Surfing Life — Issue 337 2017

Ocean swells violently rise out of deep water onto the shallow Teahupo’o reef bed. The sheer
volume of water coming inwards, suck the reef bed almost dry, before it breaks. This outgoing
water makes Teahupo’o a nightmare of a wave to paddle into. The outgoing forces, meeting the
oncoming swells, and if you blow the takeoff, you suddenly become the meat in that shit sandwich.
PHOTO: TMK