Rio Waida is a trailblazing professional surfer who has made history as Indonesia’s first Olympic surfer, representing the nation at both the Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Games. Born in Saitama, Japan, in 2000 and raised in Bali from age five, Waida developed his surfing skills on the iconic waves of Jimbaran, Kuta, and Uluwatu. Check out this sweet edit of Rio blazing through Uluwatu, Keramas and Canggu.
