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Aug 6, 2024 · Kauli Vaast (FRA) and Caroline Marks (USA), two 22-year-olds born just twelve days apart, won surfing's second Olympic gold medals on a historic day at Teahupoo, French Polynesia's idyllic location for surfing in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Aug 5, 2024 · After a bit of cat and mouse between the two surfers, Vaast dropped into the biggest, deepest barrel of the day and re-emerged out of nowhere for a gorgeous tube ride, flexing on his exit as he secured a 9.50 and started the gold medal match off with a bang.
Aug 12, 2024 · Kauli Vaast, the newly crowned Olympic surfing champion, recently took a unique victory lap down the River Seine in Paris, France. He showcased his gold medal with the Eiffel Tower as a dramatic backdrop.
Vaast placed second in the Outerknown Tahiti Pro 2022, behind Miguel Pupo. [7] In 2023, he made his first WQS win in Morocco, at the Rip Curl Pro Search Taghazout Bay. [8] Vaast qualified for the 2024 Olympics at the 2023 ISA World Surfing Games, defeating Spanish surfer Gonzalo Gutiérrez to claim the European slot.
Aug 10, 2024 · Kauli Vaast is living the gold-medal life, and fittingly bringing surreal images to France. Competing a 10-minute drive from his birth place in French Polynesia, the 22-year-old from Vairao, Tahiti, won gold in men's surfing on Aug. 5. “I can't believe right now," Vaast said after winning.
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Aug 9, 2024 · After his victory in Teahupo’o, beating Australian Jack Robinson on the final day of the competition window in head-high Tahitian tubes, Vaast jetted off to Paris to keep the celebrations going. And by celebrations, we mean wake-surfing down the Seine River with the gold medal around his neck.
Aug 9, 2024 · France's newly-crowned Olympic surfing champion Kauli Vaast took a victory lap in Paris on Friday as he surfed down the River Seine with his gold medal around his neck.
