What if the middle bits were cut out of a surf contest? Come find out how it feels!
Sometimes lulls drip with anticipation. Two surfers bob. Ronnie Blakey layers on the buttery intensity. Pottz amps it down, slightly. And then fireworks! Sometimes lulls drip with lull. Two surfers bob. Ronnie Blakey spews nonsense. Pottz amps it up, slightly. And then fizzle.
But in Portugal, a contest deemed so dull that the powers had a meeting in which they decided to cut out the lulls altogether and only stream scoring waves. Voices soar as does the heart. Take a look for yourself and tell me I’m wrong.
Also, if the World Surf League went to this formula full time do you think the surf fan at home would enjoy more or do we need the lulls, even when they drip with lull?
I wonder if anyone ever has written down the dimensions of any of them and gone to their local shaper?
Speed dating won’t help!! They’ve already tried every shade of lipstick on this pig!!!!
For this comp I have only been watching those videos! Even the boring heats with the boring surfers are watchable over ten minutes… They should also do a video with all the interviews one after another, and they should also mandate that the loser has to do an interview, might make better watching?
I reckon they did really well, considering the conditions. Lots of different camera angles made it more exciting.
I was in the hellzone that first 5 minutes of that 1st heat. Flores’ wave got me through though
I do love how they cut to something else when there is live action, it’s not frustrating at all
Maybe the collective has finally seen enough…!