Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mikey Wright was definitely one of the standout visiting surfers to Teahupo’o for the big swell. He picked some really dramatic ...

Tahiti's Teahupo'o is notorious for being one of the world’s heaviest lefthand reef breaks. Nicknamed "Chopes" for short, it's legendary for its huge barrels that appear to break below sea level with ...

Niccolo Porcella didn’t get to be known as one of the best big wave surfers in the world by pulling his punches. In order to get good at surfing huge waves like Teahupo’o, one must get good at taking ...

An estimated 10,500 athletes from across the world descended upon Paris this past week as the city prepared to host the 2024 Olympics, but 48 athletes aren’t there. Instead, they’re on island time.

Round 3 of Olympic surfing brought the heat, delivering the largest swells and scores of the competition thus far. This round had it all, from brutal wipeouts to highlight rides to thrilling duels.

Bodyboarders absolutely send it, most of the time more than surfers. It could be because they don’t have to get to their feet, and thus, eliminate the extra time necessary to make steep drops at heavy ...

Maui-born charger Niccolo Porcella took a heavy wipeout at Teahupoo back in July. You may have seen it. It was so…effing…bad. But it doesn’t really matter now ...

Carissa Moore remembers the first time she surfed Teahupo’o, the barreling wave located off the island of Tahiti. A recent high school graduate, Moore was short on experience – without the world and ...

The world’s “heaviest wave” is born near the South Pole, where fierce storms pound the ocean’s surface like angry fists, sending pulses of energy racing north, unimpeded, for thousands of miles. That ...

Maui-born charger Niccolo Porcella took a heavy wipeout at Teahupoo back in July. You may have seen it. It was so…effing…bad. But it doesn’t really matter now ...