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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Taumata 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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Surfers 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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