Fanning, Slater, Adriano buried. Meanwhile, Kolohe Andino continues to soar!
Ricardinho Toledo is certainly packing on the pounds, huh? I’ve been watching the guy inflate all season, at this rate they’ll be able to roll him down the beach by next year.
His kid took out Mason Ho with a surplus of points.
I’m so sick of hearing the talking heads try to convince us the waves are good. Sure, by El Porto standards. But I want to see the best surf well, not suffer through some tedious wave catching contests.
Why did Slater have one of those shitty plastic skateboards in his locker? Which, I noticed, are made from particle board. Way to cut corners, WSL!
The Portuguese Wave Series is an interesting idea. Like the Triple Crown, only the wave suck and no one cares who wins.
Slater’s performance is pretty much guaranteeing we’ll see him on tour next year. I don’t believe the most competitive man on Earth is willing to retire on a low note.
Whichever judge gave Nat Young a 9.5 for three lackluster backside turns needs to have his fucking eyes examined.
It’s ironic that ADS got knocked out by a wildcard with even worse style. Not, like, O. Henry level, more like rain on your wedding day.
JJ should’ve won his heat, but I like Keanu Asing, so I’m not too upset about it.
I certainly hope no one picked their Fantasy team based on my recommendations. Everyone but Flores is out by round three. Oof.
Speaking of Flores, Frenchy’s on a tear, huh? Don’t really know how that last wave was a 9.43, but whatever.
Meanwhile, Kolohe Andino continues to soar, and as predicted (here).
Crickets here…I guess no one cares about Beach Grit because the articles are worse than an average comment on Stab’s board. Pretty sad. I give you another 3 months before bankruptcy.
i hate this event so much im just watching the post heat interviews, the ones where the guys lose.
The humiliating thing for the WSL is that the surf has actually been pumping everywhere but Supertubes. Why they don’t go mobile is beyond me.
I’m sure this has been said many a time before, but the Portuguese Waves Series, along with its parent entity the Triple Crown, is complete and utter bullshit, due to the fact that only about 5 guys get to compete in all the contests (maybe 10 for the Triple Crown). But regardless, one could win the first two events, and then be denied access to the third due its CT status and current wildcard structure. For instance, Jack Freestone was only a few hundred points behind Kolohe after the first two events, but because he’s not on the CT and didn’t have access to a wildcard into Supertubos, he was effectively removed from any chance of winning. To win one of these things you basically have to be on tour. Another example is Julian Wilson about 5-7 years ago when he was leading (I think) the Triple Crown after Sunset but couldn’t get into Pipe. In this case I think they need a new wildcard structure to uphold the legitimacy of these Tri-competition thingies. Plus Kolohe doesn’t even need 25k, give it to Caio or something.
Commentators are a freaking nightmare, particularly Ross saying dumbest things. The interviews are even worse, with coked up Peter Mel & cutie-pie-surf-novice Chelsea, appearing to be telling the surfers what they should be thinking & feeling. The Peter Mel interview with Medina was a shocker with Medina having to retort. Have these guys & girls ever heard of ‘open questions’?
the Mick Fanning end of season / proven in Europe narrative the commentators wouldn’t shut up about for a few events is in tatters.
QS level waves, QS level surfers dominating.
This is an awful contest, just awful
despite the wave quality I think this contest has produced some of the more interesting moments/scenarios of the year so far, and thats saying something. this title race has got me wetter than Ricardinho in a whistle shop
wetter than Ricardinho in a whistle shop – you have made my year
Gabby baby.