5 Awesomely Intense Teahupoo Barrel Faces

Everyone loves a good barrel face. It’s like the ultimate claim, because it’s one that isn’t really under the surfers’ control. You can see exactly what they’re thinking: scared, excited, or in John John’s case, incredibly bored.

BY The Inertia | Staff Monday, August 25, 2014

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3. Sleepypants. Somewhere back there, John John fell asleep. He woke up when he got spit out. Photo: ASP

Everyone loves a good barrel face. It’s like the ultimate claim, because it’s one that isn’t really under the surfers’ control. You can see exactly what they’re thinking: scared, excited, or in John John’s case, incredibly bored. And why shouldn’t he be bored? He’s just in a barrel that could hide a truck, traveling at an incredible rate of speed over an extremely sharp reef. Boooorrrring.

Watch more barrel faces right now on the live ASP webcast of the Billabong Pro Tahiti.