Surf’s Up!

Nearly two years ago we visited Teahupo’o in Tahiti Iti where the Olympic surf competition is now in progress. The photo of breakers near the distant reef greatly understate the immensity of the waves and the dangers involved in daring to surf those breaks. Why is the competition held here when France is hosting theContinue reading “Surf’s Up!”

Surf at the End of the Road

The road on the south side of Tahiti Iti ends at Teahupo’o. Persons living beyond the end of the road commute to the road by boat, including school aged children. Waves break on the reef in the distance providing some of the most exciting and dangerous surf in the world that challenges the world’s greatestContinue reading “Surf at the End of the Road”