Watch: Teahupoo // Hues
Where hasn't been pumping over the last month?
OK, ignore that question Vicco and South Oz surfers, your time will come...
Aside from the obvious coasts, such as Hawaii and NorCal which are in season, the East Coast received a winter-esque south swell, Tassie has copped it from the south and the east, while WA southwest surfers this morning woke to 12ft surf, following on from a great run in early January.
Similarly, Tahiti has roared through the off season with a huge swell in December and another mid-ranger from last week, captired here by Perry Gershkow. With the trades non-existent and the wind laying down under heavy cloud cover, conditions were as good as they get.
Matahi Drollet, Kauli Vaast, and Vahine Fierro leading the charge.
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Reconfirmed my belief that perfect waves are one of the most beautiful looking creatures mother nature ever invented.
Some of the best Teahupoo footage I've seen I reckon. Man that wave at 4:33. This new generation have it so dialled in.
The second wave is the sort one once drew on the cover of a school book.
I recall reading an early edition of the Surfers Journal with a photo of a lone surfer sitting in the channel contemplating whether Teahupoo was possible... how surfing has progressed.
Mine were always righthanders, but it's a point well-made nonetheless.
A couple of the smaller roll-ins have me thinking perhaps I'd give it a crack. The bigger ones that orange helmet dude was charging, not so much.
I'm with you, Spud. A few looked sort of reasonable.
Matahi Drollet has the place so wired. Incredible.
That was mesmerising. That was like a meditation session.
Also envy inducing. That crew are sliding into multiple waves every session that most mere mortals would consider the wave of their life.
looks so perfect and mesmerising but the view from the paddle-in looking down at that thing draining and bending in is fcuking terrifying.
I'll bet. You'd be able to see just about every nook and cranny of the reef as you plan your drop. Having grown up on sand-bottom points, I still get the willies whenever I take on one of our southern cold water reefs.
What about at 3 to 4ft, FR? Is it approachable at that size, or still terrifying?
depends on swell direction but yes, approachable.
v. shallow at that size.
I think everyone would love to surf that joint at 3-4 foot but would you go all that way for that?
I must say Tahiti has fascinated me for a long time. Much localism?
There are a few rights on Tahiti that I'd love to surf, and I will go one day.
And I'd love to give smaller Teahupoo a go if I were there.
yes and no.
on a day like that the local boys will be holding it down big time.
smaller days and there's no real panic on it.
I found the local boys really friendly and totally cool if you showed respect.
I've heard they can get really gnarly on people not respecting the joint.
I got called into more waves than I wanted.
"I got called into more waves than I wanted."
A double edged sword. There must have been a couple that you looked at and thought 'nah' but went anyway cause to pull back would have shut the door. Any heavy ones that you wanna elaborate on?
*That scenario reminds me of 30+ years ago when I got called (yelled at) into a proper 10 footer at Nias by the older blokes paddling out after their waves. One of those ones you have to paddle out a bit further, spin, and go like a MOFO. I didn't want to go but being the only one near it I sort of had to and got fucking annihilated.
Ended up having one of the best surfs of my life after that happened and the old boys let me have some crackers.
That reminds me of a time back in 86 at Nias, paddled into a double thick one as Nias does, way to late, ended up sliding down the face on my back like a skate ramp, got guillotined by the lip in the guts and ended up in blackness pinned to the bottom reached for my leggy and found it was horizontal, not good, ended up with diaphragm palpitations for 3-4 times, thought I was going to drown, l didn't but it sure made me respect the next few that looked like that........
So beautiful and yet so tricky.
Wow.
Went back and paused at 1:41, just incredible to look at that still knowing what comes before and after
simply beautiful
Some 'lifetime' waves in that clip.
Doesn't really get much better does it?
Nearly fell off the right hand side of my chair watching that. Yep fuckin perfect.
Wow.
Who doesn’t want to get on a plane right now?
Awesome....thanks Perry & crew
These fearless surfers can see their deepest spit-fired barrels.
Sick joy
that was perfection so deep
When the spit becomes a reliable expectation to get you past the foam ball you ain't getting deeper or more perfect than that.
Stunning footage!
Been a while since 5:29 mins of surfing footage went so fast!!
totes....well since that jaws one a couple of days ago.
Would be cool to see some of those rides at normal speed aye.
Wow, amazing waves! So amazing!