Next year, Tahiti will be home to the surfing competition of the Paris Olympics, almost 10,000 miles away from France. But the region has its own annual games, known as the Heiva. Toakura, the ...

NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games, head to our latest updates. Paris is officially hosting the summer games, but dozens of Olympians will compete at ...

Surf's up for the 2024 Olympics. And while the vast majority of events will take place on the French mainland, there's one sport that will have a special site of its own, nearly 10,000 miles away: ...

On the remote south coast of Tahiti, its Jurassic peaks and azure lagoon accessible only by boat, Patrick Rochette is explaining how centuries-old Polynesian conservation traditions are being revived ...

The whale breach occurred in the distance as athletes Tatiana Weston-Webb of Brazil and Brisa Hennessy of Costa Rica competed in the semifinal match on Aug. 5 Kirsty Hatcher is an Associate Editor on ...

Surfing medalists were finally crowned Monday at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The action — which took place on the French Polynesian island of Tahiti in the Pacific Ocean — opened Monday with the ...

Inexpensive airfare and a house swap made a last-minute family trip to French Polynesia an unexpected bargain, with funds left over for splurges. Teahupo’o, on the lush eastern side of Tahiti, where ...