Hands down the craziest wave I’ve ever seen ridden was this one of Koa Rothman at Teahupoo in Tahiti. The thing was fricken Black it was so big as it was approaching the reef. I saw Laird whip it on the ski and was like Holy Shit, Is that Koa? He rode that wave as perfect as it could’ve been ridden. Driving through the biggest square st barrel I’ve ever seen. But it still wasn’t enough and towards the end it sucked him up the face and over the falls. It was like a tidal wave and after it rolled through he didn’t pop up. Laird was driving back and forth and weaving all over the reef looking for Koa. It was so heavy! He finally popped up like 400 yards inside and we all breathed a sigh of relief.
