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Underside of one of the world's biggest waves takes out Ocean Photographer of the year award

The winners of the 2022 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, with a picture of a surfer held down by one of the heaviest waves in the world taking out the top prize. 

Ben Thouard snapped this image of a surfer in Tahiti at the famed wave known as Teahupo'o.

"This is the unseen part of surfing," Thouard said.

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