Wright Stars in ‘Come to the Edge’
July 17, 2024
Two-time Surfing World Champion and NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS) athlete Tyler Wright, along with Molly Picklum, Jack Robinson, Ethan Ewing, will all make their Olympic debut in surfing in Paris 2024. They will also feature in a documentary, called Come to The Edge, as they prepare to compete on the notoriously dangerous Tahitian wave, Teahupo’o.
In early May 2024, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) announced the world class surf team to contest the Paris Olympics at the famed Teahupo’o surf break in Tahiti, building on the sport’s Olympic legacy that began at Tokyo 2020. Teahupoo is one of the most powerful and deadly waves on the planet for surfing.
With the objective of inspiring the nation, Surfing Australia has produced a one-hour television special called “Come to The Edge”. The story follows the Australian Irukandji team as they prepare to take on arguably the world’s most dangerous wave Teauhpo’o, all wrapped around the biggest sporting event in the world the Olympics.
The Australian Surfing team has an incredible record of success on the global stage, with Wright a two-time World Champion, and Picklum a two-time Championship Tour (CT) event winner. Robinson has seven CT event wins, including at the Olympic venue in Tahiti last year and last month’s Margaret River Pro, while Ewing is a two-time CT event winner, finishing last year’s WSL in second overall.
The Teahupo’o venue also makes Olympic history as the farthest distance an Olympic event will be held from the host city – with Tahiti to Paris around 100 kilometres further than Melbourne to Stockholm, which hosted the 1956 Olympic equestrian events due to quarantine challenges.
Surfing will take place the first week of the Paris Games, with NSWIS athlete Tyler Wright contesting the women’s shortboard event from 28 July 2024.
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