On a big day, the left reef at Teahupo’o in Tahiti is one of the world’s most spectacular waves. This uniquely intense surf zone owes much of its freakish form to an equally unique bottom contour, a ...
IF YOU’VE SEEN PHOTOS or YouTube clips of Tahiti’s Teahupoo surf break, you’ve seen a slab wave. Though Teahupoo might be the best-known slab, surfers are now hunting them down around the world. They ...