Temporarily out of the water with an injury, Tahitian surfing legend Manoa Drollet flies a remote control plane with a GoPro camera strapped to the wing over the Teahupo‘o lineup.

Proving that girls can surf Teahupo‘o—and look hot while doing so—the talented Billabong girls team gets shacked in the South Pacific in this two-part webisode series.

All-time surf sessions, models on the beach, Alana Blanchard, and the Andy Irons tragedy mark the top 10 most-watched web clips of the year.

The Billabong Pro Tahiti has been called back on this morning, with the world’s best surfers hitting the three-to-four foot (1metre) waves at Teahupoo at 6:30am.

After seven, consecutive lay days, the Billabong Pro Tahiti commenced action today, and the world’s best surfers unleashed a barrage of high-fi performances on glassy three-to-four foot barrels on offer at Teahupoo.

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

The swell has kicked up over night, and with pulsing three-to-four foot waves on offer, the Billabong Pro Tahiti will finally commence with Round 1 hitting the water at 6:30am.

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.

Here's where we're at in the most anticipated World Tour event of the year... “I ain’t going to no lagoon. Have you ever seen that movie Blue Lagoon? Crazy shit happens there.” Mutiny in Tahiti? Wouldn't be the first time.

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”.

It seems like being on the WCT is similar to being locked up; you get 3 hots and a cot and try to come up with some ingenious shit that everyone will get a kick out of...

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...

Small surf in the one-to-two foot range has forced event organizers to call another lay day for the Billabong Pro Tahiti...

You know it's a slow day in paradise when the highlights of the day include non-voluntary personal grooming and a four-dog melee in front of Chez Manny...