Last weekend Teahupoo was hit with a mammoth swell, and it just happened to occur when the world’s top 32 competitive surfers were there for a contest. This other footage is from August 27, when it was arguably bigger than anyone has ever surfed it.
The contest was put on hold and a crew of madmen used jet-skis to whip each other into some unfathomably massive barrels. There was a ton of carnage, but thankfully no, deaths. Unbelievable. [Billabong]
Big Windows
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 12:13 PMI for one think the worlds scariest wave may have been the Tsunami in Japan… Closely followed by the previous one in Indonesia…
trace
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 2:54 PMWINNER!!
Shaun
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 10:38 PMCool story bro.
Leo
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 12:41 PMAt 3:23, see a photographer lose his naked 5D Mark II, Battery Grip, 70-200mm f/4 IS USM, and 2x Extender to salt water… :(
Andy
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 7:21 PMLOL you nerd :L no offense !
Daniel
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 11:26 PMlol gizmodo readers being called nerds…. I LOVE IT!
That’s just like walking into mcdonalds, and asking people if they’re hungry.
Then again, i guess gizmodo has digressed from the technology site it used to be, so i guess there is reason in you being here, watching useless videos of surfing.
Steve
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 12:58 PMWas pretty amazing. You’ve got to give it to those blokes with giant balls who surf that stuff!
Jp
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:04 PMlose the 5D?
nah, minor splash at worst. Those things are weather sealed anyway, so worst case, back to the beach for a rinse.
That was some niiiiiice footage. Scary amounts of water rushing past, and some serious wipeouts.
Corteks
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:13 PMI skipped through the video. No slow motion footage did I see :/
Fred
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:43 PM+1
Allegro
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 1:59 PM+1
wooktree
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 4:03 PM+1
DR
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:03 AMHe was probably suppose to post this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3KngVnE5xA