The 2019 Tahiti Pro, stop No. 7 of the World Surf League Men’s Championship Tour, is under way this week in Tahiti. Brian Bielmann, a photographer with Agence France-Presse, is on the scene, capturing images of the surfers amid the beauty and chaos churned up by the famous waves of Teahupo‘o reef. Collected below, some of Bielmann’s photos of practice sessions and competition runs, as seen from the surface and from beneath the waves.
Surfing Teahupo‘o, as Seen From Above and Below
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Read moreTaumata Puhetini of Tahiti rides in the tube of a cresting wave, as seen from an underwater perspective, at Teahupo‘o reef on August 15, 2019, during practice for the Tahiti Pro trials. #
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Read moreThe Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira practices ahead of the Tahiti Pro surfing trial at the famous Teahupo‘o break on August 18, 2019. #
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Read moreThe Brazilian American surfer Tatiana Weston-Webb free surfs before competition starts on the second day of the 2019 Tahiti Pro at Teahupo‘o, on August 25, 2019. #
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Read moreTyler Newton of Hawaii duck dives under a wave in Tahiti on August 15, 2019. #
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Read moreSurfers wait on the crest of a huge wave ahead of the World Surf League Tahiti Pro surfing trial on August 18, 2019. The swell was too big and the trials for the Teahupo‘o event were canceled. #
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Read moreKolohe Andino of the United States surfs at Teahupo‘o on August 24, 2019, before the start of the World Surf League 2019 Tahiti Pro. #
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Read moreThe U.S. surfer Conner Coffin competes on the second day of the 2019 Tahiti Pro, on August 25, 2019. #
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Read moreA surfer rides a swell at Teahupo‘o on August 24, 2019, before the start of the WSL 2019 Tahiti Pro. #
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Read morePhotographers take underwater pictures as a breaking wave passes over at Teahupo‘o on August 24, 2019, during a free-surf session. #
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Read moreSurfers wait for a wave on August 24, 2019, before the start of the WSL 2019 Tahiti Pro. #
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Read moreThe Australian surfer Jack Robinson practices ahead of the WSL Tahiti Pro surfing trial on August 18, 2019. #
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Read moreThe Brazilian surfer Yago Dora competes on the first day of the 2019 Tahiti Pro, on August 24, 2019. #
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Read moreElena Aoki swims beneath a wave break at Teahupo‘o on August 24, 2019. #
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Read moreA surfer practices ahead of the Tahiti Pro surfing trial on August 18, 2019. #
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Read moreBenji Brand of Hawaii chases his board on August 24, 2019. #
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Read moreA surfer wipes out during a free-surf session at the 2019 Tahiti Pro event on August 24, 2019. #
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Read moreAn unidentified surfer practices ahead of the WSL Tahiti Pro surfing trial on August 18, 2019. #
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Read moreEimeo Czermak of Tahiti rides in the tube, shot from an underwater perspective, at Teahupo‘o on August 15, 2019. #
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Read moreOwen Wright of Australia practices ahead of the Tahiti Pro surfing trial on August 18, 2019. #
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Read moreA photographer swims through a wave break at Teahupo‘o on August 24, 2019. #
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Read moreGabriel Medina of Brazil rides a wave at Teahupo‘o during practice runs on August 16, 2019. #
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