MASSIVE Waves in Tahiti | Red Bull Surfing x Surfline 20ft +

Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere is when swell trains wake from their summer slumber and start to roll out of the Southern Ocean. According to Surfline guru Nick Carroll, this body of water is "the world’s greatest swell machine". Building up steam and whipped by strong winds these southern swells don’t stop until they hit land, or in the case of Teahupo’o in Tahiti, a shallow reef shelf that rears rapidly from a deep seafloor, creating some of the world’s wildest waves in the process.
As if on cue, in the last weekend of April 2023, Teahupo’o received its first serious serving of swell for the year. The world’s big wave fraternity, who have been forced to live life like regular civilians these past few months as the Atlantic and the North Pacific seasons have slowly simmered down, came from all corners to spill out of Faa’a International Airport in Papeete and and join the convoy down to a small fishing village at the end of the road on the southern tip of Tahiti’s biggest island, Teahupo’o.
While Surfline predicted the enormous swell that hit on Sunday April 29, nobody could have forecast what else was to unfold over the following 48 hours beyond the usual suspects - Kai Lenny, Lucas Chumbo, Matahi Drollet - doing their usual thing. Summa Longbottom and Annie Dos Santos upped the ante and took the female big wave game to new heights, Eimeo Czermak and Tucker Wooding broke the internet with a hall of fame drone clip that needs to be seen to be believed, and paddle and tow surfers co-existed in the same lineup like we’ve never before. Sadly, Teahupo’o also flooded in the aftermath, and once you enjoy the clip above we hope you will contribute to the various appeals that are aiming to give back to a Tahitian town that has given surfing so much, in its greatest hour of need.
Help with Teahupo’o recovery efforts:
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[@RedBullSurfing]

Help with Teahupo’o recovery efforts 🙏 win.gs/3nrZlft

[@vpsaxman]

lol at the guy ragdolling @4:35

[@jefftee6566]

Surfline and Carroll blew this forecast no code red just small surf ask Koa and Nate

[@familyjay5636]

Yeah, I just spoke to them. Thanks for the heads-up, Jeff. Now I'll not die wondering 😊

[@themindfulsk8r]

Omg so true hahaha

[@theFogMasterz]

No matter how many times I see chops it's always mind blowing. Yeeew

[@RedBullSurfing]

We couldn’t agree more 😮

[@davidhavard1908]

Props to the boys that paddled .

[@scottburrow8717]

Very sad about the day after. Really hope they get the help they need. My favorite place to watch guys and girls surf these amazing waves 🌊

[@danielabetsaidaolivera2017]

Sooo cool! Im here because of the movie surfs up lol

[@trevootube]

the tow guys experimenting with the 4-6 foot ones

[@johannarichmond106]

Love to watch surfing, am a bondy surfer at Bondi in the 70s and 80s, surf was perfect. I loved watching the board surfers over the coast of NSW. Now I live in Dubai, catchy a dippy wave occasionally but the best is watching big surfers and listening to Bruce Springsteen, it works for me - life is a dream.

[@uzbekqaynonatv]

485 Ассалому алайкум спасибо за новый видео 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@mosin9105]

Great vid

[@EeshaWilliams]

Good video.

[@sundaytripz8507]

'Tow surfers and paddlers can share the line up' What a cooked thing to say. You're not gonna paddle a bomb if you see a ski flying at you.

[@yuneskhaderview1363]

I love it

[@cyru2]

surfs up brahhhhssss🤙

[@michaelhall8586]

That must be so fun

[@bryce8541]

I would love to see this in 4k

[@francoisgruneisen5623]

amazing!!!!!!!!!

Nice video.

[@danthegreat9790]

I wonder if Dutch and Morgan are in the crowd

[@freddycordovacheng9748]

Wow que nivel 🙌👏

[@judgegroovyman]

4:30 did a whale just flick its tail into that guy lol

[@taoismishity]

4:34 shot out of a canon ;)

[@jetbend]

This led to tornado sensors, navigating torpedoes, black hole anti gravity bubbles. Surfs black hole back in time..

[@MegaVince09]

I’m sure RedBull is helping with recovery, right?🏄‍♀️

[@woodsurfski]

kemper burning locals...

[@jefftee6566]

they could have forecast the flash flood

[@PONO-go3ee]

RIP Dane Kealoha ,

[@arcticdesertlife]

those double barrels are sketchy!

[@jayr1404]

Why surfers always say "I'm STOKED", "Super STOKED". What is Stoke?

[@Jay-lr3me]

It's just slang for excited isn't it. In UK we don't say it but I get what it means

[@byronbass1370]

Kai lenny just barrel dodging a n 8 footer

[@Killemgrillem00]

THE GIRLS >>> Fantastic... Great days .. Sorry for the flood...

[@jefftee6566]

they botched it

[@mac8179]

Haha. All these no-tow commenters. You wouldn’t surf this.

[@jefftee6566]

Not tow worthy