French surfer and Tahitian local Kauli Vaast clinched Olympic surfing gold on Tuesday (Monday local time) while US surfer Caroline Marks defeated Brazil’s Tatiana Weston-Webb to take gold in the women’s competition. Vaast outscored Australia’s Jack Robinson, 17.67 to 7.83. Vaast surfed two long barrels, scoring 9.50 and 8.17, while Robinson was unable to execute a second scoring wave at the Paris 2024 surfing venue 16,000 kilometres away in Tahiti. “I just made history – not just for me, for all Tahitians, for surfing and Polynesians and friends,” Vaast said. “I can’t be more proud to represen…