A fantastic story, whether this happens or not.

Tahiti are attempting to host surfing competitions at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Their interest does not come as a surprise, but it has now been confirmed Tahiti is one of five places to have lodged an application to host the surfing events.

They will face competition from Biarritz, the community of municipalities of Le Pays Bigouden Sud (La Torche), the Department of Les Landes (Hossegor, Capbreton and Seignosse) and Lacanau – Bordeaux Metropole.

Paris 2024 say they will now visit the five candidate venues over the summer, when weather and sea conditions are likely to be similar to those the athletes will encounter in summer 2024. 

The sites will then have until 30 September 2019 to submit a complete application file.

The surfing competitions venue should be named in the first half of 2020, subject to the IOC giving its final approval, in December 2020, to surfing’s inclusion as a new sport on the Paris 2024 Games programme.

it is worth saying at this point that IOC President Thomas Bach played down the chance of Tahiti becoming host to the surfing events.