Pro Surfer: Rafael Tapia - World Surf League

Men's CT #10 Peniche, Portugal

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Women's CT #9 Peniche, Portugal

MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal

Men's CT #9 Capbreton/Hossegor/Seignosse, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Quiksilver Pro France

Congratulations Jeremy Flores!

Women's CT #8 Capbreton/Hossegor/Seignosse, Landes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Roxy Pro France

Congratulations Carissa Moore!

Men's QS 2015

#696
Avg. heat score

4.40
Avg. wave score

2.20

Event results

Name	Place	Points	Defeated By
Maui and Sons Arica Pro Tour	49th	165	Lucas Chianca

Videos

WSL

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

2017 Wipeout of the Year Nominee: Rafael Tapia at Nazare

1 minute

News

WSL

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

TAG Heuer Wipeout of the Year Nominee - Rafael Tapia

A courageous but ultimately disastrous attempt by Chilean big-wave charger Rafael Tapia to outrun a Nazaré beast.

Career stats

Year	Rank	Points	Events	Heats	Max heat score	Best result
2015	696	165	1	1	4.40	49th
2014	492	133	1	1	3.60	33rd
2013	593	75	1	1	2.65	-

Rafael Tapia

Chile

Rafael Tapia

Chile

Following Follow

See what Rafael is up to

Follow your favorites and never miss a wave.

9 Followers 10 Followers

9 Followers

First season

2013 Men's QS

WSL is best experienced with Javascript! Make sure to enable it in your browser. .share-links-bar .share-link--comments{display:none}.spinner{display:none}.type.not-inited .global-bd{filter:none;opacity:1}.type.not-inited .global-hd{filter:none;opacity:1}.scroll-nav.initial .scroll-nav-wrap{left:0;filter:none;opacity:1}.no-js-banner{position:fixed;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;background:black;z-index:20000;color:#fff;text-align:center}#y-u-header{pointer-events:auto}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .previous, .carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .next{pointer-events:auto;display:inline-block}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .previous:before{content:" \2039 ";display:inline-block;padding-right:8px}.carousel .carousel-item-title-wrap .next:after{content:"\203A";display:inline-block;padding-left:8px}.global-main .popup-wrap{display:block}[id^="nsi"]{opacity:1}.post-body .social-embed{display:none}.post-body .video-item{display:none}.proxy-img{opacity:1}.slideshow .slideshow-item--portrait .slideshow-item-img{padding-top:0}.slideshow .slideshow-item--portrait .slideshow-item-img img{position:relative}.cookie-consent{pointer-event:auto;opacity:1}.cookie-consent__cta{display:none}#nsi-1{background-image:url("https://dqndusk8a84ol.cloudfront.net/image/b49a04b933cdcf2bec0550120bf1e6eb.jpg?&x=640&y=360&cx=449&cy=0&cw=1518&ch=854&icq=74&sig=dc9263a6dfd2f096fdfd215e4a030a72");} #nsi-2{background-image:url("https://dqndusk8a84ol.cloudfront.net/image/c80f402cb168370181a8fac5683f37e9.jpg?&x=640&y=360&cx=166&cy=362&cw=1282&ch=721&icq=74&sig=86b27f62ea2a18f0927ad6826db4d664");}

World Surf League

Download it for free on the App store. Download it for free on Google Play.