Teahupoo
Teahupoo
In a category of its own, Teahpoo has many faces but remains completely unique in the mutant monsters it’s at times known to produce. Surfed by a handful of fearless chargers for several decades before being revealed to the world during a WQS competition. Eric emphasises the raw power of the wave and also its size (girth as well as height), even though he’s mainly paddled Chopes. “The wave is so hollow and powerful that you never really know just how hard you might hit the bottom.” As one of the most intense waves in the world, which draws so much water off the shelf that surfers end up riding below-sea-level, Teahupoo has surprisingly claimed very few victims (only Tahitian Briece Taerea to our knowledge) but without question holds the title of the most mesmerising wave on the list.
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