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Surfing Teahupo'o, As Seen From Above and Below (21 photos)

The 2019 Tahiti Pro, stop number seven of the World Surf League Men’s Championship Tour, is under way in this week in Tahiti. Brian Bielmann, a photographer with Agence France-Presse, is on the scene, capturing images of the surfers amid the beauty and chaos churned up by the famous waves of Teahupo'o reef. Collected below, some of Bielmann’s photos of practice sessions and competition runs, as seen from the surface and from beneath the waves.

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Taumata Puhetini from Tahiti rides in the tube of a cresting wave, as seen from an underwater perspective, at Teahupo'o reef in Tahiti on August 15, 2019, during practice for for the Tahiti pro Trials. ( Brian Bielmann / AFP / Getty)
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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/08/surfing-teahupoo-photos-from-above-and-below/596905/