Teahupoo
Cyclonic left-breaking reef wave located near the southwest tip of Tahiti Iti; regarded since the late '90s as one of the world's most challenging and dangerous surf breaks. "Teahupoo isn't a wave, it's a war zone," surf journalist Gary Taylor wrote in 2000. "A freak of nature that some bastard decided to call a surf spot." Waves at Teahupoo (pronounced "cho-pu," which translates more or less to ...
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Code Red SwellSubscribe to view
Teahupoo, 1999Subscribe to view
Matahi Drollet, 2018. Photo: Domenic MosqueiraSubscribe to view
Andy Irons, TeahupooSubscribe to view
Teahupoo from above, on a small daySubscribe to view
Teahupoo, 2003Subscribe to view
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Code Red Swell
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Teahupoo, 1999
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Matahi Drollet, 2018. Photo: Domenic Mosqueira
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Andy Irons, Teahupoo
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Teahupoo from above, on a small day
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Teahupoo, 2003