Or the damned Southern Cross if you are a no good convict!
Oh I know that I’m supposed to be so anti-Olympic because surfing is NOT a sport it is a LIFESTYLE but I am, in my heart, thrilled THRILLED that we will be marching in Tokyo. Because, like, USA! USA! USA!
And maybe it is my problem with the World Surf League. I can’t for the life of me seriously cheer for Kolohe Andino or Kanoa Igarashi or Dane Reynolds or any other individual on the World Surf League Championship Tour. Men who do are closeted pedophiles.
(I’m looking at anyone over 18 who has purchased a WSL surf jersey)
But I CAN cheer for country. For AMERICA! And I know that you cheer Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, etc.
So how much fun are we going to have in 2020? The message boards will be tinged with xenophobia and if Donald J. Trump in my president then nuclear war may be a very real option! We will bring real grit to our discussions, real passion. Paixao! We can discuss the nuances of British surfing (ha!) and the strengths of the Spanish (double ha!).
Who will surf for Mexico? For Fiji? For Tahiti?
Will it make Hawaii take separation seriously for the first time since the islands were annexed? Will Rory Parker have a major dilemma on his hands?
Goddamn I love nationalism.
Ed. Addition:
Look at WSL CEO Paul Speaker trying to chime in on someone else’s accomplishment! What a total asshat! Paul? Are you there? Do you want to talk with me yet? Fucking goober kook? NFL shit bag?
“Congratulations to ISA President, Fernando Aguerre, and the ISA on their successful bid to have the sport included in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games,” said Paul Speaker, CEO of the World Surf League (WSL), the globally recognized home of professional surfing
Globally recognized. Globally. Yeah.
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He would still have to win something for that to happen, so….
Australia vs Brazil, U.S. vs North Korea. There will be blood.. like the ultimate blood feud but on steroids. And since it’s the olympics the steroids should fit right in.
1. Native Hawaiians never relinquished their sovereignty; America took it. 2. I think Chas and Paul Speaker should settle this weird thing Chas has got going, Hawaiian style, i.e., scrap. 3. surfing in the olympics? I don’t like the idea bc it means more exposure, which means more kooks, but, I’ll watch.
i think all of the pre-colonial people of the world never relinquished their sovereignty. wasnt a lot of choice at the time.
Yeah; I’m just complaining.
“Men who do are closeted pedophiles.
(I’m looking at anyone over 18 who has purchased a WSL surf jersey)”
*slow clap and head nod of agreement*
I’ve actually wondered if they paid those schlubs in the “I’m Gabriel” ads or if surf fans really are that unaware of themselves.
Unaware for sure, but if the sands of the Snapper contest are anything to go by I’d guess most in attendance could only be described as casual surfers at best.
Dude, with the numbers of surfers out there, every one of them is a casual surfer. Soul arch or no.
What about the “I’m Steph” ad, there is one lad with a beard who is really giving it loads!
JJF 4 HI
I’d guess that Hawaiian surfers would represent USA. JJF on Team America (Fuck Yeah!)
Calling out Paul Speaker is top LEL.
man, his press release was epic passive aggressive. “Well done Fernando! We’ll help you get it right.”
Prediction: the 2020 Olympic Surfing Champion will be Welsh. Maybe 2024. 2028.
Will it be in the Special Olympics and if so will Mason Ho represent Hawaii or the US?
that article showed the realm of BeachGrit!!!!
If you understood English you’d realize I was encouraging you to wave the Order and Progress dumb desgraçado!
Dear @chas@disqus_nEmZsdyY0S:disqus , I liked your article!!! I’m the biggest fan of Beach Grit. When I said that the article showed the realm of BeachGrit, cuz i think the way all of the BEach GRit journalists put your opinion into words is the best on specialized surfing midia. I understood that I mistook realm and soul. And you call me desgraçado?!?!? Your reply to me doesn’t fit into the purpose of BeachGrit, unless I didn’t understand BeachGrit purpose. By the way, do you speak another language than english?
Chas Smith, go fuckyourself seu filho da puta arrombado do caralho