Surfing wants to join the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Brazilian surfers have launched a global campaign to get surfing included in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport. The International Surfing Association (ISA) has been lobbying the sport’s inclusion in the Olympic Games, since Sydney 2000, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has never given surfing an opportunity. Rio de Janeiro is […]
Brazilian surfers have launched a global campaign to get surfing included in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport. The International Surfing Association (ISA) has been lobbying the sport’s inclusion in the Olympic Games, since Sydney 2000, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has never given surfing an opportunity. Rio de Janeiro is the birthplace of Brazilian surfing, in a country where riding waves is a national sport. The national governing body for surfing has put online a petition and a Facebook page that have already attracted thousands of supporters. “Rio de Janeiro has all the conditions to showcase surfing in the Olympic Games. We have good infrastructures, beached with perfect waves and the happiest people in the world”, explains Rico de Souza, a pioneer of surfing in the capital of Brazil.
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Surfing wants to join the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
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