If a wave makes Nathan Florence nervous, you know it’s serious. And Teahupoʻo was very serious last week, especially on Friday the 13th, when it went richter and very good surfers got the waves of their lives. Well, Nathan had never towed Teahupoʻo this big, he said. And the signs were all there that it was going to be crazy.
The lagoon had waves, for one. There was salt spray everywhere on the horizon and a boat was torn from its anchor during the night. All foreboding signs. But thankfully, everyone lived to tell the tales of one of the biggest swells to hit Tahiti in the last half decade. The visions of waves that went unridden are unbelievable (try 4:57) and the entire vlog makes for terrifying surf cinema.
