WATCH: 19-Year-Old French Surfer Rides One of the Biggest Swells Ever Recorded at Teahupoo, Tahiti Last Weekend World-famous surf hotspot Teahupoo was absurdly large last weekend—perfectly adequate for Friday the 13th. Watching this video above of Kauli Vaast drop in on this monster of a wave and then get swallowed by it is emotional, to say the least. Kauli Vaast, a 19-year-old professional surfer from France, called the wave a “wave of a lifetime” and the […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | August 18, 2021 0 Comments
VIDEO: SURFACE – A New Perspective From Inside Tahiti’s Crystal Clear Waves SURFACE, a ROAM Original, is the story of how award-winning photographer Ben Thouard invented a new perspective of our world—shot underwater from inside a wave looking back at the landscape as never seen before. His love of the ocean, surfing, and windsurfing brought him to the small village of Teahupoo, Tahiti, where he can see the legendary surf break from […] Surf SwellBrains | June 30, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEOS: Kelly Slater Wins Tahiti Pro, Andy Irons Award, & Has PERFECT Heat! [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSL%2Fvideos%2F10153906117842058%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] Kelly Slater is the GOAT. He’s 44-years-old and still the best surfer in the world when conditions get big, scary, and good. He simply blew the competition out of the water today. No one even had a chance next to him. Kelly even had a perfect heat today pulling in two perfect 10s in one heat. You can’t […] Surf SwellBrains | August 24, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Teahupo’o, Tahiti World Surf League Highlights from Yesterday [iframe id=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWSL%2Fvideos%2F10153904089987058%2F&show_text=0&width=400″] The World Surf League made it’s annual pilgrimage to the heaviest wave on Earth with the heaviest hitters in the surfing world this week. The results of this combination are always worth watching. Teahupo’o is the best wave and best event on the World Surf League tour. If you don’t watch any of the events, watch this one. […] Surf SwellBrains | August 23, 2016 0 Comments
Best Conditions EVER Surfed in Competition: Tahiti on Monday… The best surfers in the world showed up to surf the heaviest barrel in the world this week. The Tahiti Pro at Teahupoo did not disappoint. The swell came in HUGE for finals day on Monday and truly freaked everyone out. These were the biggest, more perfect waves ever surfed in ASP competition history. It was mesmerizing to watch… I sat in my kitchen in Argentina and screamed my head off for 3 hours on Monday night watching this comp live. […] Surf Miles Clark | August 27, 2014 0 Comments
VIDEO: Kelly Slater’s 9.4-Point BOMB in Tahiti Yesterday… & He Nearly Gets Clobbered by Stray Surfboard This video shows 42-year-old Kelly Slater’s 9.4-point ride at Teahupo’o, Tahiti today. The guy is 42 and is the best surfer in the world right now. He’s won 11 world titles. No one else has won more than 3. He’s the younger surfer to ever win the world title. He’s the oldest surfer to win ever win a world title. He’s good at surfing. He’s won this even 5 times. Slater is currently ranked 6th in the world. If he wins in Tahiti, he’ll likely be back up to #1. […] Surf SwellBrains | August 19, 2014 1 Comment
Swell Saturdays: The Heaviest Toy Wave on Earth | Teahupoo, Tahiti Teahupoo in Tahiti is the heaviest barrel on Earth. It’s named in Tahitian translates to “severed head” or “place of skulls”. Yeah… The place is so burly that it’s fun to make light of it. Fun to create a world where Teahupoo hurts no one but the stoked remains the same. Or almost the same. […] Surf SwellBrains | May 16, 2014 0 Comments
Billabong Pro Tahiti Finals Highlight Video & Photos | Kelly Slater in Now Ranked World #1 Watching the Billabong Pro Tahiti at Teahupo’o was spectacular last night. The conditions were perfect, the waves were pumping, and the best surfers on the planet were getting barreled out of their minds. John John Florence, when interviewed, said he had completely lost sight of the competition in the line up and was just having fun. He also said that […] SwellBrains | August 20, 2013 1 Comment