Peter King has done it again!
The 2017 Rip Curl Pro Bells was a thing of beauty. Solid surf, huge performances, and a Fantasy win made it my favorite event of the season. Little did I know Peter King was about to push me to new emotional levels via his behind-the-scenes escapades on TourNotes.
This edition is one of my favorites to date. It’s got everything from comedy to action to women’s rights to tears of joy to a Nik Karol cameo.
Some highlights include:
– John’s golf skills. Impressively bad for an athlete of his pedigree.
– Simpo displaying his most impressive talent — commentary! Seriously WSL, lock this guy up before he has to start sweeping floors at the Hurley.
– Coco rousting the men, and the WSL, in regards to the wave quality for their day one performances (the girls accidentally scored while the guys dealt with chest-high blah).
– A teary-eyed Caio calling his dad pre-final. My heart, it melts!
– Nick Carroll! Is that face chiseled from marble or granite?
Sit back and enjoy!
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And he did on a PU arakawa not a varial but yet varial is still using it for promotion. If I wanted to get sick ever time I shaped I’d get drunk while shaping varial just kills you.
Stoked for Caio – thought his lines were the most visually appealing of any surfer in the event.
Damn nice compliment..
Fully agree. He was pretty impressive last year with less quality and size but I can wholeheartedly say I wanna surf like him. Also Frederico whom he ousted. Jordy was actually less impressive throughout the bigger size/lower tide heats. Seems like his flawless technique comes out at under 5ft.
Both riding rounded pins by Glenn Pang (Caio also rode an Arakawa).
I guess you mean Caio and Jordy because I know Frederico is on JS… maybe that was the point of difference between them.
nah watch the analyzer, fred rode a pang for a few heats (R5 for sure)