After hosting surfing during the Paris 2024 Olympics, the presence of Teahupo’o, Tahiti became a worldwide phenomenon. Folks who had likely never seen any surfing in their entire lives were tuning in ...

Miles away from the site of the 2024 Paris Summer Games, Olympic surfers are riding one of the deadliest waves in the world in Teahupo’o, which translates to “the place of skulls.” The Teahupo’o wave ...

Laird Hamilton on the Millennium wave at Teahupoo. If surfing is a "tribe," as we sometimes like to say, then the tradition of storytelling is paramount in preserving its culture and passing along ...

As the Olympics get going in earnest this week, not everyone’s attention is focused on host city Paris. Surf fans are heading to Tahiti, half a world away in French Polynesia. Why? Well, apart from ...

In an effort to provide readers with the most compelling and accurate information, we will be offering a new style of travel guide for select destinations. One that focuses on specific individuals ...

Chaucer’s Bookstore will host author Claudia Lebenthal; former surfing world champion Shaun Tomson; and director Chris Carter for a book talk and signing of “Surfer Stories: 12 Untold Stories by 12 ...

Vid: Tim Pruvost, Kim Mean, Blaise Booth and Boris Martinet. On Wednesday, May 7th, Teahupo’o saw the first very solid swell of the season. It was very big, right on the line between paddle and tow, ...