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BTW - my board was stolen in the very early morning hours of my departure in Papeete. It along with one belonging to an Aussie surfer I met. We met at the terminal and had hours to kill before our flight so threw in together with a rental car and put our boards on the roof and went touring. Came back to town, parked on the street and had a bite...we kept checking the car about every 20 minutes and the last time we checked they were gone. Filed a report with the local constabulary which took a while since we didn't speak Tahitian or French but we knew they were gone - the report was just for insurance.

Bloody thieves!!! :mad:

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What a great setup at Haapiti. I've anchored Tevake just inside the lagoon there, so we could keep an eye on the break and hit it when the numbers were right.
Amazing watching the waves peel with perfect precision down the outer reef toward the pass at warp speed. Surf on the out going tide and the current sweeps you right back to the take off area.

The locals hate seeing pictures taken of their spots. As if there are any secret spots left. But that's how they feel.

Love that place, have fun Chockolatelab !

Cheers Richard

Keala Kennelly @ Teahupoo yesterday (holy f*ck!)

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Hell of a pit there, PoP.

Andy Irons at the '04 Eddie.....

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Have you guys seen this video? Jamie O'Brien surfing while lit on fire?

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Haapiti was closed out for the first few days of the trip.

Love that place.

Ended up getting a ton of super spear fishing in and maybe a bit of beer drinking.

Didn't even get the board out of the bag.

Next year:)

Well that saved you a lot of long paddles out there.
I tried to motor sail in there once when the sets were closing the channel, whoops a quick about face. And on around the corner to the next channel. And in there JUST before dark.
I just wonder when someone is going to try the right there across the pass. Some of the waves over there look doable.

Glad you had a fun time there. Do you know any of the boys there?

Cheers Richard

Just ran across this... :eek:
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Niccolo Porcella's monster wave: The 'heaviest wipe-out in history'?

(CNN) - Just days after Australian surfer Mick Fanning's narrow escape from the jaws of a shark, a Hawaii-born pro surfer somehow survived unhurt after a horror wipe-out on a giant wave.

Niccolo Porcella was filmed taking on a monster wave at Teahupoo off the Pacific island of Tahiti last week when he was suddenly thrown from his board and sent into a terrifying spin by the barreling wall of water.

At one point he disappeared briefly as he was slammed down on the treacherous coral reef below the surface.

Mercifully, the 27-year old emerged unscathed from what many in the surf community are billing the "heaviest wipe out in history."

"I knew it was going to be heavy, but in the moment, you're so focused and tuned into your line and what you're going to do you don't realize what's happening," he told surfinglife.com.au.

"When I first penetrated in the water, I was like, 'ah, this is too good to be true! It's so peaceful! Let me just stroke to the top!' And then on one hand I felt water, and the other I felt air. And then I just thought, 'oh *****, I'm going over the falls.'

"It was the most violent thing -- I got annihilated. I was bounced, pin-balled on the reef, the whole nine yards. Just up and over and up and over."

Asked how he felt after his miracle escape, he replied, "The best day of my life was marrying my wife, but this, for sure, was second best. I'm coming back every year ... I'm in love with Tahiti."

More (with video) here: Did Niccolo Porcella survive heaviest wipe-out ever? - CNN.com

Fuzzy focus YouTube video, but it's closer:
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Originally Posted by tevake (Post 8733184)

Don't know anyone.

But, last year I had a great time. Plenty of folks from all sorts of places. Hawaii, France, Portugal and god knows where.

The guys on the boggie boards had big steel ones.

Amazing island.

Thanks John...I bought the 45 when it came out and think I still have it!

Lance Carson at Arroyo Sequit in the summer of 1959. Photo by Harold Fred

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Killer pic of Shaun Tomson 1978.....

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Happy Belated Birthday to the Duke!

Haven't posted in a while so have a go at this......

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Classic Hang Ten ad.....

K.D., Buttons, and M.L.....

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