Surfers’ sendoff: Olympians celebrated in San Clemente en route to Tahiti 

“Super dangerous.”

Those are the two words that come to mind for San Clemente surfer Griffin Colapinto when describing Teahupoʻo, the massive, barreling wave in Tahiti that will be on full display for the 2024 Paris Olympics during the sport of surfing’s second appearance in the Summer Games.

But if the local, laid-back surfer is feeling any kind of nervousness about taking on the monster of a wave in front of millions of spectators around the globe  – many who know nothing about surfing or have even step foot in an ocean ...