Participation in the most radical heat of professional surfing's history!
J-Bay 2016 is now locked into the record books with Mick Fanning recorded, forevermore, as champion. What a storybook finish! You Can Script This™! He surfed very well and deserved every Rand of prize money, every Balter beer, every huzzah etc.
J-Bay 2015 is also locked into the record books, forevermore, with no winner. Mick and Julian, if you recall, split the points and went on their ways without trophy or recognition, aside from millions and millions of people around the word praising their steadfastness, steady backbones, heroism, courage and beach grit. I mean, true grit.
Well, apparently the World Surf League thought it was time to give real trophies to both Mick and Julian. Bravery trophies! Mick says:
“After everything that happened with J-Bay last year the trophies got put away and Julian and I didn’t get one…because no one ever won…but the WSL went above and beyond and they created a trophy to give to Julian and I and it’s…just a plaque but it’s pretty heavy…”
It is beautiful and there are only two of them in the entire world. Watch Mick show it off here!
And what was the greatest trophy you ever won?
Me?
I got third place in something once. I think.
Maybe it was fourth.
greatest trophy i ever won was the one satan gave me for slaying the most whores while alive
No trophy, But I have beaten a World Champ in a surfing contest once.
As tempting as it is to leave it at that. I probably should mention that he was a World Masters Champ and he failed to show for his heat.
I’m sure a check would have been received much more better. After all the free publicity the tour received, it’s the least they could do. Wait, they did the least they could do.
Definitely. Agreed on all points.
I won a go-kart trophy, 1st place, but of course I cheated, overtook a girl under yellow flags, my finest achievement!
I won a pair of Need boardshorts and a BG tee! My crowning achievement!
I may have been part of a CIF-winning highschool relay team in swimming, I’m not sure. Maybe 2nd place.
Sorry to disappoint, I was 12 :$… the problem was the topic of trophies. I won a couple individual awards for baseball much later, but I HATED the teams I played for. Nothing much to be taken from this, except maybe that there is a reason I now stick to surfing and trolling Beach Grit… or that, good at 12, never good again… or, I don’t know, that maybe I need to see a counselor… really, all of the above? Damn…
29 ppg is still impressive, despite/because of being 12.
My first place trophy from a season I averaged over 29 PPG (basketball)…
or, if I am being honest, and channeling Laird, I would say that I am my own greatest trophy