ICHINOMIYA, Japan — Surprisingly bold conditions created by a tropical storm turned the inaugural Olympic surfing contest into an unpredictable and sometimes spectacular affair of churning whitewater. And through the foam rode Italo Ferreira, 27, the 2019 world champion, one of Brazil’s army of surfing superstars. He beat Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi, a Japanese-American born and raised in Southern California. In the first minute of the men’s final, Ferreira was swallowed by a wave. Carissa Moore, 28, the four-time world champion born and raised in Hawaii, will soon underdog Bianca Buitendag of South Africa in the day’s last heat.

Source: New York Times July 27, 2021 01:42 UTC