Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz chats with Olympic surfer Brisa Hennessy about the excitement of surfing in the Olympics, the unique challenges of competing in Tahiti, and the sport's growing global recognition. Brisa joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of Video Transcript I'm Jason Fitz with Yahoo Sports hanging out with Brisa Hennessy Olympic surfer, which is just the coolest thing in the world to say. Let's just start there.
The Olympics coming around the corner for you as a surfer. What does it mean? Because you guys have now, this is the second time surfing has been in the Olympics. What does it mean for your sports still to be getting this level of recognition? Yeah, it's incredible.
I mean 2021 was the first time I feel like surfing was brought to the world in this incredible new platform of the Olympics and to have it, you know, as a second year, I feel like the momentum is building and this new wave is happening while the Olympics are obviously taking place in Paris, you're gonna be in Tahiti. So that puts you guys totally separate from everybody else. What does that mean for the experience in your mind? Yeah.
You know, I think we're gonna be with, you know, all the athletes that I feel like we know already pretty well. Um It was amazing to be in, you know, Japan and, you know, getting to know all the incredible athletes all around the world. But you know, to actually tune in and focus on what our goal is and mother nature and the ocean.
I feel like Tahiti is the most beautiful.