It's raining Brazilian men, hallelujah!
Is your heart still pounding in your chest as a result of Monday’s historic day of professional surfing? Mine isn’t, thankfully, which means I’m back to my cool, calm, analytical self. I truly believe, like Socrates, that the rational mind is superior to random fits of passion. That man is greater than the animals because of his judiciousness but I must admit to being very… concupiscent on Monday, thinking that Australia’s own Julian Wilson had a shot at winning his first world title all the way to the quarterfinals.
Silly, true, especially when viewed with the white hot clarity of hindsight. Gabriel Medina was unbeatable that day.
Neither Julian Wilson, nor any other surfer on tour, had a prayer.
Medina’s dominance was simply reflective of Brazil’s dominance all season long. Now that I have my faculties about me once again I was able to go back and closely analyze every contest.
Brazil won them all, except for the ones Julian Wilson won (Snapper, France). The “storm,” as it were, has arrived.
Now, some questions.
Will the World Surf League be able to maintain its surge of popularity amongst the adult learner market if Brazilians win every single contest next year? Oh, I don’t think adult learners are more racist than you or me, but I do wonder if Wagner Lima’s Yelp reviews might act like a drag on the entire nation. There were many harsh words there. Many angry words about etiquette etc.
Also, what do you think Jordy got for his year of end bonus?
This question haunts me more than others.
Commented on Disqus? Log out, tap the Disqus button, and your old name and comments come back. The box is ours.
Your comments are still here. Every one of them.
Twelve years of BeachGrit comments came across from Disqus. Connect and we will show you how many are yours. We get your username, nothing else.
Connect Disqus to reveal.
One would go down on a surfboat to get Brutus thoughts on this one.
I think Toledo did 2 chop hops on one wave at jbay? Or was that last year idk
Looks like da islands?
Embrace Brazil or Brazil will embrace you from behind.
Since 93.
I once layed over in London mid 00’s for a night at Fabric, RIP
The bottom line is that Brazilians are not spoiled like Americans and Aussies, so they work harder.
The good news: for those afraid of the Brazilian storm, the storm is now over.
It seemed to have settled into a predictable weather pattern for the next few years.
Fear not the change, weather looks steady…
Well I like pussy
Still hurting..
Bonuses – I thought they all just got a jeep – to surf the lanes, the beach, the highways, the snow in the off season
I think Jordy may have got docked for that sale of the century in the semis!
You lucky lucky bastard !
“Cry cry cry Gringo baby baby!” – I have been over-entertained with the majority of Brazilian posts on Tanner Hendrickson’s Insta account. Now Kook of the Day is in on the fun also. Fun for the whole family!!!!
He really Streissended the hell out of it
I’ve decided to get a ‘Brazilian’ to celebrate.
Except I don’t really know how that works on a man.
Shall I send a photo of the area to Gabby, and ask for advice?
Chas, you might wanna fact check Amazon rules. My friend works at the evil Seattle HQ and she said there’s kegs and dogs and all kinds of perks. Maybe in some warehouse in some inbred third world country like Mississippi they have some sorta water rule.
“I YAM havin’ water… in ma fuckin’ COFFEE bee-yatch!!!”
They sent goofies out at the backwash barreling breakwater rights at Saquerama that not even Gabriel could thread and then caressed the natural footers yet again at an absolute feather bed for backhand surfing at Uluwatu and overscored them to boot ?
The wonderful ladies in this clip gave my late 80’s self a taste for the exotic .
Fly on the wall told me it was “a heavily back-ended deal based largely around cosmetic nipple surgery”.
2019 CT roster (mens): 11 Brazilians, 8 Australians, 4 Hawaiians, 4 mainland US, 2 Frenchmen, 1 each Italian, New Zealander, RSA and Tahitian, and 1 Japanese sorta.
Brazilians are the new Australians.
Saw the Brazilians are the new Australians and was thinking , why you were comparing them to Occy …….. They’re a Weird Mob ?
Australia’s not going to recover until they sort out the sharks, all the kids are to scared to go in the water and have quit
and are playing fortnite
Obrigado mate
It’s kinda true
I lived there and it’s like a fucked up australia
BBQ kings hands down
Lots of beer and much cheaper nose cones
Oh and lotsa shitty beachbreaks
Gonna be brazzo kids repping Australia soon.
Wash your mouth out
On the subject of Socrates , I bet his immortal sole didn’t sell as many units as Mick’s Reef bottle opener souled ?
As the body is mortal and is subject to physical death, the sole must be its indestructible opposite.Brazil got Gabe but Oz has Mick , beer bottle opening thongs and thus immortality ?
Now for a bit of Soul II Sole
Back to life
Back to reality ………