Teahupoo INSIDE THE MONSTER by Gilles Hucualt and Julien Marckt
Sure you have seen many videos on the competitions held in this mythical enclave south of Tahiti in French Polynesia: Teahupoo. Its waves XXL and feared reef make it a challenge for the biggest names in surfing.
When confluent certain conditions of wind and tide, the waves are so big that the French Navy has to activate the so-called double code red and in such cases, is to arrest anyone entering the water.
The film shows the risk Gilles, the adrenaline, the courage, the cries, the roaring of the sea, the screams of riders and spectators, waves, falls, wounds, bathing suits lost in battle, the excitement … but also gives voice to photographers, cameras, pilots of the boats, event organizers, to approach the problems of a high concentration of people in a scene so dangerous and difficult to control.
