This year, Olympic surfing took place 10,000 miles away from Paris, in Tahiti’s village Teahupo’o, which is known for the world’s heaviest waves.
Storms in the South Pacific below New Zealand generate the swells that show up off the coast of Tahiti in giant, perfectly shaped waves, which are not only incredibly beautiful but also very dangerous. Award-winning surf and wave photographer Ben Thouard was chosen as the only photographer to go into the water during the Olympics due to his extraordinary skills in taming the ocean in the most challenging conditions.
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