Three huge upsets and perfect, three-to-five foot Teahupo‘o mark day 1 of the 2010 Billabong Pro Tahiti.

With hardly any surf in sight, UFC fights and Hinano beers take center stage at the 2010 Billabong Pro Tahiti...check the behind the scenes photos here.

With virtually no surf to speak of today, event organizers at the Billabong Pro Tahiti have called the fourth consecutive lay day..

I can’t piece it all together because the old man was talking in French and broken English but I remember him finishing off his life lessons with something like, “drink to forget but don’t forget to drink”.

In this exclusive photo gallery, Taj Burrow, Bobby Martinez, Damien Hobgood, Owen Wright, the Gudangs, and more of the top pros warm up for the Billabong Pro Tahiti...

In an all-Tahitian final, Tuamata Puhetini takes out Tamaroa McComb in perfect six-foot barrels. Both surfers have earned themselves a spot into the Billabong Pro Tahiti, check the video highlights here!

Day 1 of the Air Tahiti Nui/Von Zipper Trials goes down in heaving 6-8 foot barrels at what's generally known as "The World's Heaviest Wave" aka Teahupo‘o. Check out Anthony Walsh's perfect 10 and more ripping!

After over a dozen trips to Tahiti, I finally saw the movie Ultimate Wave Tahiti last night at the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego. Here's what I thought about the flick...

With all these early season south swells, Teahupo‘o has been firing lately! Check out Laird Hamilton, Jamie O'Brien, Kalani Chapman, Ryan Hipwood, Raimana, and more scoring prime time barrels at one of the world's most photogenic waves. All photos Zak Noyle.

The St. Patricks day swell from hell hit Teahupo‘o with more force than has been seen there in years, check the video for proof!

It's a well known fact that we love Tahiti. From the people to the waves to the landscape—everything about the place is magical. Can't wait to see this flick...

With an all-star cast consisting of Kelly Slater, Manoa Drollet, Chris Malloy, Keith Malloy, Shane Dorian, CJ Hobgood, Dion Agius and Raimana Van Bastolaer, we're hoping for a banger of a flick...

Episode #5 of Nelly's Magic Moments takes us to the beautiful island of Tahiti with Vans team riders Dane, Pat, and Tanner Gudauskas as well as Nate Yeomans, Manoa Drollet, and Tyler Smith.

8-10 foot Chopes is anything but funny...until hillbilly voices and quotes from the movie North Shore get added into the mix!

While the swell didn't materialize into one of those "Oh my God!" events, Teahupo‘o produced some flashes of what kind of tube riding and beat downs it's capable of hosting last weekend for select crew of international chargers.