He's knifing into a wave! Nice knifing! Knifing the takeoff! Let's knife!
Yesterday was a fabulous one by any measure. Jaws really did soften me up and I thought to myself, even while writing that The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau is the best show on earth, that it would look weak and small compared to Maui’s right hook.
I have rarely been happier to be wrong. Those drops? Mason Ho getting obliterated? Grant Twiggy free falling from the sky? Tangled leg ropes and mixed martial arts? Jaime O’Brien? It was a tour de force.
Watching “The Bay Call the Day” and listening to the web commentary team describe the heroics like John John “knifing” into a big one was pure pleasure and how many times did the web commentary team use the word “knifing?” Every time someone caught a wave? Every other time?
I accidentally have a graduate degree in applied linguistics and so, for me, language is also accidentally a very fun thing to observe. It seems like every year there are three or four words that the WSL commentary gang get into their mouths and cannot get out. Who could forget such classics as “foam climb” or “thanks for the insight, Pete?”
Do you think “knifing” will cross the Pacific and make its presence felt as the tour kicks off on the Gold Coast? Which are your favorite oft repeated WSL words?
How about ‘body english’?
I’ve definitely heard that one said. …I’m wondering if it’s much different to other body languages?
“pretty fun to watch”
how has “flying down the line” not been mentioned yet?! My first completed manoeuvre
Bring back “pizza throw”
youve missed “on point”
Mick Fanning’s “twist wrap”.
Packing the barrel
Really packed it
Got under the hood of that one
Taps one off the top
.joe’s “- he’ll padlle back out ‘n reset…”
.ross’ “- silky smooth style…”
.pottz’ “- wow!”
“- absolutely right, joe!”
Turps hasn’t mentioned the “tube monster” for a while.
full of ohana, so much ohana, amazing to see ohana. brock hussein ohana, ohana swell. spread ohana. only ohana can ruin the word ohana.
Joe Turpel commentating a head dip, “He got a quick cover up.” Joe Turpel commentating a 10 second, behind the foam ball barrel, “He got a quick cover up.”
Best surfers on the planet. Pottz to use this 50+ times in 2016 as well as other highly annoying over used over hyped boring as batshit personal repetitive one liners
Tautology: “ANSWER BACK”
Some phrases that come to mind are:
“Taggin’ it” very often followed by “To finish”
“He needs a score in the Excellent range”
“The Hail Mary!” used whenever Kelly catches a wave in the last minute.
“The Dragon door” The doggy door on heavier waves.
Only heard this one once but it deserves a mention: “Floppy Marmaduke” …I shit you not!
Yes! This is what I was looking for with this damned post. Thank you!
what about highline wrap
bottom hand top turn combo???? heard turpel say that
beautiful arcing turns
my favourite – absolutely on point
transition looked seamless
jams it
Cutting it back to the power source
Kala and Makua spooned
Just don’t put a fork between them
that list not too strong but “these guys are athletes” is CLASSIC.