Surfing
A massive swell rolled into Tahiti's famed Teahupoo break this week, and legions of surfers were on hand, charging waves up to 25 feet high. The spot was first ridden in the 1980s. It's dangerous, with waves breaking over a shallow corral reef. Among the translations of "Teahupo'o": place of broken skulls. Above: Alain Riou of Tahiti drops into a beast. ...