How Did Surfing Become An Olympic Sport. In november 1992, jacques hele became the first president of the international surfing association. But at the olympics, athletes have to focus on skills, tricks and points, and, of course, looking for.

Today the ioc voted to add surfing to the sporting menu of the 2020 tokyo games, which was the final obstacle in. Although it was officially proposed in 2015, surfing and the olympics have a lengthy history before that.