When science meets surf there is some incredible cross-over. Big thanks to World Surf League for collaborating with us on this video for #OurBluePlanet – a BBC Earth digital project with Alucia Productions. Part Two: Check our WSL’s channel here: www.youtube.com/user/ASPWorldTour Discover more amazing ocean stories via Alucia Productions: aluciaproductions.com/ + https://vimeo.com/aluciaproductions Further reading part one: Big wave science: www.researchgate.net/publication/262570526_Wave_energy_potential_along_the_western_Portuguese_coast  Our smartphone calculation was run past some physicists. It’s based on phones with a 6.91 Wh battery and wave power of 9.1 MW/m. Teahupo’o science: www.surfscience.com/topics/waves-and-weather/waves-101/science-of-teahupoo Check out the BBC Earth website www.bbc.com/earth Join the BBC Earth community: Facebook: www.facebook.com/bbcearth Twitter: twitter.com/BBCEarth?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Instagram:www.instagram.com/bbcearth/?hl=en www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv This is a channel from BBC Worldwide who help fund new BBC programmes.

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