Covid is bad enough, but to see the those two ugly little lines on your RAT test the day before you are meant to leave for Tahiti is so frustrating. Weeks of planning had gone into the coordination of getting us to Tahiti and to the WSL (World Surt League) event at the legendary location, Teahupo'o. To make it worse this year was really special because it was the first time that female competitors have returned to compete at Teahupo'o after a 16 year hiatus.
Teahupo'o means The pile of heads’ or The heap of heads’. It supposedly honours the son of a murdered chief, who revenged his father's demise
