FILE PHOTO: Italo Ferreira from Brazil surfs a wave during the WSL championship at Supertubo beach in Peniche, Portugal October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
LONDON (Reuters) - Like a wave originating thousands of kilometres out in the deep ocean before crashing onto a distant beach, so surfing's inclusion in the Olympic family has had a long fetch.
What began with a ripple of interest when Hawaiian surfing icon Duke Kahanamoku first advocated the sport's Olympic inclusion, has become a reality with it debuting in Tokyo next year.
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