At the 2024 Olympic Games, the world's best surfers will compete 20,000 km from Paris, in Tahiti, where surfing was born. The thrill of competition will go hand in hand with a revenge on history.

Surfing has its roots in Polynesia. In Hawaii and Tahiti, riding the waves is simply an extension of a unique mastery of the ocean, acquired during the settlement of the Pacific islands over more than 3,000 years. Much more than a sport, surfing is the expression of a culture, that of the people of the water, the Polynesians.

Now practised by millions of enthusiasts, surfing has earned its place in the Olympics through exploits, revolutions and the conquest of wild spaces. Across the centuries and around the world, the film meets surfers past and present: Duke Kahanamoku, a young Hawaiian who became the first surfing legend; Miki Dora, the king of Malibu who refused to accept the dictates of society; Lisa Andersen, the first woman to make her mark in the men's world of surfing; Laird Hamilton and Kelly Slater, who pushed back the limits of the sport; and Kauli Vaast, Vahine Fierro and Johanne Defay, who are on course for the 2024 Olympics. With the help of breathtaking archive footage and exclusive interviews, the pioneers of surfing and the contenders for the Olympic title tell the story of how this Polynesian culture conquered the whole world.