Where The Road Ends: At Home With Raimana Van Bastolaer

In the print edition of TSJ 24.1, writer Chas Smith reports back from a stay at Raimana Van Bastolaer’s house in Tahiti. As the unofficial mayor of Teahupoo, and a prime local fixer for travelers looking to maximize their odds of success at one of the world’s scariest waves, Raimana routinely hosts film crews, World Tour contestants, even supermodels.

And while things are considerably more hectic at the End of the Road than they were 15 years ago, Raimana still runs things with calm Tahitian hospitality—both on land and in the water. In this short clip, he packs a few tubes from behind the jet ski, as is his prerogative. It's his house, after all.

[toamaori]

Te Ahu Po'o - the altar of heads... such a fitting name

[wendellfugate]

Utter filth. That looked like a Stretch Reidel tow board. Of course it may have been counterfeit.