Teahupo’o is not a wave for the average surfer. It is a perfect wave—but in surfing, perfect waves often mean bordering-on-impossible waves. When the world’s best surfers are blowing take offs, you can bet that the world’s most average aren’t going to fare all that well. That’s the thing about perfect waves, though — the average surfer can watch them and dream of what could be.
Albee Layer, Ian Gentil, Kalani David, Ian Walsh, Dege O’Connell and more than a few locals spent some time way behind that blue curtain at The End of the Road, and it is a stunningly beautiful look at a few things: incredible waves, incredible surfers, and a culture that is incredibly similar to the Hawaiian way of life. “Our time in Tahiti made it abundantly clear that even though we speak different languages, Hawaiian and Tahitian cultures are two of the same,” reads the description for Dakine’s latest offering. “We parallel each other with trust in protecting each other and the environment, personal values, gratefulness, generosity, and the desire to put others before ourselves. In a nutshell, the spirit of Aloha lives far beyond the Hawaiian waters.”
