Olympic Surfers Hype Living Conditions on Luxury Boats Outside of Paris in Videos

Organizers have been criticized for the living conditions at the Olympic Village in Paris during the 2024 Summer Games, but the surfers seem to have lucked out.

According to TMZ Sports, Olympic surfers have been taking to social media to post videos and photos of the Aranui 5 luxury cruise ship they are staying on off the coast of Tahiti.

Since the surfing competitions are taking place near the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, the surfers are not staying in Paris like most of the other Olympic athletes.

That has proved to be a major positive for the surfers, as they have been the beneficiaries of large beds and quality food, plus they have access to a bar, a dancing room, ping pong, foosball and even a tattoo parlor on the boat, per TMZ.

Conversely, most other Olympic athletes are dealing with living quarters that are lacking in terms of basic amenities.

American tennis star Coco Gauff posted a video on TikTok last week in which she divulged that 10 athletes had to share just two bathrooms:

According to Nicholas McEntyre of the New York Post, Gauff said in the comments of her video that things had gotten slightly better since the rest of the American women's tennis players had relocated to a hotel, leaving her and four other athletes to share two bathrooms.

Another major issue in the Olympic Village is related to nutrition, as British Olympic Association Chief Executive Andy Anson said there is a dearth of eggs and meat, and that athletes were being served raw meat in some cases.

As a result, Great Britain hired a chef for its Olympians if they wanted to avoid eating at the dining hall, per Conor Murray of Forbes.

Of course, none of these problems have impacted the surfers, who are living their best life in paradise.