What is a Cyclops wave?
Cyclops. As its name suggests, Cyclops is a gigantic one-eyed monster. The sea-floor undergoes a tremendous depth change, and when large swells come out of deep water and break on the shallow razor-sharp reef, a wave like no other is produced.
How many surfers have died at Teahupoo?
one
There has been one recorded surfing death at Teahupo’o since 2000: Tahitian surfer Brice Taerea who was killed at Teahupo’o in 2000, just one week before the annual Teahupo’o WCT event.
How do you pronounce Teahupoo?
Teahupo’o is also the name of the tiny coastal village with a privileged view over the iconic surf break. The correct spelling is “Teahupo’o,” and it should be pronounced correctly as “tear-hoo-poh-oh.” If you can’t say it, avoid the common alternatives “cho-poo” or “chopes” – the Polynesians don’t have the “ch” sound.
What is a bombie surf?
Bombora is an indigenous Australian term for an area of large sea waves breaking over a shallow area such as a submerged rock shelf, reef, or sand bank that is located some distance from the shoreline and beach surf break. In slang it is also called a bommie.
Where is Shipsterns surf break?
Tasmania, Australia
Shipstern Bluff (also known as Devil’s Point or simply Shippies) is a globally renowned big-wave surfing location on the southeastern coast of Tasmania, Australia, on the Tasman Peninsula.
Has anyone died surfing Jaws?
They fell from the sky, some with their boards and some without, in a vulgar display of possibly the worst wipeouts in the history of the sport. Despite so many people saying to themselves, ‘jesusfuckenchrist there is no way anybody could survive that’ as they watched it all go down, no one died.
Which country has the biggest waves?
Nazare, Portugal When it is on, Nazare is the biggest wave in the world. It might not be as consistent as Pipeline or Teahupo’o but it remains the record holding venue for the biggest wave ever surfed on earth, nothing less.
How deep is the water at Teahupoo?
The bottom drops to more than 1,000 feet deep just 1/3 mile offshore, and more than one mile deep just three miles offshore. As a result, swells don’t feel the ocean floor until they are about 1/2 mile from shore, allowing the open-ocean energy to march virtually unimpeded into the reef at Teahupoo.
Where is Teahupoo surf break?
Tahiti
The entire island is surrounded by coral atolls, making for exciting surf. For Mike Stewart and Ben Severson – two experienced bodyboarders visiting Tahiti – this was almost the perfect wedge. Following in the steps of Vernaudon, they returned to Hawaii from Tahiti and brought with them the word “Teahupoo.”