TEAHUPO'O, French Polynesia - The iconic waves of Teahupo'o in Tahiti await Japanese surfers at the Paris Olympics, with glory available to those capable of overcoming their fear to tame the famous reef break's combination of power and size.Tokyo Games silver medalist Kanoa Igarashi, who first rode French Polynesian waves around the age of 12, calls them the most "perfect" but "dangerous" in the world, a sentiment shared by his compatriot, Summer Games debutant Reo Inaba."It feels like jumping off a building," Inaba said of the moment he drops into a Teahupo'o wave, many of which can surge …READ FULL ARTICLE
