Teahupoo throws down...

I first saw pictures of guys surfing Teahupoo (pronounced: "Cho-pooh) in Tahiti a few years ago. Watching it break is something else entirely; it's as if the entire ocean suddenly rises up 7 storeys in a matter of seconds before smashing onto the shallow reef beneath. Known throughout the world of surfing as having the most powerful break on the planet, though there are certainly larger waves found in other places around the world, none can compare to the impact and ferocity of Teahupoo when it fires. And this footage is the most mind-numbing I've ever seen of Teahupoo...

Be afraid. Be very afraid...