Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Teahupo’o was very, very big, and Tim Bonython was there with his camera in hand to document the madness. Photo: Tim Bonython ...

It’s wild how one surf session can be so good for one person and so horrific for another. For Tahitian local Matihi Drollet, June 3 started like a dream. One of those solid, drop-everything days at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matahi Drollet is always one of the best — if not the best — at Teahupo’o. Photo: YouTube//Screenshot Teahupo’o was berserk for a ...

Max went on a surf trip to Teahupo’o in Tahiti, known for its powerful and intense waves. The journey captured the experience ...

Surf's up for the 2024 Olympics. And while the vast majority of events will take place on the French mainland, there's one sport that will have a special site of its own, nearly 10,000 miles away: ...

The surf at the Tokyo Olympics was unremarkable at best, with conditions that could be described as unpredictable slosh. It was nearly impossible for competitors to show the kind of awe-inspiring ...

The greatest, worst, heaviest…these are all subjective sentiments. But sometimes, despite the inherent and biased nature of hyperbole, some things are widely agreed upon. That might, just maybe, be ...

Costa Rican surfer Brisa Hennessy has advanced to the quarterfinals after a standout performance in her second heat. Competing against Portugal’s Yolanda Hopkins, Hennessy overcame an early deficit to ...

The Tahiti Pro Trials might be one of the most quietly stacked fields in competitive surfing. Rarely seen by the surfing world outside of the island, it’s full of underrated and unheralded Tahitians ...

NBC has an age-old formula for its Olympics broadcasts: Crank up the tension, hype the world’s best athletes until they either win or crumble under pressure, and, in between, run dozens of tear-jerky ...

Photography by Ryan Craig and Lea Hahn. “You have to front up each time; it never gets any easier.” Nathan Hedge has been going to Teahupo’o for 25 years. It’s a spiritual place for both traveling and ...

Teahupo’o’s coral destroyed! The news blew out over social media last Friday, after a barge designed to handle the judging tower for the upcoming surfing Olympics ended up dry-docking in the lagoon.