And The Spirit Of God Moved Upon The Face Of The Waters

June 3, 2012 4:49 PM

Teahupoo, by Chris Bryan Films.
posted by mattdidthat (6 comments total)

This is impressive and majestic and man-vs.-nature as all getout, but what I really want to see is the HD super-slo-mo footage of the lone surfer cowering in the corner of his or her beach hut in fear. "Dude! I can't go out there! Have you seen it out there? The French Navy said it was too dangerous out there! THE. FRENCH. NAVY. I'm not going out there, no way man!! Too dangerous!!"
posted by the painkiller at 5:23 PM on June 3, 2012

Is it a phantom camera or is Chris Bryan a phantom that operates cameras?
posted by cmoj at 6:17 PM on June 3, 2012

Phantom HD Gold camera.
posted by gen at 7:00 PM on June 3, 2012

Double, I'm afraid.

A nicely made post though, and it was worth watching again.
posted by [expletive deleted] at 7:27 PM on June 3, 2012

Teahupoo, although I have never seen it in person, and likely never will, seems like it features the ENTIRE VOLUME OF OCEAN WATER ON EARTH behind each wave.

It seems like it defies the laws of physics and hydrology.
posted by Danf at 7:29 PM on June 3, 2012

what I really want to see is the HD super-slo-mo footage of the lone surfer cowering in the corner of his or her beach hut in fear.

Fun fact about the pro contest held here every year: there are rookies (like this year's Gabriel Medina, from Brazil) who, while obviously very talented surfers as you can tell by the fact that they even qualified for the highest level of competition in the sport, have mostly made a name for themselves with technical tricks in small waves and have never surfed the pace before. That is, until they go out there on big days to compete against the world's best.
posted by tylerkaraszewski at 8:57 PM on June 3, 2012