In case you hadn’t already heard the news- Surfing, along with Baseball/Softball, Sport Climbing, Karate and Skateboarding, was proposed as a potential additional sport in the 2020 Summer Olympics, hosted by Japan. The proposal, made by the Tokyo Olympic Organising committee, follows an earlier bid put forward by the ISA (International Surfing Association), a move backed by the WSL, who have released the following statement –