Biggest Wave Ever Surfed

Nick Eckhardt says:

Tay Who Poe?

L M A O you fuckin kook

DBoonful says:

Minor correction out of respect -Tenzing Norgay was not Hillary's "Sherpa" -He is tribally speaking a "Sherpa" -but Norgay was a full climbing member and partner on the British team -not a High Altitude Porter or fulfilling their typical role of Sherpas at that time -Although he was the climbing "Sardar" who supervised the activities and safety of the HAP Sherpas on the 1953 Expedition. Norgay was also the most experienced climber on the British team and probably most experienced Himalayan Climber in the world at the time -with maybe the exception of Eric Shipton.

David Strydom says:

If you want to recognise the essence as a sport, then deal with the acknowledgement of crowds that recognise…..otherwise put up or shut the f up…… Welcome to the future of competition….. look at me I am awesome……

meski says:

corporate greed, pro surfing. leashes, shoulder hopping kooks, population explosion, the list goes on. because surfing was cool is still cool, it will go on getting more crowded. what next, laws ? wave cops? pc sharing the line up that bs. surfing has always been survival of the fittest

William Bean says:

Spelling
The first point to make is that the correct spelling of the word is, Teahupo`o. The little mark, the `okina, is Polynesia's way of marking what is called a glottal stop. That's when you pause between two vowels instead of fusing them together.

Pronunciation
Once we agree on the correct spelling, we figure out easily how to correctly pronounce the word. While the consonants sound pretty much the same in English and Polynesian languages, the vowels are totally different. They sound a lot more like Spanish, or most languages written with the Latin alphabet (including Latin, but excluding English and French).

In particular, the "ea" that marks the first syllable in the word is pronounced like English "pear," the fruit, not like in English "spear," the lance. The "u" that follows is pronounced like English "oo", while the "o`o" at the end is pronounced like English "oh-oh!" Yes, that was a surprise.

Note that the Polynesian "T" became "K" in Hawaiian. Indeed, the T is a very hard one, more like a British "T" than an American one. Try saying T-K-T-K-T-K (just the sound, not the name of the letter) in quick succession, and you'll eventually end up with the hard Polynesian T.

So, to put it all together, the correct pronunciation is: tear-hoo-poh-oh