September 6th, 2011
(via This is What it Looks Like After You Smash Your Face Into the Reef While Surfing : The Scuttlefish) “…the reef lit me up and sent me to the emergency room. Teahupoo givith and taketh away.” Professional surfer Keala Kennelly after slamming her face into the reef at Tahiti’s Teahupo’o surf break, a very shallow reef that fetches some of the heaviest swells in the world, where most people wouldn’t dare surf. The wave is a hollow, grinding, left-handed barrel that almost ensures danger, even for the likes of Miss Kennelly. It could have been worse.

(via This is What it Looks Like After You Smash Your Face Into the Reef While Surfing : The Scuttlefish)

“…the reef lit me up and sent me to the emergency room. Teahupoo givith and taketh away.”

Professional surfer Keala Kennelly after slamming her face into the reef at Tahiti’s Teahupo’o surf break, a very shallow reef that fetches some of the heaviest swells in the world, where most people wouldn’t dare surf. The wave is a hollow, grinding, left-handed barrel that almost ensures danger, even for the likes of Miss Kennelly. It could have been worse.

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