Fire up the CB and join like-minded surf boys and surf girls from all around the world…
If you’re in Australia it’s Friday so work can go to hell.
In the US, you’re either out of the office or on the way home.
Now fire up that CB.
We gotta raise the volume on what’s going to be more fun than pretty things in high heels in need of money and a daddy.
Here’s what’s on the griddle in Bali today.
Men’s Quarterfinal Matchups:
Heat 1: Michael Rodrigues (BRA) vs. Wade Carmichael (AUS)
Heat 2: Jeremy Flores (FRA) vs. Kolohe Andino (USA)
Heat 3: Filipe Toledo (BRA) vs. Kelly Slater (USA)
Heat 4: Adrian Buchan (AUS) vs. Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)
Women’s Quarterfinal Matchups:
QF 1: Carissa Moore (HAW) vs. Brisa Hennessy (CRI)
QF 2: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS)
QF 3: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) vs. Courtney Conlogue (USA)
QF 4: Bronte Macaulay (AUS) vs. Nikki Van Dijk (AUS)
And you know it don’t get hotter than quarter-final three, Filipe Toledo vs Kelly Slater.
As Slater said yesterday, “Filipe is probably the gnarliest guy you could ever have in a small-wave heat, especially in rights, but basically in any small waves. But that doesn’t mean I have to sit here and praise him before we surf, you know I want to go out there and take his head off.”
Early predictions: Rodrigues, Andino, Filipe and Kanoa. Carissa, Silvana, Stephanie and Van Dijk.
Girls are on first.
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I have friends who toured with him.
They say he was a gem.
Just stopped by for the gangban….er to say that Flores Got Fucked
Ace just got swallowed by the keyhole; ballsy
Just tuned in; they said Kelly won; wtf did I miss? And damn, ACE is like Jaime Lannister, he just keeps going
I hope Rodrigues loses, bummed he made it this far, not a fan, wannabe Lance Burkhart. Give him a bigger board, with lots more rocker.
are you familiar with his art work?
https://www.youtube.com/wat… (nothing to see here but worth a listen)
Rock and roll mcdonalds!
I will check him out SsD . Thanks .I once tried a sparkling cognac from one of my hunter mates from the region of Cognac who came down the coast to hunt in the Medoc . It was so surprisingly wonderful that I have a complete memory loss of the evening .
Here I am. What did I miss?
https://stabmag.com/assets/…
Ok, who can tell us why the Wsl judges are hidden away. Why don’t they ‘man up’ like every other pro sports who uses judges and sit in full view and be ‘accountable’ for their scores. If Olympic judges can handle it-why can’t the wsl judges handle it? What are they hiding?
They are hideously ugly
Step right and see the freak show ? Renato Hickel seems to have had a make over and all the boys on the WSL roster seemed to have shed some excess pounds and look better for it ?Wondering if this is life under the new regime of ELo , who was tired of working with large tanned ……. surfers ?
Sam I know you don’t like the idea of competition but if you have ever sat in the sun at a surfing contest from dawn till dusk you may end up with extreme sun burn , eye damage , dehydration and sunstroke . This is not Figure Skating in a controlled interior environment …. yet ? One can observe at least the nationality of each judge and every single score they note on the WSL website by touching the scores with a finger ?
way too much common sense there Bicko.
Sorry …
Judges ‘hiding place’ at Snapper. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Even the sandbank was hiding at Snapper .
Was 2015. But similar conditions. The finals ended up being surfed at Little Mali as the bank wasn’t there at the point.
Swell was so small they extended the waiting period that year. That doesn’t happen too often, if at all, in my memory. Costs WSL lots of money to do that.
Hey, thanks for the pic. First actual one I’ve seen. Sheds some light. So they are sequestered and hidden out of view of the public. I still find this strange as no other judged sport does this, in other sports the judges are in plain view which I believe makes them more accoutable.
Not good enough! I want a national flag hovering above their heads LOL. And scores must be written like Gymnastics scores
So fuckn true! If they did this one thing for the fans in this “speculative” and objective sport…..It would go so far. WSL must read comment sections?
off for the day, see you tomorrow folks…
Kaipo would smoke them all
Can someone tell Potts that he’s 55 and on tv and wearing a baseball cap is stupid? He thinks he’s 15.
Well duh–the whole Wsl broadcast is aimed at pre teen and teen Groupies… .
Free run’n’rub then?
Brisa is possibly the most well spoken surfer on tour.
well spoken but boring as batchit.
talk about cliche on cliche.
True dat. Still, in there with Potz & Joe.. I guess it aint a deep well
Do you think that ELo could offer , possible oblige , all the Surfers on the CT to attend interview workshops to hone their communication skills in post heat interviews ? Not to turn them into clones but to bring out the their respective characters with a few less umms and arsss?
I think that this should be on the table for sure JB. It really makes them sound and look dumb as dogshit.. even if they are aren’t.
Yeah but she’s a great competitor and a great person and she always makes me bring my A game and I’m just so stoked to make my heat and it’s just such a fun wave and I’m so stoked to get to have another heat out here with just one other person with these waves that are just like you would draw in your book at school as a kid.
Almost as boring as KS but not quite.
you’d gargle Kelly’s nuts in a heartbeat Bex.
She started telling a story bout how she swapped Kellys prostate eaze pills for laxatives then the feed cut out and it seems she had a good talking to, you Musta missed it.
hahahah
I was listening but not watching. She seamlessly talks the same crap & has no resistance to any questions. This said, I thought Carissa won the heat, just watching it now.
what with those sibilant esses, she a bostonian?…
Maybe it’s from saying “Hennesssssssey” all the time
French Cognac created by an Irishman . What could possibly go wrong combining these two great drinking cultures ?
Potato Riots!!
a High Poitín (anglicized as potcheen, poteen ) Diet , may or may not keep ‘em quiet ?
Ragey, then fat and sleepy most likely..
meanwhile, Australia manages to take loudmouth soup from bottle, to premixed cans and then put it on tap. bundy draught. boganism at its finest.
The Brisa thing makes me like you both less.
Wait.. less…?
How’s Pottz’s new verbal tic, “talk about style!” “talk about carving turns!” “talk about focus!”
Talk about pulling your balls over your head and barking like a dog
As a general policy, I try not to think about Pottz’s balls ever but you’re spot on. Comment of the day.
@Nick Carroll (Disqus):disqus who do you think has the edge, Kelly or Filly, in these conditions?
Fuck it doesn’t matter, they won’t surf today
What’s it meant to be like tomorrow?
Ah I imagine it’ll be a bit bigger but I dunno about the wind, trades seem like they’re re-developing right now
They’ll just have to suck it up, tomorrow’s the finish line.
But do you pull them front ways or back ways to do that? Also, did you know that there are such people that are classified as front wipers? It’s fucked up.
Straight over your fucken head mate. Like a hairy swim cap. Don’t say a word while you do it, it’ll spoil the effect
Okay, are you aware of any front wipers on tour?
If I ever find out, I’ll publish their names here. The very idea!
Those in glass houses!
Talking shit for money is
The name of the game
Well duh–the whole Wsl broadcast is aimed at pre teen and teen surf star Groupies… .
It’s the 80s influence again ( ok 79 ) ? Talk About POP MUSIK …..
https://m.youtube.com/watch…
Looks like Chas Smith in the music video.
be the only thing worth seeing from the booth.
Ambassador of Stroke and Leisure
Stryder Joe ,Ron ,,kaipo
Winner gets a free rubntug.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/C…
https://images.app.goo.gl/X…
They should have a Wsl staff heat Every contest
Fuck that legends shit.
Yeeeoow
Costa Rica brissa
Ya can’t wear pants if ya want tha points
She has a striking resemblance to Chloe Chapman!
She could wax my stick any time she wants.
Chloe’s damaged goods
Just joking Chloe, love ya babe, good honest nthn beaches talent
You could almost smell some of those bottom turns