"The surf world is turning into a bunch of pussies."
Earlier today, the Maui surfer, Tanner Hendrickson, and the WCT rookie Michael Rodrigues, who is from Brazil, got in a little wrestle near the Volcom house at Pipeline.
A standard sorta roll between two surfers who’ve got the shits with each other. Rodrigues’ pals stood back to let the pair duke it out while the guy filming for IG Live fled the scene.
A minor event and something that gives the North Shore its frission of cool, its danger etc.
Better, than, say, the pallid grey of Surf Ranch with its scattered old ladies, men in singlets and poker-faced serving girls.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrRW5_dA43Q/
The WSL, whom we must picture as adult learners in surf hats and elf suits, threw the book at Tanner, pulling his entry from the Pipe trials where he was slotted into heat four against Mason Ho.
From the WSL’s website:
BANZAI PIPELINE, Oahu/Hawaii (Tuesday, December 11, 2018) – The WSL has provisionally suspended Tanner Hendrickson from all competition until a full investigation can be completed following an incident involving Championship Tour athlete Michael Rodrigues. Hendrickson has been removed from the Pipe Trials draw.
Koa Rothman, son of Fast Eddie, brother of Makua, and master of the fabulous This is Livin’ blog, responded:
Can’t believe the @wsl kicked @tannerhendrickson_ out for this. Looks like a fair fight to me. The surf world is turning into a bunch of pussies. #letthemswing
Let ’em swing?
Let ’em swing.
WTF is going on here in the comments?! Have surfers all suddenly gotten smart and witty and self-aware? Or is it the self-selection factor of Beach Grit’s written word? Whatever it is I like it. Makes me want to admit to being a surfer after all.
Best doctored photo ever beachgrit. Love it. Pissed myself.
Is the north shore getting soft these days?
Who’s enforcing?
An event happened.
In an area.
Therefore it happened in the event area.
And he did it in the event area!!!
“Honolulu Police want new neighborhood security watches along the North Shore of O’ahu….”
Ask and ye shall receive! Slaps brah, zillions!
You have the rite, to get poke, unless her man’s around
I can’t wait to slap the Acai bowl out of Turpel’s hand that little weird talkin’ bitch.
pottz has a real Wally lewis thing going with that stache.
Maybe Pottz wants to be known as the king as well
The NFL would never stand for something like this, right WSL?
#seeyouthere
No mention of “Coach Kaiborg” standing there, obviously him, pushing Tanner to scrap. Thought he was a changed man? He should also be banned, how is that meathead paid to do anything?
The WSL gets it wrong again. Here we are in the age of UFC being worth $2B. Guys scrap, that’s what we do. We here in the US, as the rest of the world has noted, are collectively becoming a bunch of pussies.
I think too many in the US are just becoming more aggressive and retarded. With not much to back it up.
I’d say that’s true for about 40% of the US.
Regarding the suspension, would the path next to the Volcom house be considered “within the designated event area”? How about if the encounter had been caught behind Sunset Elementary? The Foodland parking lot?
Article 176: Physical Assault and Mutual Combat
No individual subject to this Policy shall physically assault any
official, Event staff (including volunteer), Surfer, member of the
media, spectator or any other person within the designated Event area.
assuming the WSL had a thorough explanation for the tanners removal from trials and mr-od retaining his spot, I ventured over to their website to get the nuts and bolts of it.
“5 years of tens at pipeline”
, kaipo promoting an app
joycey explaining what it takes to win.
nothing there.
is Eric to busy polishing his paddle to explain the cloak of silence.
The WSL is sitting on possibly their most interesting piece of side action all year, but are keeping it relatively hush-hush. It’s not accurate to refer to the WSL as the ‘tennis tour’ anymore; it’s softer than that.
tissue tour?
M Rod handled that pretty well! I need to bump him up my WSL fight rankings.
The all seeing eye is watching everything… from Venice shit surf to pipe beach path. Freedom is an illusion.
we’re trying to hang them? ! ?? strange hawaiian fruit.
Just let me get a pen. I am going to G’Owen Wright that tall order down .
Looks like tanner whipped his ass pretty good. And MR’s cameraman and friends are all complete pussies.
Pastafari ,thank you for creating this Microcosm , encapsulating minutely this situation .