Can little Jackie R stay in the game as the swell drops? Is John John gonna fly?
Today is going to feel a little morning after, a thin trickle of blood running from your arm like a sink leak. A used syringe on the floor and the cotton ball next to it like a fallen cloud.
Yesterday, hoo-boy.
“What lies on the other side of fear sometimes is that sickening feeling of having your body ripped apart or slammed into the bottom,” wrote Longtom. “It wasn’t tiddlywinks out there today and us vicarious parasites watched it with a strange relish.”
It ain’t gonna be six-to-eight Box, maybe four-ish foot.
But what the hell, still fun etc.
Margaret River Pro Men’s Round of 16 (Round 4) Matchups:
Heat 1: Italo Ferreira (BRA) vs. Michel Bourez (FRA)
Heat 2: John John Florence (HAW) vs. Sebastian Zietz (HAW)
Heat 3: Caio Ibelli (BRA) vs. Kelly Slater (USA)
Heat 4: Jordy Smith (ZAF) vs. Conner Coffin (USA)
Heat 5: Jack Robinson (AUS) vs. Seth Moniz (HAW)
Heat 6: Owen Wright (AUS) vs. Kolohe Andino (USA)
Heat 7: Julian Wilson (AUS) vs. Peterson Crisanto (BRA)
Heat 8: Ryan Callinan (AUS) vs. Kanoa Igarashi (JPN)
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I must confess I love BL with the tele-strator
ace?
Jordy and Caio last waves.. is that a bit of a “judging fatigue” to get into the 8’s for a bunch of wraps.. at first glance I thought Caio had the best turn on the first turn out of all those wraps.
seems like this could be a good year for pro surfing with a fair few title contenders and some potential rivalries in store. hoping gabriel and caio end up eating each other’s head off. john john and kelly will have some bad blood come out from 15 years ago and go at it. maybe kolohe and kanoa, throw in griffin for a threesome. jordy and felipe. rio and xavier. shit’s hotting up.
I’ve finally jumped aboard these comment sections because of these open threads and it has been heaps of fun. Good on ya BG.
“It’s a me… Mario!”
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You can see where Ric honed his act eh.
I was there this New Years, it was like a teen dystopian drama.
Oh yes, I love that take off next to the rocks. I don’t miss the winters though
One man mission to win over bible-belt America.
not quite sure what to think of Brothers Shaka.
seems a bit stiff.
He’s on a knife edge, I tell ya!
He is desperate to be the first Californian born and raised surfer to win a ct since kanoa last week
“Psycho” Andino… time for a rebrand? Or is this trademarked by Wardo?
I think that stops being an affectionate nickname when you start beating your woman.
I never thought it was affectionate… accurate maybe.
Definitely accurate.
Anyone who says “I’m a psychopath” isn’t a psychopath, unless they are Courtney conlogue. Something about her laugh is… Disconcerting
We used to have a family batch on a peninsular south of you…..you know the one. Epic times.
Isn’t everyone “the nicest guy on tour”?
Flores?
I heard he’s lovely. Completely misunderstood.
He is out of the running already. Would need to string together an incredible series of performances and hope others continually fail around him. His year is well and truely over. No chance this year.
I think Strider can rise to the ocassion.
It’s a paradise. Except during R&V.
Or make you ponder, daily, his magnificence and infallibility? (Except when it comes to scoring 360s v 540s, D-Bah etc.)
Jules looking sharp
Damn. This heat is a slugfest. Between 2 mates. Shame they are meeting up now