Huge Shark Caught at Teahupoo
Wow, check out this massive shark they pulled in! It doesn't look like 1.3 tons, though I wouldn't be happy meeting it underwater!:wow:
http://outdoors.fanhouse.com/2009/02...t-at-teahupoo/
Huge Shark Caught at Teahupoo
Posted Feb 27th 2009 2:37PM by Randy Kim (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Surfing
The monstrous shark seen above was recently pulled from the break at Teahupoo, the legendary surf spot in Tahiti. Two fisherman who were out trying to catch starfish (!) reeled in the already-dead shark, which weighed in at 1.3 tons.
From GrindTV:
Last Thursday, two local brothers, Didier and Grard Parker, had been catching the Crown of Thorn starfish with fish nets, ridding the reef of the invasive species. As they pulled up one of their nets it became obvious there was something tangled in it bigger than a starfish, at first they thought it was a swordfish, but to their surprise it was a massive tiger shark. The shark had already drowned and was no threat.
In a weird way, it only makes sense that a shark this big would live in the surf at Teahupoo; raw power begetting raw power and all that. The waves at "Chopu" are nothing short of breathtaking. The Tahitian break isn't incredibly tall, but the surf there is thick, powerful and perfectly glassy. Honestly, even just watching it on TV without anyone surfing it is a wonder to behold, so it's no surprise that Billabong holds one of the WCT's marquee events there every year.
