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2008 Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials

By Transworld
Tue, Apr 29 2008 12:00 am | Comments

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If you get caught snoozing in the channel, the wave that barrels toward the left at Teahupoo could easily kill you.

Come finals time of the Billabong Pro, this channel will be a raging party with Transworld SURF's Justin Cote reporting from the thick of it. Stay tuned...

5th place finisher Stephen Koehne from Kauai.

While the North Shore has team houses, Tahiti has team boats. Quiksilver's Danny Fuller kicks it on "Raimana World" while Dane Ward from Billabong psyches up on Papi Maoni's speedboat.

It's easy to call this guy a shoulder hopper from 3000 miles away...you try paddling into one of these.

After smacking his head on the reef, Wade Goodall goes with the jungle standard in wound care--duct tape.

Always a threat at Chopes, Kalani Chapman from the North Shore of Oahu placed 5th in the trials.

2008 Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials Winner Jamie O'Brien.

Laurie Towner stands tall in a Tahitian pit.

From Pipeline to Teahupoo, Jamie O'Brien proved he's the man in heaving lefts by winning the Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials after taking the Da Hui Backdoor Shootout in January.

Don't call it "the poo".

Let's hope the WCT guys get conditions like this when the Billabong Pro ramps up May 8th...

With only two guys in the water, waves were bound to slip by.

Unlucky Tahitian trialist looking for an exit...fat chance buddy.

Unidentified Tahitian trialist. Check the next photo for an example of his bodysurf skills...

Danny Fuller eyes the prize as he paddles back to the peak at Chopes.

A qualifier via the trials a couple years ago, Danny Fuller styled his way to equal 5th.

Super charger (and Ace Buchan's videographer) Damien Wills.

Last year's runner up in the Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials, Anthony Walsh.

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