I wonder if Surfing, knee boarding or body boarding will ever become an Olympic sport during the Summer Games?
Maybe they could be! They're pretty popular sports after all. I'd love to see surfing for sure!
As popular as surfing is around the world, the Olympic Games would be a chance to see tup to 200 Nations compete
Yeah, that's true too! I wonder which team would get gold if it existed... I have a feeling it'd be Australia.
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games () or the Games of the Olympiad, first held in 1896, is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years. The most recent Olympics were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) organises the Games and oversees the host city's preparations. In each Olympic event, gold medals are awarded for first place, silver medals are awarded for second place, and bronze medals are awarded for third place; this tradition began
was included in a shortlist along with baseball, softball, skateboarding, surfing, and sport climbing to be considered for inclusion in the 2020 Summer Olympics; and in June 2016, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that they would support the proposal to include all of the shortlisted sports in the 2020 Games. Finally, on August 3, 2016, all five sports (counting baseball and softball together as one sport) were approved for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic program.
Format and rules.