It's a click racket!
I’ve been sitting on this damned Pipe contest all day long based on a completely bullish Surfline forecast last night and equally bullish posts from the twin surf-lite websites of greater Venice Beach. That’s what I get for trusting people who ride extra volume twin fins/poorly conceived “partners” when not lying in order to save… reputations.
I get pushing a morning surf by 20 minutes in order to ensure our patented* Comment Live: post actually goes comment live. Pushing the traditional 11 am cocktail to near 12:20 pm. And what are they doing to us? What are the Santa Monica lever pullers doing to us?
I’ll tell you. Trapping us all in a non-stop loop of checking every hour, on the hour, promising epic buoys for the epic boys, Pipes for the Snipes.
And then nothing.
But has our World Surf League not read all the horrific studies of delayed Internet gratification?
The poison of the youth?
And let us read of the epic story of a small Indonesian village seeking to free its children from Internet addiction.
A city in Indonesia hopes nature can save kids from internet addiction. But can chicks and trees really replace iPhones and smart TVs?
The city of Bandung in West Java has launched a pilot program to get students away from screens by giving them baby chickens and chili seeds in the hopes that the children will spend less time on electronic devices and more time caring for their pets or plants.
The Bandung government said that 2,000 chicks and 1,500 chili seeds are being provided to 10 elementary schools and two junior high schools in the city, which is about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta.
Mayor Oded M. Danial held a symbolic hand-over ceremony earlier this week to launch the program. He said he hopes the project will help get children to use electronic gadgets less frequently, but that local education authorities need time to evaluate it.
World Surf League?
I know you are reading. I know you feel bad about this… this… (earmuffs Indonesian children) cocktease. Can’t you but give us baby chickens and chili seeds instead of all day waits with Pat O Instagram posts feeding eternal hope?
Please?
Boooo.
Booooooooo.
See you tomorrow.
*Not patented.
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PPS Here, long time reader occaisonal commentor—
Pat O: Terrible claim call, and terrible crosslegged style
Kelly: Has no shot in small waves against brazilian Ninja’s and that is sad, cause’ seeing a 40+ year old dude smoke 20 somethings is awesome
Italo: Who read Italo’s surfer’s journal interview? Who can’t root for that kid.
Olympics: Do any of the surfers have contract incentives to make the team, like snowboard guys do?
Chas Smith: Who does not love hearig his silky voice on The Grit podcast. DL Scales for President, why does he hate Pete Mel so much?
WSL Instagram: 3.5M Followers 3.2M are from Brazil
Jaws: Billy Kemper Is A beast, having a ladies comp at Jaws is like watching female bull riding. Yes they are brave as fuck and yes your odds of seeing one of them get severely injured or killed is precipitously higher than the men’s field. But that is what makes it even more rad.
Dave Wassel: Should commentate every event. Just sign him up, now.
Wassel
Hell yes!!
their coming.
how can the global home of surfing not sort out if theres gonna be waves tomorrow? and the next tomorrow. how can they get it so wrong, twice in a row. Making History they are.
Argh Pipe never got that good
The shittier the forecast gets, the more I like Italo’s chances. So an upside to another (likely) disappointing contest.
Hahaha
A towel always helps.
Blow … dry
Hahahar – lost me on that one.
The passion of Pat O ! A thing to behold.
No bro ho cred, T.
Him on the outer.
When it comes to CT events the WSL goes missing at the most crucial times. If the communications aren’t Pre packaged and cleared by head office then we get silence. With so many employees at each event they are unable to react to changing tide, wind and swell conditions and be truly nimble and sincerely honest. Amongst the phalanx of WSL middle management and surf industry PR hacks assembled on the North Shore right now is there no one with permission to tell the desperate and time poor what the hell is going on with the call?
No need for any of that overpriced junk.
I hereby submit my latest line of trunks for your undoubted approval.
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That would be Hugo Boss, not Karl Lagerfeld.
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The “small village of Bandung”, population 2.5 million.
That’s why I read Chas first thing each day !
We surf highways ™
I woke up at 5am to watch. 4 hours sleep.
Eyes heavy. Lappy was in bed ready.
I tuned in, and was amazed to find out the first heat was just starting, coincidentally timed with when I logged in.
Lazy morning sickness sandy pipe.
In a daze I got through all of Italo Vs Jaddy.
Thought it was weird how they kept saying 5 guys still in the race when i thought it was less.
At the end of the heat I finally realised I was watching the day 1 Replay.
How in heck is that even possible?
It’s fucked hey, a serious lay out issue.
UX is shit house
World Time Travel League ? Perhaps the Greeks were right and history is cyclical and repeats …. the day 1 replay ?
But will I fall for it tomorrow?? Tune in to find out
Yesterday or tomorrow ….. Wormhole Surf League ?
I didn’t fall for it at least.
So I’m guessing the forecast is atrocious and it’s going to be decided in two foot North swell sands bar rights again? Probably an air to win
He’s at the back of Foodland, giving relief to a long line of angry locals, in order to keep the peace.
Yeah it’s been quite the let down after ‘this is the best pipe forecast in years…this week blah blah…and then next week, IF we ever need it, blah blah’ to days of off days unexplained and then today ‘certain to run’ etc. At least can we get a quick write up on the decision and outlook? I don’t want to have to click on a video, see an add, then listen to Chris Cote or whoever to know what’s going on with the contest conditions.
I would happily take a WSL email funnel notifying the event will start on 1hour, 30 minutes, Live Now. Even send a live webinar invitation that links to my calendar.
I already get 6 million a day from eBay, Amazon, cotton on, what’s a couple more
“That’s what I get for trusting people who ride extra volume twin fins”
I resemble that remark!