First off, the surf is huge. The waves are unlike any other in the world, towering above 20 feet in the right conditions, and has been home to the Pro Tahiti world championship for more than two ...

Tahiti's two distinct surfing seasons allow both inexperienced and expert surfers to take advantage of the varying swells. Travelers can head to several surf spots on the island: Papara ...

For the experts who train their whole lives to surf them, it doesn't get much better ... With a proper swell, the 2024 event in Tahiti should be a fireworks show. If a jaw-dropping event ...

Jamie O'brien carries a drone while riding a giant wave at Teahupo'o in Tahiti. As drone technology has become extremely accessible—parents capture family vacations as often as extreme athletes ...

As the grind of the World Surf League tour began to wear her down ... me a chance and opportunity to spend some more time down in Tahiti, which has been such a fun process and something I ...

First up, Tereva David of Tahiti, widely respected as one of the wisdom keepers of the world’s heaviest wave, Teahupo’o. To surf in Tahiti is to experience surfing unlike almost anywhere else.

An curved arrow pointing right. Watch stunt rider Robbie Maddison from Australia as he rides his dirt bike over Tahiti waves. Video courtesy of Reuters Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from ...

The village annually hosts the Billabong Pro Tahiti surf competition as part of the Association of Surfing Professionals World surfing circuit. Teahupo’o has a reputation as having some of the ...

"Japan was a beach break and a lot of wind. It was really hard waves to surf. And Tahiti is just an amazing island with a perfect lefthander. "It usually is barreling, so it's a super-nice wave. It ...

The Paia surfer enjoyed a stellar finals day at the Air Tahiti Rangiroa Pro, winning the World Surf League Qualifying Series 1,000 event in 2- to 3-foot, clean conditions. The result also secured ...