Surfing the Heaviest Wave in the World - Teahupoo
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Published 2013-05-17
May 13th, 2013 will go down as a memorable day in the Tahitian history books. Watch as Tahitian demi-god Raimana Van Bastolaer rode on some of the swell's best and biggest waves, along with professional surfers Maya Gabeira, Carlos Burle and others that were brave enough to take off on what's knows as the heaviest wave in the world.
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All Comments (21)
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I Have been swallowed, crushed and evrything by waves that were only 2/3 meters high, It's just horrifying when you're under the water and you can't go back to the surface during like 20/30 sec, I can't imagine the force of such waves, Ocean is the strongest and scariest thing in nature
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we don`t have any floating material (only the surf board itself). You just take in as much air as you can before diving, then you let the turbulence of the water play with you without trying and resist because its just too powerful. When things start to feel better you need to understand what position is your body in underwater, so that you can start to make your way to the surface. The surf board will get back to surface before you and pull you by the leash with which the board is attached to your ankle, and you know that`s the direction you need to follow to get back up. It`s like being washed in a super powerful washing machine. Many times you think that there is no way you can hold your breath any longer but somehow you do... Your limbs are stretched and pulled apart with violence and you really are absolutely helpless for very long seconds. Sometimes you get back to the surface just in time, or at list it feels so. I hope I gave you an idea of how things work for a surfer.
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Just watching this video almost gives me a panic attack... These guys are absolute BEASTS. I just can't even begin to imagine how thoroughly terrifying it must be to be out there.
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i’ve surfed 3-5ft waves and when the wave crushes you it’s the scariest thing ever
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This makes me nervous to watch
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Whenever I'm watching surfers take on pipeline, I always get so scared that they won't make it out in time. Kudos to those brave, courageous surfers for putting their lives on the line to do what they love.
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0:56 OH HELL NO
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1:47 .....This guy looks calmer standing under this wave than I do standing in my living room.
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I've gotten in 7 foot waves and was scared shitless when I wiped out I can't imagine these guys
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0:48 wft! how somebody could possibly survive that ?
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how long does it take fr a person to surface after he falls under such a huge wave?
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I can’t explain the feeling watching this. Watching these guys charge this makes me feel like anything is possible and never to be afraid of anything. Really hard to explain
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The wave that bloats up at around :57 sent a shiver throughout my entire body...GNARLY.
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0:58 you can just see someone on the left getting pulled up by the wave
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Good luck riding this thing at the Olympics, Toledo xD
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this has got to be one of the coolest videos ive ever seen!
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That’s no wave... that’s a whole T S U N A M I
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The waves looks more like tsunamis.
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Great pictures. The video in minute 1:00 is amazing o.O
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Hectic, now that is heavy man, gave me goosebumps. Freakin epic. Thumbs up to all those riders, and my sympathies to those who where trying to duck dive and got sucked back over the falls. But this must be some of the best footage of Teahupoo I have ever seen. Awesome, thank you, now I am pumped for another session.
