Surfers test waves ahead of sport´s Olympic debut at Tokyo
(WorldNews Environment)

ICHINOMIYA, Japan (AP) - As one of five new sports added to the program for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, surfing is arguably the most glamorous and is sure to bring a new dimension as the IOC seeks a younger audience. The big question for Tokyo will be the quality of the waves. While Japan has a surfing culture that began over 100 years ago, the country isn’t known for the type of mammoth waves that can be found at surfing hotbeds like the North Shore of Hawaii or Big Sur in California. Japanese surfers got a chance to check out the waves in a four-day test event that concluded on Sunday at Tsurigasaki beach where the surfing event will be held. On the east shore of neighboring Chiba...