Big waves, danger and drama at the Olympic surfing competition in Tahiti

The Olympic surfing semi-finals are set for this weekend. The surfing competition is not in Paris but is almost 10,000 miles away in the small village of Teahupo’o, Tahiti, where the waves are massive and dangerous.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Dashel Pierson, who is in Teahupo’o covering the competition for Surfer.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.