ON THE SHONAN COAST, Japan — In summer, the action gets going at four in the morning. Men and women in black wetsuits begin to appear, lugging their boards on foot or tucked into special bike racks.

This man is known as a godfather of Japanese surf culture: 78-year-old Teruo Adegawa. The Olympics coming to his doorstep to host its inaugural surfing competition was set to be a once in a lifetime ...

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ENOSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Surfing makes its Olympic debut next year at Chiba’s Ichinomiya beach but for many Japanese it is the Shonan coast, 50 kilometres south of Tokyo, that is regarded as the ...

Teenager eyes gold in wave-riding's debut at next year's Tokyo Games KAMOGAWA, Japan - Teenage surfing sensation Shino Matsuda has a secret weapon as she targets gold at next year's Tokyo Olympics - ...