[Craig T]

Nice Teahupoo Vid Baz, thanks! I loved the moody French-Afro music.

Growing up surfing in mid-70's, Pipeline was the pinnacle of extreme surfing and an untouchable break to us mainlanders. Wow times have changed. Teahupoo knocked Pipe off the map and made it just another inconsistent North Shore local's break.

One thing that amazes me about Teahupoo is how delineated the reef is from the channel. The wave location is so predictable at any size that those spectator boats can sit just a few feet from the pitch. Try that at Pipe, or even my local break on a big day, and those boats would be caught inside by set waves on a regular bases.