This is the second Olympics to feature surfing, but it’s the first time competitors are riding waves that are a matter of “life or death,” according to professional big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.
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This year, surfers will be competing at Teahupo’o — part of the French Polynesian island of Tahiti that’s more than 9,000 miles from Paris. “It's one of the most beautiful and dangerous waves in the world,” McNamara told NPR. “It is just life or death from start to finish, big or small. The razor-sharp coral reef is just inches below you when you fall.”
McNamara said surfers need to judge the incoming waves, get into the barrel quickly, exit before it breaks on the reef and“I've had so many horrendous wipeouts there. It's not even funny,” he said.“When it’s getting big, it’s the heaviest wave in the world for me and the most perfect wave in the world,”told Olympics.com. “You have to be very focused because if you fall, you can hit the reef and that’s the danger.
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