After hosting surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympics, the presence of Teahupo’o, Tahiti became a worldwide phenomenon. Folks who had likely never seen any surfing in their entire lives were tuning in ...
It’s been a slow couple years for our favorite bright, blue slab at the End of the Road. No Code Red swells, no XXL tow swells, very few heart-racing paddle swells for our dear friend Teahupoo. So ...
Big-wave surfing has wowed awe-struck onlookers from all over the world, more so in the digital age where some of the biggest breaks on earth are tempted and captured in video or photos. And the ...
Miles away from the site of the 2024 Paris Summer Games, Olympic surfers are riding one of the deadliest waves in the world in Teahupo’o, which translates to “the place of skulls.” The Teahupo’o wave ...
As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone's attention is focused on the host city, Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, which is half a world away in French Polynesia. Why? Well, ...
The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...
Jerome Brouillet will forever be associated with one image: the viral kickout of Gabriel Medina at Teahupo’o during the 2024 Paris Olympics. But the Tahiti-based photographer has a deep portfolio of ...
Vid: Tim Pruvost, Kim Mean, Blaise Booth and Boris Martinet. On Wednesday, May 7th, Teahupo’o saw the first very solid swell of the season. It was very big, right on the line between paddle and tow, ...
Olympic surfing is in Tahiti at a wave called Teahupo’o, one of the best in the world US surfer and defending Olympic gold medalist Carissa Moore describes the "intimidating, intense" waves Olympic ...