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WIND SURFING TOW IN AT HAVAE: FIFTH ROUND
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Robert Teriitehau, ambassador for the Tahitian Pearl World wide,
five times free style windsurf world champion, is no more looking
for pro circuit challenge, but is now engaged with the most special
waves of the blue planet, with the shivering and powerful tahitian
Hava'e after the sumptuous and tumultuous hawaiian Jaws.
Robert Teriitehau, the most radical fun boarder, have been spot
twice in his homeland in Tahiti at Teahupoo.
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Tahiti - Teahupoo, June 14, 2005 |
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The days is on: Pull down by 2 jets, the prince of the wind springs
on a massive 15 foot wave under the amazed eyes of Yannick Place and
of Thierry Donard of "La nuit de la glisse", privileged witnesses of
a "perfect moment".
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Tahiti - Teahupoo, September 11, 2005 |
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The prince of the wind answered the call of the swell after a long
waiting period. It has been a full day of surf tow in when it happened.
Because of an offshore wind, the fight was short and the crash was
spectacular. It was a crashing kiss.
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The Hava'e epic wave: "Shoot or die !" |
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The wave can reach more than 15 foot height, of 60 foot long, breaking
directly on the reef, known as "insane". A very few people got the
respect from it, as Laird Hamilton, Jason Polakow, Liam, Macnamarra and
some others. The elite of surfing and the international fund boarders
discovered it in 1990 and since 1998, the site hosted a World surfing
championship event.
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