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Olympic photographers travel to Tahiti for dangerous surf competition
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A San Diegan is competing at the Olympics, not for the gold, but for the best surfing photos.
“This is sort of a pinnacle event for me because I'm a surfer and I love shooting surfing,” said Sean Haffey, who spent years taking pictures for the San Diego Union Tribune. Now he's in Tahiti shooting Olympic surfing for Getty Images. The competition is taking place at a spot called Teahupo'o, which loosely translates to "place of skulls."
“It's a very dangerous wave,” said Haffey who has already visited the site several times. "A lot of the competitors wear helmets. There have been brain injuries out here. There's been death. It's a very violent wave."