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2 sie 2024 · Locals have refused to let the Paris 2024 Olympic Games damage their environment – or their way of life – in Teahupo'o, Tahiti.
29 lip 2024 · The Olympics chose Tahiti for its famous waves—but some surfers aren't happy about it. A judging tower would have damaged Tahiti’s coral structures, likely affecting its ecosystem for...
30 lip 2024 · Olympic Surfing Comes to a ‘Poisoned’ Paradise. In 1974, a radioactive cloud from a French nuclear test drifted over Teahupo’o, Tahiti, now the surfing venue for the Paris Games. Villagers ...
11 gru 2023 · When Tahiti was selected as the surfing site, dignitaries in coastal resorts in mainland France, such as Biarritz, were unimpressed – not least because of the cost and the carbon emissions...
21 lip 2024 · Hosting the surfing event in Tahiti is certainly doing things differently. But it raises yet more questions about the IOC’s claims of leadership in environmental sustainability.
20 lut 2024 · Hundreds are set to descend on Tahiti for Olympic surfing this summer. Environmental and surf communities have banded together to protect Teahupo’o’s culture.
18 lis 2023 · After months of heated conversations, protests and petitions, Paris 2024 organizers have come to a final decision on what to do about the controversial Tahitian judging tower at Teahupo’o, where the surfing event for next year’s Olympic Games will be held.
