A format that will save professional surfing!
I do hope that you are watching the NBA finals right now even if you aren’t a big basketball fan. Of all the sports and all the leagues in this world the National Basketball Association sure does know how to put on a show. The stars are given proper wattage and this year’s Golden State Warriors vs. Cleveland Cavs IV is narrative perfection. We have LeBron James on one side, arguably the greatest of all time and we have Steph Curry on the other, the smoothest operator around.
Last night they locked horns in an epic game one that went into overtime before the Warriors pulled away due, in large part, to Steph Curry’s magnificent shooting. It was he who made 3-point shots sexxy for the first time in basketball history and now that’s what kids on playgrounds mimic, standing very far away from the basket and heaving far-away bombs. LeBron James said, “Chicks dig the long ball.” And he is right.
But now let us naturally transition to Justin Cote, one half of the greatest* brother duo in surfing. I watched a Facebook clip of him recently surfing the Waco wave pool and he mentioned something about “spraying the wall.” I was confused until seeing how much water he smashed against a giant cement wall during a plus-sized cutback. It was like a giant firehose of spray that stuck against the dry grey and was quite impressive. Kelly’s Surf Ranch, as you know, has no wall but rather a chainlink fence.
Watching Justin’s big spray, though, gave me a revelation. Surfing should have a Cutback Series or a Gouge Series or something much like the Air Shows of old wherein the greatest “power surfers” aim to throw the most water, and highest, against a wall. Just imagine! Sunny Garcia vs. Zeke Lau. The Spartan vs. John John Florence. Kieren Perrow vs. Rose Hodge. It would be fantastic watching, clear to the viewer who wins and not dependent on any judging.
Tell me this is the greatest idea since Josh Kerr named his flip Kerrazy. Chicks will soon dig the wet wall.
*not counting the Carrolls.
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Blue Hotel for the win.
O the polarization of that which we love so dear. As the WSL goes about as far in one direction as ‘sideshow surfing’ goes in the other; like some strange paradox they seem to be coming full-circle (ie comps in pools). How bizarre.
the wet wailing wall Pool in Jerusalem has got potential
Great holy site for 3 major religions . Drone like viewing from the Dome of the Rock looking down on the wall but probably no beer tent .
“spray the wall”?
couple of dodgy chicken satays and you can “spray the bowl”
I would like to see an event where regular footed surfers compete with each other and goofies with each other
If 3-point shots are sexxy in basketball then what move is sexxy in surfing?
Just In: Local Man Invents Pissing Contest
Looking for literary peeing . Go no further than The General in his Labyrinth, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s fictional portrayal of Simon Bolivar’s last months in which he recounts a scene of his incredible pissing prowess during his youth and his inability in later life forcing him to sit and wipe the seat . Personally I prefer 100 years of Solitude .
Ha ha, this seems like a fun game? Though, really, I think you’ve already won 😀
Not sure 🤔 . My memory is not what it used to be and The peeing reference may have come from “ Love in the Time of Cholera “ and unfortunately my copies of both these books are 24,000 km from my current lodgings .
Jackson Pollock should be encouraged to make a comeback.
Nik you as an Australian are part owner of his work Blue Poles ( no 11) since 1973 and you can see it at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. Thanks Gough .
People scoffed but Gough held tough.
Pollock had a strong fins free brush stroke.
BeachShit should have a gouge series on me. Flew up to Malaysia to go platinum for one night. I will get a whore tomorrow. No doubt. Pretty good accomodation but fuck all to do. Thanks. Wiggs
enjoy the ladies
why Malaysia?
It’s a total junket. I’m attending a wedding for someone I don’t know.
stay away from the shabu
I think the flavor of the week is ‘anything goes’ paddle battles, à la Jordy/Gabby. Hair pulling, spitting, cussing, kicking. Take my money!
I think, or rather I want to believe, that everyone can dig the wet wall.