CARISSA MOORE

The surf world’s top women have wanted their own Pipeline Pro for years. At long last, they’ve got it.

It’s been another challenging year, but some people thrive on adversity. Here are the athletes, activists, tree planters, chefs, filmmakers, and other disrupters who changed our world for the better in 2021. Plus: Meet Carissa Moore, surfing’s first female olympic gold medalist.

Thickets of restrictions at the pandemic-hit Tokyo Games severely crimped the experience for Olympians.

The first Olympic gold medalist for surfing, Carissa Moore, is the only Native Hawaiian surfer at the Games.

In an extraordinary Olympic Games where mental health has been front and center, acts of kindness are everywhere.

The water has always been a part of American surfer Carissa Moore’s life. Her father was a competitive open-water swimmer and he taught his daughter how to swim and surf at a young age. “The water, the ocean, is life,” the Hawaiian tells In The Village host Elizabeth Beisel.

Watch some of the wet and wild wipeouts from surfing's debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Carissa Moore is the first woman to ever win a gold medal in surfing, which is making its Olympic debut in Tokyo. "The ocean has changed my life and I can't imagine my life without it," Moore said.

She was a child prodigy from Hawaii who grew up to be the youngest world champion surfer and a four-time world champ.

Owen Wright defeated Gabriel Medina in the men's surfing bronze medal match at the Tokyo Olympics.

Team USA's surfers will compete in the gold medal and bronze medal matchups.

The German dressage team won its ninth gold medal in the past 10 Olympics by beating the United States and Britain for the second straight time.

Three Americans are advancing to surfing's quarterfinals, but Kolohe Andino had to eliminate a teammate to get it done.

It was surf’s up for the sport’s century-in-the-making Olympic debut as competitors were consumed emotionally by the momentous occasion and exuded the pure joy of finally making it.

After more than 25 years of deliberation, the sport of kings finally makes its debut at the Games

Surfing and sexism have a long history.

For some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities seared into the history of the game and their homeland.