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2. Teahupoʻo - Wikipedia

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   Teahupoʻo is known for its surf break and resulting heavy, glassy waves, often reaching 2 to 3 m (7 to 10 ft), and sometimes up to 7 m (23 ft).Because of the regularity and size of its waves, it hosts the annual Billabong Pro Teahupoo surf competition (part of the World Championship Tour (WCT) surfing circuit) and hosted the 2024 Olympic surfing competition.

3. Billabong Pro Teahupoo - Wikipedia

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   Billabong Pro Teahupoo is a professional surfing competition of the World Surf League held at the break Teahupo'o in Taiarapu, Tahiti.The Billabong Pro Teahupoo was founded in 1999 and has been recognized as "one of the world's heaviest big wave competitions".

4. Surfing at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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   The decision was made to hold the surfing competition in the French territory instead of continental Europe because of the famous massive waves on the island suitable for the surfing competitions. [1] Tahiti is 15,000 km (9,300 miles) from Paris, setting a new record for greatest physical distance of a medal event from the host city, a record ...

5. The surfing venue for the Paris Olympics is on the other side ...

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   But for big-wave enthusiasts like Vaast, Tahiti makes sense because it has Teahupo'o, a village on the southern shore with lagoons that get the full force of the swells, generating dream surf for ...

6. Surf's up! Paris Olympics surfing competition commences in ...

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   TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — Surfers rode through and wiped out on barrel-shaped waves in their quest for gold during the first day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti on Saturday ...

7. Why Tahiti will host part of the Paris Olympic Games and the ...

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   The world-famous waves off Teahupo’o in Tahiti are set to be one of the most scenic and unique locations of the upcoming games, beginning when the island hosts the surfing competition that kicks ...

8. Giant barrels and steady swells for men's third day of Paris ...

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   TEAHUPO’O, Tahiti (AP) — With the ceremonial blow of a conch shell and blare of a judge's horn, the third day of the Paris Olympics surfing competition in Tahiti began on Monday with the men's ...

9. Big wave surfing - Wikipedia

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   Big wave surfing is a discipline within surfing in which experienced surfers paddle into, or are towed into, waves which are at least 20 feet (6.2 m) high, on surf boards known as "guns" or towboards. [1]