But Vai is a person of many talents. Hailing from Mahina on Tahiti’s north coast, Vai started shortboarding when she was 16. By 18, she had discovered longboarding after a French brand came to ...

Travelers can head to several surf spots on the island: Papara, Papenoo and Taapuna are for the beginner to intermediate crowd, while Teahupoo (on Tahiti's southwestern coast) is for experts only.

First up, Tereva David of Tahiti, widely respected as one of the wisdom keepers of the world’s heaviest wave, Teahupo’o. To surf in Tahiti is to experience surfing unlike almost anywhere else.

Defending champion Teahupoo heads a list of 20 remaining entries in Thursday's Paddy Power Stayers' Hurdle at Cheltenham as he looks to join an illustrious list of multiple winners. Big Buck's ...