Mother Nature has flicked the switch at Tahiti’s famed surf break, Teahupo’o, turning on a magical day of surfing for contestants in the Air Tahiti Nui VonZipper Trials.
The early signs were promising. A series of classic late autumnal swells delivered back-to-back perfection across the Sydney coastline, and Shark Island lit up like an incandescent light bulb. On fire, it was.