City8 is a FMB Gold event that will be held on July 31 in Québec City during the Velirium (MSA World Cup). Cam Zink (designer) and Jeremy Witek (shaper) describe the new track and the new location.
Located on the southern end of Tahiti and widely considered the “heaviest wave in the world,” it’s safe to say that Teahupo‘o isn’t for the faint of heart. And with some of the best surfers in the world trying to get in on the action, it’s hardly a place where you’d expect to see a teenage girl on the wave of the day—but that’s exactly what happened this past May, when Malibu, California’s Frankie Harrer took a trip down to French Polynesia. We caught up with the teenaged charger (she’s just 16) to get her take on what it was like to show up the boys—and get the best barrel of her life … More