A near perfect score for one hiccup, one full-buttocked bash and one hiccup…
Whew. The elixir of the people has worn off and I’ve returned to my comfortably cynical and virtually heartless position. Hello, again!
And can we discuss Jordy Smith’s nine-point wave in the Hurley Pro final against the new best surfer in the world Filipe Toledo?
It was a 9.
A 9.
A 9 for one hiccup, one full-buttocked bash and one hiccup.
9.
And what the hell?
I understand that the judges are under enormous pressure, generally do very well, being critical is easy etc. etc.
But what the hell?
Jordy basically safety surfed his way though the quarters and semis and finals and he was almost rewarded with the highest gift in the land for so doing. The WSL needs to figure this out because 75% surfing is going to be a Chinese water torture death. They have to figure some way to incorporate a reward for risk. Like gymnastics. Degree of difficulty being factored in alongside makes and misses.
Conspiracists might suggest that Jordy’s 9 was the judges punishing Filipe for storming the tower and shouting swears some three events ago. They might also suggest that a Jordy Smith championship is being preordained.
Are you a conspiracist?
Or do you think doing one turn on a head-high wave is worthy of a 9?
But it’s a skatepark out there Chas! Such high performance, much progression.
Extrapolation. Elements of truth, with poetic license thrown in.
to those in the know, ive never really had to much interaction with jordy but is he really the arrogant cut he generally comes of as in interviews?
Well that was the worst Lowers contest in a long time. Poor judging, fucked-up new rule, resurf, 30mn long lulls. High performance wave my ass. Good thing the calendar is going to change cause it obviously doesn’t get good in summer.
I believe it is Ewing who invented this strategy on Round 1.
Yeah fair call. I think we were all robbed by Jordy not getting another wave. Then we would have seen what the judges were up to…… score him low to try square things up or “overscore” him again to win the heat?
It’s called judging. You know when someone catches a wave, does a turn then the wave closes out? You score them for that turn. Well when someone’s riding a wave, think what you’d score them if the finished now, or now, or now. Little fluff turns and filler shit doesn’t accumulate more points. If Filipe did a little floater or nothing turn after that air revvy (pretending for arguments sake it didnt closeout) on his 7 pointer, it wouldn’t have added to his score. But if he did a good turn or another air after it then he would have jumped up in to the 8’s or 9’s. Do some judging courses, Ed U Kate yourself.
You’re a bit confused champ. I’m not talking about cumulative points scoring.
Thought Mason learnt the floater from his pops or some other uncle in Hawai‘i. That’s probably before Parko’s time. I could be wrong though, my wife says so all the time.
Jordys wave was better than Filipes, watch it back. Maybe not a 9 but definitely deserved a higher score than Filipes. Foam climb floats are not worth shit, the one with the toe tap is a 2 and the air rev to close is a 4 or 5. So a 7 is a fair score. Jordys first turn is a 3, foam climb floats again, not worth shit, and the big ( best of the final) turn is a 5 or 6. Actually maybe 9 was the right number.
My namesake got 3/4 in the semis and felt bad……
Jordy over 6ft and not from New Jersey . Terminate terminate terminate
That only happens against Brazilians. It is utter bullshit. Like Portugal last tear against Medina, putting an asterisk on JJF’s title.
In west oz, JJF showed the world that the rest of the players belong in a league below him. Medina is a joke. Jordy cried at teahupoo which disqualifyies him as being considered worlds best. Felipe is great but is not well rounded.
You’re 11. But still, take your head out of your oen ass and wipe the shot off your eyes. JJF title was fabricated. Brazilians need to go against the grain to win. filipe would be champion thos year amd Medina last year of it easnt for politics
im still waiting for the day I see a brazilian bury their rail and make a real turn. You all surf like a spaz with your butt in the air.
The best surfer in the world won the last Eddie
Its all a popularity contest, come on people. Who is the surf community at large talking about? The top 6 guys, that’s right, top 6, and the rest get true scoring. Just admit it already and move on. The underdog is dead. I suppose my point here is that middle America, (the target new audience of the wsl) can’t tell one bit of difference between 1 ridden wave to the next. This leads to the wsl selecting who is class President for us, it’s obvious. Its a spoon fed title race, fixed format, everyone knows their role to play put on. If it’s not I challenge you to find one surfer outside the top 10 that makes a vocal complaint. Surely, if not for the hush money, you’re here for filler, know your place, then we would hear 1 cry!?
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Awesome dude.
I’m settled in to watch this ALLLLLL day.
Can you list the Mods names so I can blow smoke up their collective arses in order to get a couple of soft free kicks. Know what I mean? Yes?
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Ain’t no one who think like RCj
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Playing hard to get I see.
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You! Ha! The lunatics have taken over the asylum!
4.5 for each devilishly strange nipple. Seems fair.
Can anybody tell me if it’s true they don’t know who the WSL judges are or is it they don’t know what score each judge gives to each Surfer? If they don’t know what score each judge gives to a surfer, there’s no accountability and the judges can get away with almost anything.