Watch: Eimeo Czermak // Last Dance at Teahupoo?
Last dance at Chopes after a long, hot season, and one, thanks to travel restrictions around the world, was largely left to the locals.
One of the more impressive locals, whose name keeps appearing in edits out of Chopes, is Eimeo Czermak.
Says old Eimeo about this swell: "I planned to go to California but I saw this beautiful swell coming right to south shore of Tahiti, so I decided to stay one more week at home to enjoy one of the last swell of the season!"
"It was just a perfect direction swell with plenty waves for everyone out there!"
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Nuts!
These blokes must think what most of us do is play in the bath in comparison. Different sport almost.
Modern day version of Andy Irons. Amazing ability to make late drops and then stand straight upright when exiting those spitting barrels. The amount of water been spit out would be enough to nock you off your board. The fact you can't see what's if front of you is terrifying.
That last look back on that tow wave at the end must be the equivalent of looking down on a tightrope halfway between skyscrapers.
Different game, for sure. Hard to really relate to.
How does he make it around the drop in dude and still make the wave .. that’s mind blowing
Happy to be proven wrong.
You’ve got the reef and obviously the initial drop can be very challenging. A drop I couldn’t consistently do. I’m not making light of that, And, if you get a bit deep, then the chances of getting sucked up and over are very likely.
But they don’t tend to get very deep and after the drop it is pretty straightforward. Short wave.
No, I wouldn’t dare surf it. I’m too old for a start.
It's the same story for just about any heavy wave: It's just about all about making the drop. However, I reckon even if I made the drop on one of those waves I'd probably get sucked over the falls or something. I don't think we should underestimate how much water is getting sucked up the face there.
Hard to go into that sort of thing cold aye. These guys on the other hand grew up there and have probably surfed the place much smaller and more manageable over many years. If you spent a year surfing it at 2-3 foot, then a year at 4 foot and so on, it's possible to see how they're so comfortable.
Yep, those first few photos of Laird stick in my mind - he talked about the amount of water coming up the face and said it was everything he could do to keep his line.
His board held in well on those paddle ins…looked like a ci perhaps a taco grinder. Can’t believe places that crazy get crowded these days…won’t bother me though…I’m out.
Faultless style...pinpoint accuracy... and the contagious Amping!! I guess his Froth-ometer is flatlining after a lifetime of psycho Chopes bombs
How good is he with his grab rail take off and as soon as set bounces straight upright! Tidy work!