Quiksilver's In Memory of Eddie Aikau could make us all rich (poor)!
More money was bet on this past Super Bowl than any other single event ever. 132.5 million dollars properly and legally placed in Las Vegas. 4.2 billion dollars illegally with Italian mobsters and such. Much of it was lost, of course, Las Vegas is very smart with their spreads etc. and much of it was lost, illegally, too. Italian mobsters breaking kneecaps and such.
Which brings us to tomorrow’s Eddie. It might be the most perfect of surf events to gamble on. There is enough history for novices to go back and see how it works. The scoring is simple. It is generally clear when someone has surfed a better wave than another. The whole thing runs in one day.
And just think of all the different things that could be bet upon! During the Super Bowl, for example, there was an over/under on how long it would take for Lady Gaga to sing the national anthem. The Eddie could have an over/under on how many times Kelly Slater gives a backhanded compliment to a competitor. Wave height, top score, top four, winner, number of wipeouts, number of broken leashes, are easy money lines etc. etc. Endless!
Finally, the Eddie would look gorgeous broadcast on those giant screens wrapping Las Vegas sports books. It would be fun for all and maybe especially the fat Midwesterners losing their life savings.
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Escaped the zoo again, monkey? I have one eye on the ‘freedom screen’ and the other eye on “Days of Revolt: America’s Death Squads” video. Why you spamming my inbox during business hours on this old thread? Evolution is possible.
So yeah how’s that gambling going?
Anyone bet on it being 12 foot?
job for the win…
when are they having the hydrofoil eddie so laird can teach all the kids a thing or two? take down the trophy, quick interview with cnn and fox news as the face of surfing, then back to the club house on one of those golf surf things for a hard earned protein shake.
The head says Greg Long. The heart says any combination of JJF, Healy or Aaron Gold. Yes…I think that a lesser know guy like Gold can win.
By the way…Brock Little’s interview in Surfing was interesting because he said that a winter like this has a generational impact. Guys will surf so many big waves in such a short period of time that the boundaries will be pushed again. That’s what he said helped him in ’83 (I think).
I’m taking Slater.
It’s a damn shame there is no house you can bet against in the U.S. That’s what this article should be about.
eddie vedder has a surf contest named after him?
no, it’s that maiden’s one…
That caption should be scrawled in blood in the toilets ( I believe Americans use the quaint and faintly prudish term “bathroom” or “restroom”) at What Youth as an example of the Everest of the genre.
Very good.
I am so happy right now.
Italian mobsters is like selling your competitor a wave or pulling their leg rope. Watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
Literally no one is going to fucking watch that.
If the video is all falsification then what is there to fear or worry about? You should watch the video rather than tremble in fear of the Jaws.
…should it not be Jews this time? you know, tremble in fear… idk, nick, I’m confused, you fucking up with these vowels every time…
I’m confused here. Are you suggesting that Americans don’t know there’s a Jewish Mafia? That we’ve never heard of Meyer Lansky? Or Lefty Rosenthal? Bugsy Siegel? In all seriousness, I think most Americans are aware that there is an Italian Mafia, and a Russian one, and Japanese, and a Jewish, and a Mexican one, Korean, Greek etc. Italians just looked and talked the funniest, that’s why they’re in movies.
Well, let me give you a summary of the first 2 minutes. In the first minute, there’s a fairly interesting Jeep commercial – 75 years of making cars apparently. In the second minute, you learn that the movie is narrated by David Duke. Yes, THE David Duke. That’s all I got through.
Wow, And I thought the Duke brothers just vanished… I’m surprised Nick would support a known pornographer. What sort of man would subject his sister to such perversion.
negatron dont try so hard
How about I try a little less and you try alittle harder, it’ll work well for my family and your grades…
ha