Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

@jeankepler says:

Thanks for 1.5s of actually explaining what it was lol.

@Raykazen says:

When I went there, I heard Teahupo'o meant the wall of skulls, scary stuff on some days

@supremespanker says:

My local beach break, I hit the bottom at least once every session at longer periods. Hurts like hell. I am always hugging my head to give a bit of protection. Strangely very few surfers are hitting the bottom at Teahupo.

@FoxxyBrown1111 says:

I like the events at the olympics. My first time seeing it. But its hard to understand the rules. Can someone explain please, because nothing detailed is to be found in the internet…
I saw yesterday a surfer going under the wave, coming out clean, do a trick here and there, but only scoring about 4 points, while another doing the same but without tricks at the end scored about 7 points. How that?
Is the length of the wave important, do tricks count, is there style points to escape the wave not falling or diving into the water at the end?
Thanks a lot in advance 🙂
P.S.: To me it seems the superstars (in my opinion: those crazy big wave surfers) are not at the olympics. How comes they are not there? They seem to be the best at your sport, while this small waves at the olympics look rather "easy" in comparison. Confused.

@kaptinkinnakeet1124 says:

Lived on Hatteras island NC my whole life and when i was about 14 i washed dishes at a restaurant and boss let me take off to eat dinner with Peter Mel Strider and a bunch of quicksilver reps. It was great got shirts and signed posters, lifetime memory