Teahupo'o - Biggest wave I've ever seen ridden

[tenover]

Wow... Just. Wow.

Kauli VAAST on Instagram: "Biggest wave in my life and craziest, scariest, heaviest but beautiful footage from my brother @manea.f Let’s make that next time "

30K likes, 572 comments - kaulivaast on July 11, 2022: "Biggest wave in my life and craziest, scariest, heaviest but beautiful footage from my brother @manea.f Let’s make that next ..."

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[One-Off]

Why did he turn up the face?

Puts to shame the Nazare waves…not that there’s any shame in those…

 

[casa_mugrienta]

Why did he turn up the face?

Because's he's clearly a pussy.

 

[One-Off]

Because's he's clearly a pussy.

Tube dodger?

 

[Mr Doof]

Tube dodger?

"Nah, going for El Rollo Ultimato!"

 

[Uberkuque]

My guess is the water was pulling upwards so incredibly fast that he miscalculated it, and before he knew it he was 10 feet up the face and crashing the ceiling

 

[bonzer5fin]

thery are calling it code red 2. 30' +

 

[Autoprax]

Flame would not approve of the camera work

 

[_____]

Crazy how much vert there is. Like 5 feet of transition and 30 feet of pure vert before it hucks.

 

[r32]

By the Numbers (estimated)

Code Red Swell, August 2011: 15-16 feet @ 18-19 seconds from the SW-SSW (215-195°)

Friday 13th, August 2021: 13-14 feet @ 17-19 seconds from the SSW (210-190°)

Today’s Forecast: 14.5-15+ feet at 17-19 seconds from the SSW-S (205-185°)

 

[sponge]

By the Numbers (estimated)

Code Red Swell, August 2011: 15-16 feet @ 18-19 seconds from the SW-SSW (215-195°)

Friday 13th, August 2021: 13-14 feet @ 17-19 seconds from the SSW (210-190°)

Today’s Forecast: 14.5-15+ feet at 17-19 seconds from the SSW-S (205-185°)

Tangentiating a bit, anybody saw White Rhino? Focused on Brian Bielmann but includes footage from the Teahupo'o Code Red swell. On Amazon Prime now.

 

[hammies]

The fact that he didn't die is amazing.

 

[kelly7873]

There is a giant swell hitting Tahiti now but Kauli's wave is from last year,

 

[tenover]

There is a giant swell hitting Tahiti now but Kauli's wave is from last year,

Ok, but it's still the biggest wave I've ever seen ridden!

 

[Joshua2415]

Noah Beschen getting towed into a bomb!

http://instagr.am/p/CgCp76yp3AZ/

 

[Pico]

My guess is the water was pulling upwards so incredibly fast that he miscalculated it, and before he knew it he was 10 feet up the face and crashing the ceiling

Yes correct. Slo Mo does the wave no justice

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

The fact that he didn't die is amazing.

It’s just water.

 

[manbearpig]

It’s just water.

Here we go again

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

Here we go again

It’s a joke. It’s also a mantra I use to get me to paddle out when I probably shouldn’t.

 

[scooch]

Double pump bottom turn woulda made that.