Geo Quiz

Searching for big surf

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Surf’s up for today’s Geo Quiz. You can catch the perfect wave off the coast of the island we’re looking for.

It’s part of French Polynesia…so that puts us in the South Pacific Ocean. The island’s about 400 square miles…and it’s a beautiful place. The French painter Paul Gaugin certainly liked it there.

Today, it’s especially popular with tourists. And those waves! You won’t find better surfing anywhere. In fact, a 3D IMAX film about surfing is being shot on the island.

The film is expected to premiere in five months. But you’ve got a little more than five SECONDS to come up with the answer.

We were looking for an island location in the heart of French Polynesia where shooting is underway for an IMAX surfing movie.

The name of the island is Tahiti.

National Geographic explorer Jon Bowermaster has been watching the shoot. Now Jon — help us out a bit. The islands of French Polynesia are scattered over a million square miles of ocean….and there are around 130 islands. Does Tahiti have the wildest, most dangerous, most perfect surf wave?

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