Don't shoot the messenger!
And whenever a new wave is discovered it spins our imagination like nothing else. Mick Fanning’s reverse Skeleton Bay is such a wonderful example. We all watch once, twice, then race to find where the wave is and then someone finds and shares with the world and some celebrate and some book tickets and some wag their tongues.
But what are the ethics?
Pre-Internet it was simple. Nobody says nothin. But what about today? What about our time?
Stab seems to think the old rule still applies:
Mick surfs in an undisclosed location (the lack of landmarks in photo and film is no accident). But, we all know there’s no secrets anymore, not in 2017, not with Google Maps, not with The Inertia (and no, we won’t link the article which has hopefully been deleted by now).
Such a high horse to be perched upon! A high, nostalgic silly horse wearing a Modom anti-shark leash around his hooves!
To pretend that GoogleMaps and the rest of our tools don’t exist is to be willfully ignorant. To be backward looking and, well, dumb. And look at Stab being dumber than The Inertia! Also holier than thou! It’s Wacky Wednesday!
There are only two culpable parties to blame for the revelation of where this new magical wave exists.
Mick Fanning and his Rip Curl.
If they wanted to keep it secret then they should have kept it secret. No photos. No film. Just the joy of being there.
Stab referencing the “lack of landmarks in photo and film” is, again, willfully ignorant of modern technology. Once an image or clip is shared, no matter how tight the frame, it is easy for sleuths to discover.
Oh, I don’t think Mick Fanning and his Rip Curl are bad for sharing, I just think ethically, they may as well have released the clip titled Ain’t No Wave Pool… It’s maybe Mauritania! (even though I’m a little doubtful about it being Mauritania because I don’t think Mick would have the guts to go there…)
Now don’t that name just pop!
What the fuck? Rory is writing for the Inertia? Ahahahahahahahahaha
maybe it’s cimarron, the town next to lemoore, ca.
I probably wouldn’t make the drop
You may have finally crossed the line with that inertia accusation.
I don’t get what Mick has to gain by participating in this. Hasn’t he made enough money? Beer money drying up already? He’s irrelevant already so no need to try to hang on. Just surf a wave by yourself and keep your mouth shut. Seems like at this point in his career, a little known wave that you can occasionally have to yourself would be worth a lot more.
Once a slut, always a slut.
His beer company literally can’t keep up with demand / orders.
Decent surfer too
That’s because some of us like to drink more than 4 beers.
Ummm, he’s a professional surfer…
The only thing this vid is going to create is a lucrative kidnapping businesss of pretty white surfer boys. This isn’t a friendly neighborhood.
He should have worn a 1mil full suit with booties, gloves and hood to spin everybody.
i like how you think.
He doesn’t give a rats ass…
Straight up truth. They should have just made something up. Saying it was a secret spot was their first, and only, mistake with that clip.
The real pieces of shit are the ones who find the place, open up an ‘Eco surf and yoga resort’, claim exclusive rights to the wave and fill it with middle aged self entitled Gary’s and white people with dreadlocks. Yuck.
I imagine the dinner conversations would suck, but the lack of takers on set waves could possibly make up for it…
They probably have weed and wives that haven’t been fucked for years too. I reckon I could make the most of the trip.
No no no! The REAL pieces of shit are the ones who show up 35 years after it was discovered, open a SUP school and rental shop with an eco SUP Yoga offshoot, and present themselves on the Internet as the King of the Spot.
WAIT! The REAL pieces of shit are the old drunks who hang out near the spot, going on and on about how good it was 42 years ago, muttering about the blow-ins and how much better some guy they knew from the 70s was and how fucked the surf industry is for destroying surfing.
WAIT!!…
Pirights in Somalia. Look it up.
Fuck, why blame anyone?
FFS then what would have to do on forums?
Oh I’m totally not. I think it’s all fine and good. The story was mainly aimed at Stab who was trying to stab The Inertia.
Exactly, if you want to keep the secret just don´t post it on the internet jungle. Video went viral, and that´s good news for them, so I don´t think Rip Curl gonna complain about people talking.
Rip Curl discovered this wave, there are (presumably) no locals, if Mick and Rip Curl want to out the place then go ahead. If on the other hand there is a small crew of locals – well then that would be another matter altogether!
Now how about those wannabe pros who put local spots into their shitty clips and then try to act the hard man local at the same spot. Cunts!
Amen!
If one more of those twats claims any socal spots as a secret I might lose it
Rip curl didn’t discover the wave
did Chas?
Right on bro, they love to get in the surfing media spotlight, makes them feel important, meanwhile they sell out their local spot and then friggin complain about all the drift ins, cunts…
It’s in Mozambique …breaks bigger, too
Best part of Rip Curl title, “I’m a little doubtful about it being Mauritania because I don’t think Mick would have the guts to go there…”
Funny for them to say that! They should have also added “he’s no tough guy like Chas Smith, that guy’s been to Yemen!”
Don’t forget Syria!
I’ve been to Doha (where I was proudly shown the remains of a SCUD missle from GW1),Dubai and Tunisia and that’s enough ME adventure for me.
I’ve been to Adelaide.
Did Saddam SCUD them also?
Sure would explain a lot.
fuck I went to Israel dressed as Adolph!
You’re my new favourite, Brutus.
https://youtu.be/ZcNyrt0T4aI
Sun appears to be rising/ have risen out of the ocean in some clips so more likely to not be a west facing coast.. then again they could be evening clips.
i smashed the webcam off my computer as i wrote this
Just because the internet exists does not make it a good thing. We are free to resist the ways in which it has inextricably fucked our world. Ex: The Inertia’s existence, Trump’s fake news train to the WH, oversharing on social media ruining uncrowded surf spots.
But don’t blame the deskbound schlubs who try to solve the riddle! Blame the guys who put it on the internet in the first place
I’ll blame the schlubs too if they go spouting off about a secret wave’s location