Teahupoo CODE RED (2012)

On August 27 2011 the Billabong Pro Tahiti event on surfings World Tour was placed on hold due to a massive swell bearing down on the famed bigwave spot Teahupoo Paddling into waves was out of the question and the Billabong Pro was given a layday In one of the most talked about sessions of the decade history was made as a handful of international chargers whipped into some of the most nightmarish waves ever surfed in Tahiti The swell proved to be so immense that the Tahitian government issued a Code Red warning banning the surrounding seas of boats and watercraft The lineup at Teahupoo it seems was an exception See the historic day through the eyes of two surfers the young gun Laurie Towner and the veteran Dylan Longbottom as they catch some of the biggest most dangerous surf ever recorded much of it captured with the super slow motion Phantom Camera for neverbeforeseen imagery