The miraculous ripe fruit of John John, Dane, Mick and Julian Wilson…
Surfers don’t ask much of their heroes. We merely ask that they be capable in good waves, unfettered in the air and unscathed of pox.
On the opening day of the Quiksilver Pro, France, held a couple of clicks out of town at the nudist beach Les Cul Nuls, we were served the plump but loose Dane Reynolds, a brutal and arrogant Julian Wilson, the easy brilliance of John John Florence and the world title-bound Mick Fanning.
First, let’s examine Dane Reynolds. Superficially lighthearted but no one does post-tube turns like this, smooth, precise and slightly mocking, without a deep competitiveness.
Julian Wilson stepped back into the ropes for the world title with a brutal, easy win.
John John? You could almost hear his exquisitely bored voice: “That was far too easy.”
And jazz master Mick Fanning? His heat was an exhibition of his own skill.
QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 1 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Brett Simpson (USA) 14.84, Kelly Slater (USA) 14.84, Jadson Andre (BRA) 10.90
Heat 2: Julian Wilson (AUS) 18.80, Miguel Pupo (BRA) 10.83, Aritz Aranburu (ESP) 5.66
Heat 3: Dane Reynolds (USA) 17.00, Sebastian Zietz (HAW) 15.90, Owen Wright (AUS) 8.94
Heat 4: Tomas Hermes (BRA) 11.57, Adam Melling (AUS) 10.97, Filipe Toledo (BRA) 9.93
Heat 5: Adriano de Souza (BRA) 16.00, Caio Ibelli (BRA) 6.37, Keanu Asing (HAW) 4.97
Heat 6: Mick Fanning (AUS) 16.73, Michel Bourez (PYF) 10.73, Maxime Huscenot (FRA) 8.87
Heat 7: Gabriel Medina (BRA) 14.33, Matt Wilkinson (AUS) 6.76, Dusty Payne (HAW) 4.33
Heat 8: John John Florence (HAW) 18.60, Alejo Muniz (BRA), 10.93, Jeremy Flores (FRA) 2.83
Heat 9: Adrian Buchan (AUS) 18.40, Italo Ferreira (BRA) 14.84, Ricardo Christie (NZL) 9.50
Heat 10: Bede Durbidge (AUS) 13.70, Glenn Hall (IRL) 6.43, Nat Young (USA) 4.67
Heat 11: Kolohe Andino (USA) 14.40, Kai Otton (AUS) 11.10, Josh Kerr (AUS) 9.90
Heat 12: C.J. Hobgood (USA) 15.43, Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) 10.73, Joel Parkinson (AUS) 10.50
UPCOMING QUIKSILVER PRO FRANCE ROUND 2 MATCH-UPS:
Heat 1: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Maxime Huscenot (FRA)
Heat 2: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Caio Ibelli (BRA)
Heat 3: Kelly Slater (USA) vs. Aritz Aranburu (ESP)
Heat 4: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Dusty Payne (HAW)
Heat 5: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Alejo Muniz (BRA)
Heat 6: Nat Young (USA) vs. Ricardo Christie (NZL)
Heat 7: Josh Kerr (AUS) vs. Glenn Hall (IRL)
Heat 8: Wiggolly Dantas (BRA) vs. Michel Bourez (PYF)
Heat 9: Joel Parkinson (AUS) vs. Keanu Asing (HAW)
Heat 10: Kai Otton (AUS) vs. Adam Melling (AUS)
Heat 11: Matt Wilkinson (AUS) vs. Sebastian Zietz (HAW)
Heat 12: Jadson Andre (BRA) vs. Miguel Pupo (BRA)
Lol is this guy for real?
Sigh, I dont think it’s going to work Caveira. No one here wants to “play”
So Im going to keep on blacklisting as you are falling outside of Beachgrits manifesto. {bottom left of homepage, well worth a read.}
#11 on the Manifesto is
We believe that free speech is free until it hits dumb and cruel.
Also to save you some time… Even though you have revolving changing IP address, when I hit the admin Blacklist button it comes up with the option to block and delete, all or any of the following posts linked to the following…
IP address= ????
Email= [email protected]
Disqus user= chokebrain
Best of luck in regards to your World Domination
Yours sincerely
Negatron
That escalated quickly.
Sounds impressive. When the world is Caveira’s and every surf website has been shut down by your all round awesomeness and superior dominance on the keyboard, Whats going to be there for you at the end?
Hey Caveira. Congratulations on your 15 Disqus account here!! Such restraint on just one post today and because its only one I will answer. when you post 30 I just get confused. Just for the record I have never blocked your IP address just blocked the disqus account. Also so you know your little 50 post rampage the other day (and the record of 92 posts last week!) Only takes about two clicks on my mouse and 2-3 seconds of my day to delete all your posts and block your account. how long does it take to cut and paste 92 posts and start up a new email/ disqus account.?
wsl drinking game – have a shot every time the commentators mention Mick going for his 4th world title, or how dangerous he is in europe, or how he’s the best (end of year tour) finisher on tour. you will be dead inside heat 1.
Every time I go surf now, I’m cursed to say to myself “he just got his feet on the wax” every time I catch my first wave. Fuckin commentary team.
I’ve been taking everything to the ‘bricks’ recently
where is danes 8.23? not in the recap.. cant watch the heat analyzer… pretty obvious seabs got hosed and the wsl is juicing dane to up viewers… im a dane fan but come on now
Inventing a wave & score out of thin air? I would have to admire the judges for that brashness.
I don’t think he is saying it is made up, but it is a bit peculiar that you can watch the heat analyzer for every heat but Dane’s.