Thirty years ago, ISA president Fernando Aguerre dreamed that surfing might one day be included in the Olympic Games. No one could have predicted how challenging that pursuit would be.
The Impossible Wave follows Fernando Aguerre’s improbable mission to push surfing into the Olympic spotlight. After 27 years and 12,000 hours of lobbying, sacrifices, and dedication, it has become one of surfing’s greatest success stories. Today, surfing has cemented itself as a permanent Olympic sport, and without Fernando, none of it would be possible.
The competition window for surfing in the 2024 Olympic Games, hosted in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, begins in just under two weeks. As the world’s best surfers warm up for the biggest surf competition of the year in the most thrilling venue, there’s no better way to get stoked for it than by watching this story.