Living Teahupo’o, your guide for the best activities

Like every year for the past 20 years, the Billabong Pro Tahiti brings together the world’s greatest surfers to this small municipality, hidden at the world’s end. For a few short weeks, the municipality will become the center of attention for all surf and extreme sports fans. The perfect wave that forms beyond its coral reef makes Teahupo’o one of the preferred spots for thrill seeking amateurs.

Let’s visit this place, now become a myth, and experience the different activities available in between two sets of your favorite surfers.

Teahupo’o, the Beginning of the Legend

Jaws, Mavericks, The Wedge, numerous waves worldwide seduce surfers however the wave formed at Teahupo’o is particularly respected and feared. The beauty of the wave has no equal unless it is the risks run by those who try to tame it.

It is mostly thanks to this very dangerous coral reef that the tubes at Hava’e Pass in Teahupo’o are so perfect. Add to it the blue turquoise lagoon adorning the wave, and it is no wonder that you have one of the most photogenic waves in the world.

Chops as it is known intimately, represents a challenge for surfers who lay their lives on the line reaching beyond the limits of the sport.

In 1997, the first competition called Black Pearl Horue Pro took place. When you ask Terava David, a regular at Teahupo’o, what he thinks, he answers, “The wave at Teahupo’o is unique! The feeling of being inside this huge tube with views of the mountains and your friends yelling from the line-up, is simply indescribable!… the wave controls you and there is simply nothing you can do, you must adapt…”

The legend grew around Teahupo’o built by the numerous accidents that occurred there.
The wave at Teahupo’o is a renegade and demands immense implication and concentration from the surfer to avoid disastrous consequences. With a wave breaking not even one kilometer from shore, the isolation of the Teahupo’o municipality, it is a veritable achievement that televisions from around the world are able to broadcast live this event globally.

For many years now, the Billabong Pro is a prestigious stop of the World Surf League; which makes the Tahitians proud.

Teahupo’o, the guide. What to do, what to see during the Billabong Pro in Tahiti

As usual, we at Tahiti Agenda think of you and give you a few tips to spend your days in this little corner at the end of the island:

The program of events (updated 4 August 2017)

04 August 17

– Opening ceremony of the Pre-Trials and TRIALS OF THE BILLABONG PRO TAHITI 2017 in the village of Teahupoo, PK 0 (end of road) at 14h.

– Musical entertainment with the TRIO KAINA at 14h.

06 August 17

– Live Music from 1pm.

07 or 08 August 17

1/2 all day to be determined according to the conditions of waves:

– Pre-Trials / Selective of our local athletes for the Trials of the Billabong Pro Tahiti 2017 and

– BILLABONG TRIALS PRO TAHITI 2017 / Of the local and foreign athletes for the main event,

– The prize-giving ceremony will be held on the last day of competition, on the 7th or 08/08/17 accompanied by a dance performance

09 August 2017:

– Pro surfing session PRO From the Billabong team to the BILLABONG TAHITI boutique at the Vaima Center from 1 pm to 2 pm

10 August 2017:

– Opening ceremony of the BILLABONG PRO TAHITI 2017 at 10am at Fare Mahora Point, Teahupoo, at 10 am; From 11 to 22 August 2017:

– MAIN EVENT BILLABONG PRO TAHITI 2017, international professional competition of the World Surf League circuit;

– The prize-giving ceremony will be held on the last day of competition, which will be defined according to the conditions of the swell and the advance of the series carried out during this period;

12 August 2017:

– Demonstration of wrestling in the Sand with the assistance of the wrestling Federation and Mr David PROIA.

– Musical entertainment with the TRIO KAINA at 3pm.

13 August 17

– Live Music from 1pm. – Solidarity action by the World Surf League (WSL) for disadvantaged children in Teahupoo commune, by handing out school supplies (bags and kits) at 2 pm;

Between 13 and 19 August 2017:

– Visit of the « Rahui » – Cutting of the coral with the participation of the CRIOB and the Tahiti Iti Surf Club Association

August 19th 2017:

– Awareness Day on the VINI URA with its Ambassador Mr David PROIA.

– Musical entertainment with the TRIO KAINA at 3pm.

20 August 17

– Live Music from 1pm.

In addition to these events, you could for example

• take an excursion for the extraordinary TE PARI and see the cliffs, the lagoon, the Vaipoiri cave. Click here>
• go on the other side of the peninsula to see the beautiful beach of Tautira>
• make tour of the island of Tahiti and see all beaches>
• eat in a snack or restaurant bord de mer sur l’île >
• Attend an evening concert at the peninsula: https://www.tahiti-agenda.com/?s=presqu’ile (if there are any …) otherwise in general in Tahiti by clicking Here>

Video of the web — the wave of Teahupo’o