Carissa Moore
Three years after securing the inaugural gold medal in women’s surfing, Carissa Moore remains a top contender as she returns to the Olympics. At 31, Moore is a five-time world champion, finishing second to teammate Caroline Marks on last year’s WSL Championship Tour. Post-2024 Olympics, Moore plans to step away from competitive surfing to start a family but has hinted at a possible comeback for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
Carissa Moore won the first gold medal in women’s surfing at the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2021.
Caroline Marks
Caroline Marks, 22, enters the 2024 Olympic Games as a strong gold-medal contender after winning her first world title last year. Her 2023 season was highlighted by a victory at the WSL stop in Tahiti, where the Olympic competition will be held. Marks narrowly missed a medal at the Tokyo Games, losing to Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki in the bronze-medal heat.
Caroline Marks finished fourth in her Olympic debut in Tokyo three years ago.
Caity Simmers
The U.S. earned a third quota spot for the women’s Olympic contest by having the highest-ranked women’s team at the 2022 ISA World Surfing Games. This spot goes to 18-year-old Caity Simmers, a rising star and first-time Olympian. Simmers finished fourth in the 2023 WSL Championship Tour rankings, with her runner-up finish at the WSL stop in Tahiti securing her spot on the team. She kicked off this season with a win at the prestigious Pipe Pro contest at Hawaii’s Banzai Pipeline in February.
Caity Simmers, 18, will make her Olympic debut for Team USA in Tahiti this summer.
John John Florence
John John Florence, 31, is set for his second Olympic appearance. The two-time world champion (2016, 2017) suffered a knee injury before the last Olympics, leading to his elimination in the Round of 16. However, the popular Hawaiian has returned to form and currently sits second in the overall rankings behind teammate Griffin Colapinto through the first three events of the 2024 WSL Championship Tour season.
Griffin Colapinto
Griffin Colapinto, 25, has steadily improved over the years, finishing third in the 2023 WSL Championship Tour rankings, earning a spot at the upcoming Olympic Games. He has had a strong start to the current season, winning the Rip Curl Pro Portugal in March and leading the world rankings. Paris 2024 will be Colapinto’s Olympic debut.
Schedule
| Date | Event | Time (ET) |
| July 27 | Men’s Round 1 (8 Heats) Women’s Round 1 (8 Heats) |
7 am HST |
| July 28 | Women’s Round 2 (8 Heats) Men’s Round 2 (8 Heats) |
7 am HST |
| July 29 | Men’s Round 3 (8 Heats) Women’s Round 3 (8 Heats) |
7 am HST |
| July 30 | Men’s Quarterfinals Women’s Quarterfinals Men’s Semifinals Women’s Semifinals Men’s Bronze Medal Match Women’s Bronze Medal Match Men’s Gold Medal Match Women’s Gold Medal Match |
11:48 am HST |
HOW TO WATCH SURFING LIVE AT PARIS 2024
All the action from Paris 2024, including surfing, can be watched via media rights holders (MRHs).
MRHs include Nine in Australia, Globo in Brazil, CBC in Canada, CCTV in People’s Republic of China, Fuji TV/NHK/Nippon TV/TBS/TV Asahi/TV Tokyo in Japan, SKY NZ in New Zealand, SuperSport in South Africa, NBC in the United States, and Discovery Eurosport across Europe, alongside France Télévisions in France, ARD/ZDF in Germany, and BBC Sport in the United Kingdom, among others.
Check listings in other regions for your local broadcaster.
The first round of heats have officially been drawn for the highly-anticipated Olympic Games Paris 2024. The International Surfing Association, the sport’s governing body, released the heats this Wednesday (29 May) for the first round of competition that will take place later this year in Teahupo’o, Tahiti.
The 24 athletes of each gender slated to compete will be divided into eights heats comprised of three athletes each. The winner of each heat will advance to the round of 16, while the remaining two will compete in a repechage.
As of today, the United States holds the top male and female spot on the World Surf League’s (WSL) world rankings, with Griffin Colapinto and Caity Simmers both sitting at world number one. Neither of the two competed in surfing’s Olympic debut in Tokyo, but both secured their spots to shoot their shot at Olympic glory this year.
USA’s Carissa Moore will step onto the Olympic stage and attempt to defend her title, as she was the first woman to take an Olympic gold medal in her sport.
Brazil is the country with the most representatives, with six in total. Filipe Toledo, Gabriel Medina and João Chianca are in the men’s competition, while Luana Silva, Tainá Hinckel and Tatiana Weston-Webb will participate in the women’s group.