On August 27, 2011, the Billabong Pro Tahiti event on surfing's World Tour was placed on hold due to a massive swell bearing down on the famed big-wave spot, Teahupoo. Paddling into waves was out of ...

Southern Hemisphere winter is Tahiti Time. It was August, 2000, when Laird Hamilton rode a wave at Teahupoo that changed everyone’s idea of the word “rideable”. Then came August 2011, and the original ...