Vaimiti Teiefitu is navigating her own path chasing a career as a professional longboarder while honoring her home and culture in Tahiti. “I like riding big waves,” admits Vaimiti Teiefitu.

What she lacked in knowledge of traditional longboard style, Vai made up for in courage. In 2020, she started to surf Teahupo’o, becoming one of the only longboarders to regularly surf heavy ...

She may only have been competing in the women’s longboard division at this year’s Eurosurf ‘because we didn’t have anyone else who would’, but Phoebe Strachan still gave the best in ...