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{{Short description|Professional surfing competition}}

{{Infobox sports league
| title = Billabong Pro Teahupoo
| current_season = Outerknown Tahiti Pro 2023
| logo = 
| pixels = 125 px
| sport = Surfing
| country = [[French Polynesia]]
| champion ={{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Ítalo Ferreira]] (men)<br>{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[Vahine Fierro]] (women) 
| most_champs ={{flagicon|USA}} [[Kelly Slater]] (men) (5 titles) <br />{{flagicon|HAW}} [[Keala Kennelly]] (women) (3 titles)
| website = [https://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2023/ct/75/shiseido-tahiti-pro/champions]
}}

'''Billabong Pro Teahupoo''' is a professional surfing competition of the [[World Surf League]] held at the break [[Teahupo'o]] in [[Taiarapu-Ouest|Taiarapu]], [[Tahiti]]. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo was founded in 1999 and has been recognized as "one of the world's heaviest big wave competitions".{{cite quote}} This is because Teahupoo is the only known natural wave break in the world that breaks below sea level. The Billabong Pro Teahupoo has not claimed any lives since the surf competition began in 1999, but the wave has claimed lives over the years.

== Billabong Pro Teahupoo location ==

The surfing event takes place in Teahupo’o, a village on the south-west coast of the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, southern Pacific Ocean. Teahupo'o is a reef break. The swells that hit the reef mainly break left, but the outer reef also creates right breaks that surfers must be cautious of when paddling out. Therefore, Teahupo'o is also "renowned for the consistent number of barrels it delivers". However, "only experienced surfers in peak physical condition should attempt Teahupo'o".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookiesound.com/2011/08/surfing-the-waves-at-teahupoo-tahiti/ |title=Surfing The Waves At Teahupoo, Tahiti. |publisher=Cookiesound |date=26 August 2011 |access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref> The breaks heavy waves combined with a shallow shoreline can result in serious injuries and even death in a wipeout.

== Billabong Pro Teahupoo wave break ==

The Billabong Pro Teahupo'o's reputation for wave riding is due partly to its unique form. An extremely shallow coral reef which ranges up to 20 inches beneath the waters surface is responsible for a very hollow-breaking wave. The wave's unique shape, with an effect of almost breaking below sea level, is due to the specific shape of the reef beneath the wave. Its semi circular nature which drops down sharply creates a 'below water' effect and the extreme angles in descent create an instant instability to the wave. A steep wall of reef causes the entire mass to fold onto a scalloped semi circle breaking arc. The wave bends and races along into a dry reef closeout and the lip of the wave is often as thick as it is tall. Combined, these unique properties have earned Teahupo’o the reputation as one of the most dangerous surf breaks in the world.<ref>{{Cite news |title=8 reasons why Teahupoo is the most dangerous wave in the world |language=en |work=Men's Journal |url=https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/8-reasons-teahupoo-dangerous-wave-world |access-date=2023-09-12}}</ref> 

== Billabong Pro Teahupoo competition ==

The ASP Billabong Pro Teahupo’o consists of four parts based an elimination process. The first is composed of the competitive heats. The second is composed of the Quarter Finals. The third is composed of the Semi Finals. The fourth and last part of the competition is the Finals. Once this process of the Billabong Pro Teahupoo competition is completed, then a Billabong Pro Teahupoo Champion is named.

==Naming==
Since the birth of this competition it had different names due to sponsorship deals.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name !! Years
|-
| Gotcha Tahiti Pro || 1999–2000
|-
| Billabong Pro Teahupoo|| 2001–2017
|-
| Tahiti Pro Teahupo'o|| 2018–2019
|-
| Outerknown Tahiti Pro || 2022
|-
| '''SHISEIDO Tahiti Pro'''|| '''2023–present'''
|}

== Winners ==
The Billabong Pro Teahupoo event names a new champion each year. The past champions of the listed WSL competition are located below.

{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! width=50|Year
! width=140|Winner
! width=140|Nation
! width=50|Score
! width=140|Runner-Up
! width=140|Nation
! width=50|Score
! width=100|Prizemoney
|-
| align=center|[[1999 ASP World Tour|1999]]
| align=center|[[Mark Occhilupo]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|14.50
| align=center|[[CJ Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|9.50
| align=center|$120,600 <ref name=pro1999>{{cite web|title=GOTCHA TAHITI PRO 1999|url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/1999/1999mcevt04.pdf|publisher=ASP}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2000 ASP World Tour|2000]]
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|25.55
| align=center|[[Shane Dorian]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|20.25 
| align=center|$135,600 <ref name=pro2000>{{cite web|title=GOTCHA PRO TAHITI 2000 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2000/2000mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2001 ASP World Tour|2001]]
| align=center|[[Cory Lopez]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|25.05
| align=center|[[CJ Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|23.85 
| align=center|$250,000 <ref name=pro2001>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2001 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2001/2001mcevt02.pdf |publisher=ASP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523225511/http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2001/2001mcevt02.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-23 }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2002 ASP World Tour|2002]]
| align=center|[[Andy Irons]]
| {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]]
| align=center|22.65
| align=center|[[Luke Egan]]
|{{AUS}} 
| align=center|20.50  
| align=center|$250,000 <ref name=pro2002>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2002 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2002/2002mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2003 ASP World Tour|2003]]
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]] <small>(2)</small>
| {{USA}}
| align=center|19.57
| align=center|[[Taj Burrow]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|14.83  
| align=center|$250,000 <ref name=pro2003>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2003 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2003/2003mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2004 ASP World Tour|2004]]
| align=center|[[CJ Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|16.66
| align=center|[[Nathan Hedge]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|8.67
| align=center|$260,000 <ref name=pro2004>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2004 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2004/2004mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2005 ASP World Tour|2005]]
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]] <small>(3)</small>
| {{USA}}
| align=center|20.00
| align=center|[[Damien Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|17.5 
| align=center|$270,000 <ref name=pro2005>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2005 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2005/2005mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2006 ASP World Tour|2006]]
| align=center|[[Bobby Martinez]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|16.27
| align=center|[[Fred Patacchia]]
| {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]]
| align=center|16.07 
| align=center|$280,000 <ref name=pro2006>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2006 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2006/2006mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2007 ASP World Tour|2007]]
| align=center|[[Damien Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|16.60
| align=center|[[Mick Fanning]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|16.20 
| align=center|$300,000 <ref name=pro2007>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2007 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2007/2007mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[Billabong Pro Teahupoo 2008|2008]]
| align=center|Bruno Santos
| {{BRA}}
| align=center|9.16
| align=center|Manoa Drollet
| {{PYF}}
| align=center|6.83
| align=center|$320,000 <ref name=pro2008>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2008 |url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2008/2008mcevt03.pdf |publisher=ASP |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206073051/http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2008/2008mcevt03.pdf |archive-date=2010-02-06 }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2009 ASP World Tour|2009]]
| align=center|[[Bobby Martinez]] <small>(2)</small>
| {{USA}}
| align=center|18.46
| align=center|[[Taj Burrow]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|16.10 
| align=center|$340,000<ref name=pro2009>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2009|url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2009/2009mcevt03_ratings.pdf|publisher=ASP}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2010 ASP World Tour|2010]]
| align=center|[[Andy Irons]] <small>(2)</small>
| {{flagicon|Hawaii}} [[Hawaii]]
| align=center|14.67
| align=center|[[CJ Hobgood]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|8.33 
| align=center|$400,000 <ref name=pro2010>{{cite web|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti 2010|url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2010/2010mcevt05.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324145111/http://www.aspworldtour.com/archivedraws/2010/2010mcevt05.pdf|archive-date=2012-03-24}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2011 ASP World Tour|2011]]
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]] <small>(4)</small>
| {{USA}}
| align=center|18.43
| align=center|[[Owen Wright (surfer)|Owen Wright]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|17.10 <ref name=pro2011>{{cite web|title=Results - Billabong Pro Tahiti 2011|url=http://billabongpro.com/tahiti11/results-gb/|publisher=Billabong Pro|access-date=11 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112142048/http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti11/results-gb/|archive-date=12 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| align=center|$425,000 <ref name=billabong>{{cite web|title=Local Knowledge - Billabong Pro Tahiti 2011|url=http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti11/news-article-gb/local-knowledge|publisher=Billabong|access-date=2011-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011035446/http://billabongpro.com/tahiti11/news-article-gb/local-knowledge|archive-date=2011-10-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
|-
| align=center|[[2012 ASP World Tour|2012]]
| align=center|[[Mick Fanning]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|18.87
| align=center|[[Joel Parkinson]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|18.37 <ref name=pro2012>{{cite web|title=Results - Billabong Pro Tahiti 2012|url=http://billabongpro.com/tahiti12/results-gb/|publisher=Billabong Pro|access-date=27 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826034942/http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti12/results-gb|archive-date=26 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| align=center|$425,000 <ref name="billabong"/>
|-
| align=center|[[2013 ASP World Tour|2013]]
| align=center|[[Adrian Buchan]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|18.94
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|17.90 <ref name=pro2013>{{cite web|title=Adrian Buchan Wins Billabong Pro Tahiti, Slater Takes ASP WCT Lead|url=http://billabongpro.com/tahiti13/news-article-gb/adrian-buchan-wins-billabong-pro-tahiti-slater-takes-asp-wct-lead/|publisher=Billabong Pro|access-date=23 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115119/http://billabongpro.com/tahiti13/news-article-gb/adrian-buchan-wins-billabong-pro-tahiti-slater-takes-asp-wct-lead/|archive-date=26 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
| align=center|$425,000
|-
| align=center|[[2014 ASP World Tour|2014]]
| align=center|[[Gabriel Medina]]
| {{BRA}}
| align=center|18.96
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]]
| {{USA}}
| align=center|18.93 <ref name=pro2014>{{cite web|date=August 25, 2014|title=Billabong Pro Tahiti|url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/events/2014/mct/698/billabong-pro-tahiti|publisher=ASP|access-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> 
| align=center|$500,000 <ref name=2014prizemoney>{{cite web|title=event pdf - 2014 Billabong Pro Tahiti|url=http://www.aspworldtour.com/asset/2193/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140901085538/http://www.aspworldtour.com/asset/2193|archive-date=2014-09-01}}</ref>
|-
| align=center|[[2015 World Surf League|2015]]
| align=center|[[Jeremy Flores]]
|{{FRA}}
| align=center|16.87
| align=center|[[Gabriel Medina]]
|{{BRA}}
| align=center|13.20
| align=center|
|-
| align=center|[[2016 World Surf League|2016]]
| align=center|[[Kelly Slater]] <small>(5)</small>
|{{USA}}
| align=center|19.67
| align=center|[[John John Florence]]
|{{Flagicon|HAW}} [[Hawaii]]
| align=center|15.23
| align=center|
|-
| align=center|[[2017 World Surf League|2017]]
| align=center|[[Julian Wilson (surfer)|Julian Wilson]]
|{{AUS}}
| align=center|18.96
| align=center|[[Gabriel Medina]]
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil]]
| align=center|17.87
| align=center|
|-
| align=center|[[2018 World Surf League|2018]]
| align=center|[[Gabriel Medina]] <small>(2)</small>
|{{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil]]
| align=center|13.50
| align=center|[[Owen Wright (surfer)|Owen Wright]]
| {{AUS}}
| align=center|12.07
|
|- 
| align=center | [[2019 World Surf League|2019]]
| align=center|[[Owen Wright (surfer)|Owen Wright]]
|{{AUS}}
| align=center| 17.07
| align=center| [[Gabriel Medina]]
| {{Flagicon|BRA}} [[Brazil]]
| align=center| 14.93
| align=center| $607,800
|-
| align=center | [[2022 World Surf League|2022]]
| align=center|[[Miguel Pupo]]
|{{BRA}}
| align=center| 17.17
| align=center| [[Kauli Vaast]]
| {{PYF}}
| align=center| 15.00
| align=center|
|-
| align=center | [[2023 World Surf League|2023]]
| align=center|[[Jack Robinson (surfer)|Jack Robinson]]
|{{AUS}}
| align=center| 15.66
| align=center| [[Gabriel Medina]]
| {{BRA}}
| align=center| 15.00
| align=center|
|-
| align=center | [[2024 World Surf League|2024]]
| align=center|[[Ítalo Ferreira]]
|{{BRA}}
| align=center| 17.70
| align=center|[[John John Florence]]
|{{Flagicon|HAW}} [[Hawaii]]
| align=center| 17.16
| align=center|
|-
|}

16. Billabong Pro Tahiti. (2013). ASP World Tour – The Association of Surfing Professionals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outdoor, Extreme & Vacation Adventures|url=https://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/|access-date=2021-08-26|website=Men's Journal|language=en-US}}</ref>

17. Steve Robertson and Kim Kempton. Celebrating perfect 10’s at Billabong Pro Teahupoo. (2010). http://www.surfersvillage.com/surfing-news/48143#.Ucz9vuDraFI

18. Billabong Pro Teahupoo. (2012). http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Event/Billabong-Pro-Teahupoo-021242894680885

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130701235925/http://www.billabongpro.com/tahiti13 Official website]
*[http://www.aspworldtour.com/events/2014/mct/698/billabong-pro-tahiti ASP website for the 2014 Billabong Pro Tahiti]

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