It's Murphy's Law or at least the surfer version!
Of course you knew the very second the World Surf League abandoned Lower Trestles, replacing it with the Surf Ranch Pro in Lemoore, that the forecast would be good-great for greater San Clemente during that window. It’s Murphy’s Law or at least the surfer version. “It’s always better down the beach.”
To be fair, I don’t know that Lowers will necessarily be “better” than Surf Ranch over the weekend. It would have been nice if some slightly rebellious surf flavored website enticed the world’s other best surfers (Noa Deane, Dane Reynolds, Chris Ward, etc.) out to Lowers with a trained camera live streaming so a direct comparison could be accurate.
Alas, the slightly rebellious surf flavored website spent its money on a billboard then gambled the rest. And, anyhow, a high performance longboarding tour named Relik acquired the permit and plans on serving sushi there on the cobbled stones while men on 9’0s try to break the fins free.
More on that later but Lowers will be humiliated, surely. It didn’t deserve humiliation, didn’t even ask for humiliation but that is also Murphy’s Law or at least the surfer version. “What’s that kook on a longboard trying to do?”
Which makes me think… I want Surf Ranch to shine. I want to be amazed by the competition. I want to be surprised by joy. I want every wave to feel special and I want the surfers to grind their heels into my badittude.
Then I want the World Surf League to keep all their permitted windows around the world, j-Bay, Snapper, Teahupo’o etc. but hold all competition at Surf Ranch and auction the ocean heats off to grumpy locals.
Isn’t that a fine idea?
How much would you pay to surf for 30 minutes at good-great Lowers with only one other grumpy local in the lineup?
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Gibberish non sequiturs. Nothing to do with rights. It has to do with value added. Women’s surfing generates far less revenue then the men, they take significantly less risk, their performance is significantly less dynamic. If they are getting the same prize for less value added, then they are being overpaid.
What would be equal is if the prize money is a percentage of the revenue generated by their event. Winner gets 10%, 2nd gets 7.5%, 3rd gets 5%, etc. etc.
What does it matter to you? You ain’t payin’ for it?
If you’re so het up about it, get the chop and go compete.
Dirk Ziff? Is that you?
When do we get an article on the virtue signaling WSL beclowning themselves by overpaying women surfers in the name of “equality”?
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I knew Murphy’s law would kick in! God it’s gonna be Good.
Whether railing lines in the Lowers porta-shitter or scraping lines on the back of Tachi room service menu; where surfing goes, cocaine must follow.
A fatal error
Turning one’s back on the sea
To gaze at the train
Chas, feature this man!
He / she / it = genius
Comment of the month.
Haikutastic
Someone knows the forecast for Lebooore KS Ok Corral…ops! sorry… Surf Ranch event?
6′ to 8’plus?
Overhead?
its not a forecast, its a time table.
the number 6 southbound is departing from platform 1 in 12 minutes.
“all aboard!”
lowers won’t have seen this many floaters and 360’s since Quik released a little black and white number staring some kid with great hair.