"They bait you to download the app then secretly lock you in their garden!"
Did you enjoy day one of the Puerto Escondido Big Wave challenge? Oh sure there were some lulls and Dave Stanfield but the Mexican Pipeline is magnificently freaky! I paddled out there once on a smaller/medium sized day, if you can believe it, and almost got smashed, if you can believe it. Crazy energy! The finals are on right now and ummmmm!
When the sets come it is nice viewing. But apparently, the WSL doesn’t want you to view with your friends! Ido Dar-El, BeachGrit‘s favorite big wave surfing deaf Jew, reports:
Since Fiji comp I’ve been trying to see the WSL on my 60inch TV. There’s a miracast u can project from phone or tablet the WSL live or any movie playing. Guess what? The WSL bastards changed the WSL app! Every time I tried screening the webcast to big tv from my tablet n phone it turns black. No webcast. When switching off the allshare/miracast or any screening-voila the live webcast appears on the phone tablet only.
I asked him why? Why the bastards would do such a thing and he says:
The WSL wants multiple onlookers thru internet only. The big money is from internet entry and all my friends are pissed. U can’t watch 20ft waves on TV anymore. Only 2mm waves on a 10 cm screen. The dirty thing is that they changed after the Rio Pro so Fiji and Puerto are Internet entry only. They bait you to download the app then secretly lock you in their garden.
And hell. If someone wants to throw a big wave viewing party and invite all of his friends they a) are probably the only person in the world doing that and b) should be encouraged! Surfing is self-centered enough! We don’t all need to be hunched over our small little devices. Alone. Internally hating those around us.
Give us community damned WSL! Give us joy!
P.S. It is being aired live on CBS Sports in California! Maybe the WSL just hates your Israeli friends!
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Get that Airplay going, son. The WSL app for iOS is surprisingly useful. It just lacks the most important part: the heat analyzer.
Get a fucking laptop and an hdmi cord and plug the fucker into your TV. Fuck I hate tablets.
I mirrored the whole thing to my 52″ TV last night. Worked fine.
why do you need the app? Just watch on line?
The bigger story here is if Makua Kai Rothman, the Dave-Stansfield-proclaimed Prince of da North Shore, will ever be able to play ukulele again with his rib injury. At least we still have Donovan.
Franken-Clapton??? The end time is indeed upon us
I remember paddling out for my first surf at puerto on a 6’1 (back in the day when 6’1’s probably had 20 liters of volume), 30 minutes before sunrise as the first wisps of light shone. Couldn’t really be sure how big it was, lots of people running round with 7’2s, etc, thought they were just pussies. Fresh off a month in Indo I thought i was gonna light it up and get pitted everywhere. Never seen waves move so fast, it was like they were on meth or something. Got caught inside by a 6-8 footer, broke my leggie, paddled back out, got a couple more on the head, then snapped my board pulling into a small closeout. Even now i still have a hard time committing out there, place is fucked
Nick Dee is behind this!