Teahupoo

Back home after 8 months in the South Pacific...in Tahiti every 10days...we traveled to Tahiti Iti, the smaller of the 2 Tahitian Islands and witnessed the power of Teahupoo...legendary for its waves and the Billabong surf competition (which we missed)..

this is my first go at surf... these are all taken out of a sequence...i figured it'd a been too much to put the full surf sequence all on...

C&C welcome...

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very nice shots. you must have had an awesome time

#2 is great! I really like it.

#2 is on the the money

it was actually a fluke we got out there...there were only 3 guys out at i think it was 11somethign in the morning...

we went to the marina..and paid a random dude with a boat 30bucks to take us out there...

thanks for the comments...

Great shots, great timing. =)

Great shots... Isn't this the place where Laird Hamilton caught the "heaviest wave" ever surfed?

not sure...maybe heaviest wave in a competition...i was reading they were catching waves outside of San Diego....some Ocean Break and there are pictures around the net about it..

HERES THE POST..

the biggest waves apparently to be surfed...its indeed at CORTEZ 100miles outside san diego dudes name is Mike Parson. 66ft. wave.

http://myspacetv.com …dividual&videoi​d=11182462

Lairds famous wave was at Teahupoo. Wasnt the largest wave but was the heaviest wave. It was amazing to see it on TV

looks like a very fun shoot

great capture on #2.

Nice pics!
from a boat or were you in the water?

actually Teahupoo is kinda funky... theres a path directly inbetween two wave breaks...

its almost like it was made for boats to be situated perfectly for pictures...

i was in a boat... we paid a dude at a marina 30bucks to take us out for an hour...best 30bucks ever spent!!!

the whole scenery around there is unreal...