French Polynesia (Tahiti, Tuamotu and Marquesas islands) is an "overseas department" of France and therefore the French have the right to schedule some of the events there. But obviously it will give rise to a lot of logistical complexities. France is a colonial power, which still rules over bits and pieces of territories all over the world. And these territories are considered as part of France, and therefore if they don't give hosting rights, then the inhabitants of these regions will accuse the French Olympic authorities of discrimination. At least let us be relieved with the fact that they are not organizing any events in Adelie Land (French Antarctica).
It's weird in my opinion hehehe, like the French border with Brazil in French Guiana.
I agree that Teahupo'o (Tahiti) have probably the best waves in all French territory, and it's really the top 2 waves in the world together with Pipeline Hawaii, it's a magical place, but it's extreme dangerous, this is one of the heaviest waves in the world. From 2006 until 2021 the women's championship was banned for safety reasons.
It's going to be weird that the surfers are so far away from Paris that it's going to seem like a totally different event than the Olympics, when you see most of the athletes together in one place.
And France has many great surfing spots, like Hossegor, Biarritz and Lacanau, which are much closer to Paris and would make more sense in my opinion, they have great waves but without the danger of Tahiti.
