a surfer walks out of the ocean at Taito Beach located next to Tsurigasaki, a venue for surfing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Isumi, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo. As one of five new sports being added to the program for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, surfing is arguably the most glamorous and is sure to bring a new dimension as the IOC seeks a younger audience. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Surfers test waves ahead of sport’s Olympic debut at Tokyo

By Jim Armstrong - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2016 file photo two surfers share a wave at the Mavericks surf spot off Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay, Calif. California Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 that he signed a bill making surfing the official state sport. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez,File)

Surf’s up in California, where it’s now the official sport

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

Bethany Hamilton rides a wave at the WSL Surf Ranch on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, in Lemoore, Calif. Hamilton is back on her surfboard four months after giving birth to her second son, and has earned a wildcard spot in the first Surf Ranch Pro in September. Now 28, Hamilton lost her left arm to a tiger shark at age 13. (Poor Boyz Productions via AP)

Bethany Hamilton back on surfboard after having second son

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

In this undated photo provided Monday, March 31, 2014, by Hobie Designs, shows design innovator Hobart &quot;Hobie&quot; Alter. He helped popularize surfing and sailing with the development of the foam surfboard and the &quot;Hobie Cat&quot; sailboat, has died. He was 80. In the late 1960s, Alter turned his focus to sailing and designed a lightweight sailboat inspired by the twin-hulled Polynesian catamaran. Two words, surfboards and Hobie, were all but synonymous in the early 1960s, when teenagers who saw movies such as “Gidget” and “Beach Party” rushed to the shores of Southern California to try a mesmerizing new water sport. (AP Photo/Hobie Designs)

Hobie Alter, who revolutionized surfing, dies

By JOHN ROGERS - Associated Press

A look back at 2011 with tales from the tour

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press