When Did Surfing Become An Olympic Sport. Surfing, the exhilarating sport of riding ocean waves, carved its path into the. Carissa moore won the inaugural gold medal in women's surfing at the tokyo olympic games in 2021.
In 2020, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing, bmx freestyle, and surfing were added to the olympic games, according to the ioc. Olympic surfing schedule at tokyo 2020.