Two things the world can't get enough of!
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it many times. The general non-surfing public will click on two things when it comes to our favorite dance.
1) Shark attack.
2) Big wave wipeout.
The World Surf League short film “Shark attacks Mick Fanning at J-Bay Open” has been viewed over 24 million times on YouTube. That is, like, 24 million times more than the next WSL production.
In second place is the wipeout reel. The Big Wave Awards just released this year’s and it has made the USA Today and Bleacher Report. Let’s watch!
Bleacher Report writes:
Those of you who enjoy surfing as a hobby may want to think twice about viewing the video above.
As Hemal Jhaveri of USA Today’s For the Win explained Wednesday, the World Surf League recently announced its nominees for the 2017 Wipeout of the Year award, which it will hand out at the Big Wave Awards in Huntington Beach, California, on April 29.
In anticipation of that event, the WSL released a video of the nominated spills, and the footage is jarring.
Truth be told, we’re not sure if it would be worse to be the person who fell from the very top of a wave or the individual swallowed by the water near the base.
Hmmmmm.
Anyhow, when Mick Fanning got bumped by a shark it got 24 million views. When he got bumped yesterday by Kanoa Igarashi it got 152 views. Let’s post that too and try to grow its numbers so Kanoa feels more valuable than a shark.
“Truth be told, we’re not sure if it would be worse to be the person who fell from the very top of a wave or the individual swallowed by the water near the base.”
I’ve been surfing for 20 years and I still don’t have an answer to this question.
I’ve been surfing for 20 years and have no idea what that question even means.
I love when they add the “wipeout” song to wipeout sections. that’s soo cool.
The inertia have published an article “This is why having a period sucks for women”…
obviously their slant on shark attacks no?
seriously? you’re joking. you have to be joking…
No joke, I didn’t read the offending article mind!
Their most popular “article” on the site the past few weeks is a photo series of women breastfeeding. On a surf/snowboard website.
Wait. There are people who go there for the pictures as well?
http://www.theinertia.com/h…
This is fucking amazing. I would pay up to $100 to hear the rejected pitches from their meetings.
omgomgomgomg it’s real.
so i have an hour+ interview to transcribe right now. so really, no better time to go over there and read this nonsense.
i’ll report back. 👀
update i read the first sentence and like, maybe blew espresso all over my keyboard
that was a weird thing to put on a surf site. like really weird even if you’re tryna get more women to read you.
also throwing shade at women’s mags is hella unchill. they aren’t necessarily my people, but they do good work.
surely you can find an intern for transcriptions
if only dude if only
Hint: there aren’t any rejected!
If “10 Reasons Why Pointbreak Is The Best Surf Movie Ever” wasn’t rejected, nothing can be.
To their credit, I’m surprised it wasn’t written by a guy.
ahahahahahah omg that would have ruled actually
I almost left a comment about the 29 yoga poses adverteasement giving me a chubby, but was reduced to half mast when I accidentally read some of the article resulting in a total loss of interest.
Ha! I saw a couple walk down the beach with boards the other day and do yoga for about an hour before they paddled out. They were so loose and rubbery when they got out, every wave saw them falling off, hitting the water with head while feet were still planted on the board. Didn’t see them make one wave. They must have been inertia subscribers.
Cheerleaders would be nice…
What about milfs
I wish all those fuckers out surfing where I was yesterday would have gotten eaten by sharks. Really, you guys need to come out right next to me (even though there is a whole empty stretch of beach), paddle for EVERY SINGLE bump, act like you’re surfing Mavericks (only going straight), and always strive to get in my way? Fuck you.
If I had known it was you Karl I would have said hello!
Yeah sorry. It my first time there and I was feeling pretty hyped but also nervous.
It was two foot and I was a little intimidated, felt a bit like Moh Ramhi at Mullaghmore!
my board only goes straight i don’t know what’s wrong with it somebody help me
It probably doesn’t have any rails Jen. They sold you a lemon
oh. huh. rails. surfing is so fucking complicated.
That’s just the coaching talking.
you and i would get along great, karl. just as long as you didn’t come any fucking where near me in the water.
pretty sure that’s true of a lot of people hanging around here
Your crowding the comments section
don’t worry i show up like once every couple weeks, make lots of noise and get in the way, then go back to where i came from.
We would and I wouldn’t dream of it. I’d rather light my face on fire.
I was sitting 3 hyptos to your left. I laughed when I saw other people laughing. I don’t know why, I just do it
I should have known… that fucking front foot deck grip….
Well at least I didn’t try to tell you about all the waves I was catching. This time.
I appreciate that. So many sick barrels on hand, I’m surprised you kept it in…
I was frothing, bro! FROTHING!