At waves like Teahupo’o, there’s no compensating for experience. #Paris2024Surfing

Local knowledge. At waves like Teahupo’o, there’s no compensating for experience. Few surfers in the world are as intimately familiar with Teahupo’o many-faces and deceptively complicated perfection as Tahiti’s Kauli Vaast.Getting his first sessions at the End of the Road as barely a teenager, he was taken under the wing and guided by heavies like Matahi and Manoa Drollet, Vetea “Poto” David, Michel Bourez, Tereva David, and others. Kauli made his intentions clear with his runner-up performance as the Local Wildcard at Teahupo’o in 2023; followed by locking in his spot for his country last year at the ISA Games in El Salvador. World Surf League https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA9YsOKcXz8