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Wave of the Day: Matahi Drollet, Teahupoo, Aug 13, 2021
Matahi Drollet is no stranger to giant Teahupoo. His older brother Manoa (along with Raimana Van Bastolaer) was among the first crew to really charge here over a decade ago; Manoa was also the one towing Matahi yesterday, during one of the biggest swells to hit that bit of reef since Code Red in 2011. We covered the day in realtime, where Kauli Vaast caught (but didn’t make) one of the most mutant, biggest waves ever in the morning. Others, including Lucas “Chumbo” Chianca and Eimeo Czermak, were whipped into and made XL beasts through the course of the day, but Drollet played the patience game. This paid off around 5pm, right before sunset, as the swell peaked and he was whipped in the perfect spot by his brother and took the perfect line through an impossibly heavy, crazy loud, building-sized tube — and straight into surf history.
Video: Tim McKenna
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OMFG….how is that humanly possible? Nothing but respect and admiration.
TBH, I’d like to know what the music is. Also, holy carp, how big are those waves?! Like 10 meters??
Why put music in a freaking supermarket?
Wow. Just wow.
hats off to this fearless fiend.
Mind blowing wave with mind blowing nerves! Who are the insane surfers paddling on this day
Yikeeee Shnikeee😳
That's the most insane thing I ever seen! That wave doesn't even look real.
That is just INSANE
He does not get to the bottom of the wave, think there is a reason why
Laird's millennial wave,MAtia hold my inertia..
Amazing wave but not the biggest, even Kempers wave that day the gnarly one that had the rainbow on it was bigger and way more hollow than that. And both Koa Rothman in 2013 and Kauli Vaasts Friday 13th wave were bigger. Just rewatched Kauli's and I think that has to be the biggest wave ever caught out there in terms of face height by a decent margin. So not sure why they're hyping this ride up so much.
I love the fact that everyone else is celebrating for/with him. Awesome.
Wow, what fun…
My god that spray from the break would have blown me straight off my board.
Personally for me the ride by Laird Hamilton some years ago left me breathless
Magic moment ❤
How big was this cloudbreak wave??
How'd you like to get caught inside by that monster? Momma.
Im watching this on my new 'LG C2 OLED' tv…
and lemme tell ya….get one. It''s got a picture tha looks better than the real deal..BETTER …have to see to see what im sayin…see what im sayin?
If you ever wonder what to get o play Playstation 5 games on …. this the one.,,oughta see ps5 games on here…..reason Im gonin offf botthis tv is just that places like Teahupoo just looks
1000x better than on the samsung i had…
Ive seen "Code Red" abou 100 times but not on this tv…gonna be my next stop….
RESPECT
Yep
Respect.
TOTALLY SPECTACULAR!!!
LOVE IT. BRAVO.
And edit is top notch too. 🙂
wow
Awesome
This is Conor Mcguire at mullughmore sir 😄
Ya bruddah
So heavy that it doesn't look real.
🏆🏆✌️☺️🙏
Awesome
All I could say thru the video was OMG!..OMG!..OMG!.. thru the whole video! (of course it was Matahi 👍)
Beware of the chopoo foamball.
This guy must need a extra personal flotation device for his massive balls
Incredible! outstanding!
Def. need the thunder clap of the wave break, and the aftermath of that is bananas.
Holding the line. Great set up.
Wowzers!
That one guy that was so close to going over the falls holy shit.
balls of steel
Tops any wave Nazarè could produce. I don't care if Nazarè got ridden at 200ft, This Teahupoo ride by Matahi Drollet would beat it. No comparison.
HOW BIG IS IT?
I had a dream i rode a wave like this in the field of my elementary school. Twas the best dream ever!!
He’s got my vote
Goosebumps from head to toe. Whoever called that wave of the day is very unwell. How can there be anything heavier in history? Laird's,Koa's etc down a notch. Mind officially blown.👍
HOLY SMOKES