Swell inesperado quebra na bancada de Teahupoo e legend local Raimana Van Bastolaer desce a craca do dia.

Reprodução

Na última quinta-feira (11), um swell dobrou de tamanho de última hora e trouxe condições nervosas na bancada de Teahupoo, Taiti.

Com o inesperado, apenas os surfistas locais tiveram tempo de aproveitar as condições do pico. Um deles foi o legend Raimana Van Bastolaer, que atualmente é piloto de jet-ski no Surf Ranch de Kelly Slater, em Lemoore, Califórnia (EUA).

Com o auxílio de Thierry Domenech no jet, Raimana desceu a craca do dia e relembrou seus grandes momentos em Teahupoo.

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It wasn’t supposed to be that big. Nobody flew in for this swell. It was just locals. Raimana sat way outside with his JetSki driver @thierry_domenech and waited. On the boat with @timmckenna we had not seen any really big waves yet. So we weren’t sure what was going to happen. The light was not good so I had not pulled out my real camera yet and just had my phone. And then all of a sudden it came and Raimana was on it, fully committed. As @darrickd said “thank you for the reminder of why we are alive.” As @raimanaworld said “I love you brother!”#teahupoo #tahiti

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Scariest last 5 seconds ever, but made it to the end where the left & right meet. 📸: @bogus689 || @outerknown @kswaveco @redbull_surfing @airtahitinui @opkix @letahaaislandresort @firewiresurfboards @stretchboards @tmobile @vodafone_tahiti @shadesunscreen @dakine_surf #snphawaikinui

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