We’ve all heard the historic news that surfing will be included in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but the real question is this: who will be competing for the coveted gold medal? For now, information is not available so we took it upon ourselves to create a quick draw list of potential representatives and their respective countries (given Hawaii gets their own team).
Men
USA
Kelly Slater
Dane Reynolds
Kolohe Andino
Nay Young
Kanoa Igarashi
Australia
Mick Fanning
Julian Wilson
Josh Kerr
Jack Freestone
Joel Parkinson
Brazil
Gabriel Medina
Filipe Toledo
Adriano DeSouza
Italo Ferrera
Wiggolly Dantas
Hawaii
John John Florence
Sebastian Zietz
Ezekiel Lau
Josh Moniz
Keanu Asing
Mason Ho
Jamie O’Brien
France
Jeremy Flores
Maxime Huscenot
South Africa
Jordy Smith
Japan
Hiroto Ohara
New Zealand
Ricardo Christie
Italy
Leonardo Fioravanti
Women
USA
Courtney Conlogue
Lackey Peterson
Sage Erickson
Australia
Tyler Wright
Stephanie Gilmore
Hawaii
Carissa Moore
Malia Manuel
Tatiana Weston-Webb
Coco Ho
Alessa Quizon
France
Joanne Defay
Tessa Thyssen
Brazil
Silvana Lima