Le Comité d'organisation français des Jeux olympiques souhaite organiser les épreuves de surf à Tahiti en 2024 sur la vague exceptionnelle de Teahupoo. Tony Estanguet, président du comité Paris 2024, estime qu’il s’agit du meilleur spot de surf français. Le surfeur Jérémy Florès lui craint que le site ne soit pas très accessible pour le public même s’il reste le plus spectaculaire.
Reportage à Teahupoo, sur la presqu’île de Tahiti, en Polynésie française, site retenu pour les épreuves de surf des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024. L'endroit est connu pour ses vagues « parfaites », selon le surfeur hawaïen Nathan Florence, mais aussi particulièrement dangereuses.
Ben Thouard, an underwater photographer, tirelessly tries to capture the beauty and power of the Teahupoo wave in French Polynesia, whose "perfect tube" attracts surfers from all over the world. He also evokes the dangers to which he exposes himself by immersing himself as close as possible to this wall of water.
Once a year, the mythical wave of Teahupoo, in the peninsula of Tahiti, in French Polynesia, is formed and attracts the best surfers of the world. The villagers, like Vito Teai and Nelson Teuira, agree to share their "little piece of paradise" during the competition and welcome the participants of the Gotcha pro Tahiti.
Report of an event of the Gotcha Pro Tahiti, competition of the surfing world championship, which takes place in Teahupoo, in French Polynesia, on a mythical wave. American surfer Johnny Boy Gomes is delighted with the ideal conditions and the French Malik Joyeux, who took first place, expresses his satisfaction.
The media coverage of Gotcha pro Tahiti, the World Surfing Championship event, contributes to the international reputation of the Teahupoo wave in French Polynesia. The investments of the American organizing company have made the event a global event and the inhabitants of this small town on the peninsula of Tahiti enjoy economic benefits as evidenced by Jennifer Ramsom, press secretary, Matt Jacobson, CEO of Broadband interactive group, and Kenny Jacob, CEO of Gotcha Europe.
At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the village of Teahupoo in French Polynesia will host the surfing events. Marc Dauphin, manager of a guest house, has launched the construction of new bungalows, already reserved for 2024. But some residents fear that the construction of infrastructure will deteriorate their living environment. The minister of sports of Polynesia assures that everything will be removable.
The mythical wave of Teahupoo, in French Polynesia, is described by Pierre Camouin, consultant of the Tahitian Surfing Federation, and Sunny Garcia, surfer, during the Gotcha pro Tahiti, competition of the surfing world championship. They highlight the specificity and dangerousness of this wall of water that forms on the coral reef and that recently caused the death of a local surfer.
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