"Hardship is forcing creativity!" says WSL CEO Erik Logan.
As predicted a few days ago,
Bells is going to be cancelled for the first time in fifty-eight years (“It’s a bummer,” says the Curl’s Neil Ridgway, “Bells at Easter with the surf pumping and the stands thumping is better than Christmas for us, but in the end it’s just a surfing contest”) and Margaret River, the tour’s on-again, off-again, stop is out for 2020, even without the spectre of Great White sharks.
From the WSL,
Due to the continued evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Surf League (WSL) is postponing or canceling all events, at all levels of competition, through the end of May. This includes the postponement of the remainder of the events in the Australian leg of the Championship Tour, Bells Beach and Margaret River, as well as the WSL Big Wave Awards. The Quiksilver Pro G-Land – scheduled to take place in a remote part of Indonesia in June – will either be canceled or moved to an area with more infrastructure.
While full details about the impact these changes will have on the 2020 Tour are not yet available, the WSL is working diligently to land the best solution for surfers and fans alike.
The love of surfing is the bond that holds our global community together. We want to share positivity during these anxious times, by continuing to celebrate that bond, and our shared passion for this sport, the ocean, our athletes and one another.
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Does this mean Kelly is back for 2021? I mean he obviously can’t retire without surfing a full season. Or was it assumed he won’t retire regardless of the beer flu?
Looks like my 9th grade economics teacher.
Or that guy in the custom van with tinted windows who offered me some candy when I was 12…(I ran away)
Breaking news from behind the rock. Jack Freestone’s got the COVID.
“From now until infinity!!”
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Borat is on tiktok – I think I overheard him saying “veddy niiice I liiike ittttt” – when he fondled this new board. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
What the fuck has happened to surfing when this guy is the face of it….
Or maybe pickup trash on the beach.
W’all going die
WSL’all gonna die…
Can all the wannabe pros fuck off home now from cooly. Plus the Brazo MMA fucktards
Please no !
Lockdown them in Queensland. Save the rest the world from the drop-in ego sickness that is pro bs
lets just roll with my dimness and do both…
Blakey Bros
Bex
I’m the super spreader
Now that we can’t play Beacgrits new surfival league, can we put our $$ towards which commentators will catch COVID-19 first?
I’ll start.
For one thousand BG air fresheners on the nose..
Wiggs.
His conspicuous absence and proximity to thousands of Chinese solidifies him as the favourite though he hasnt shown a turn of foot over the last few meets must include.
Here are my bona fides for the odds makers in Vegas (or Venice Adjacent):
I have traveled nine (9) weeks since the start of the year.
Been in Tempe, AZ for eight (8) of those weeks where one the first Corona cases was reported
Spend my weekends in NY which just hit four (4) figures in Corona case.
(I’ll expect 10% of the cut to pay for my funeral expenses or adult diapers depending on my survival)
You were my pick.
I’ve always loved you, Negs.
Potter going down for sure after standing on the street all day long and telling random passerbyers that he is the 89 world champ.
I thought I had it yesterday but I turned out to just be hungover and having an allergy flare. C’est la vie!
Strider is the least likely to catch it. What with sitting all alone in the water, he’s been self-isolating for years. Unfortunately, I’m thinking Rosie and Madonna’s ex are most likely commentators given how up close and impersonal they get with post-heat interviews.
Commentariot: Easy. Chas and his quixotic challenge to the Franks.
I’m a smelly gator and will contract the beer flu before double john. I eat chia seeds but also lick my butthole.
Maybe time for an article on the impending pay cuts the majority of the tour dudes and dudettes are about to cop…..who is most exposed ? That would make for some fun content / speculation.
They getting $10000 for nothing, x3, doing better than anyone on a casual job…. I’ve heard that even drug dealers are taking a hit in these tough times…. where’s their economic stimulus package? Vital infrastructure is crumbling as many turn to low paid menial work after their small businesses go broke when they can’t re-up.
ELo has at some stage in the past had his nose broken, must probably by a punch.
Had never seen a closeup shot of him before but it seems obvious he’s copped a left hook to the shnozz.
Quite surprised that he hasn’t had it straightened like most media types would’ve.
Maybe he’s more core than previously thought ?
I think that’s a disguise https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Hahaha
You’re right. But the way I see it, all this downtime will be used to determine who’s on top, who’s truly the biggest Bullshitter About Nothing.
Elo already stated his intentions in that Instantgram post. Now, are we gonna reply????
Yeah, but you have to remember that ELo et al are coming from a position of even less knowledge than we are, so they have the advantage. (Says Dunning-Kruegers biggest fan…)
In marathons they allow bandits to run without bibs. Who’s up for a paddle out at bells over Easter?
Does this mean the WSL will be profitable through the end of May?
Not without WQS entry fees.
You Positive?
I’m always positive. (‘Cept during the HIV massacre.)
I miss climate change
The disaster that never seems to happen
I miss already, too. I wonder what our next apocalyptic event will be?
Compulsory burka probly.
…bememer the bushfires? Ahhh, those were the days…
Read “The Inheritance” by Mathew Lopez. You won’t be disappointed…
The entry fees are a pittance, compared to the cost of putting on a contest…..
Are they paid up front for a season or event by event?
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
I’m soooooooooo invested in the positivity I’m shaking all over.
Or maybe it’s the strong coffee.
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Wonder what they’ll do about the Mikey Wright vs Leo Fioravanti situation, considering the higher ranked after the Aussie leg was going to win back their full time spot on tour. Not that I really care about Gucci-boy Fioravanti (he seems like a nice guy), I just miss the kinda shit Mikey was bringing in 2018 when he finished 12th from wildcard entries.
BLOOD FEUD!!!
Comment Live: Mikey Wright vs Leo Fio throw hands in the North Point carpark!
JUN-KEN-PO-MANIA!!!
I actually think Leo would probably win that scuffle…
Na. He’d be all not the face kinda a guy, just blow his lid open with a solid head butt and he’d be toast..
Ya reckon ?
I think Leo would probably drop Mikey with one swift hit…
…or a dance off.
Leo would thrash him at both probably…
Wasn’t there already a girl fight between Mikey and Jesse Mendes? Leo would probably wipe the floor with Mikey Wright.
I imagine Leo as a jiujitsu practitioner, Mikey, perhaps, handy with an empty beer glass.
Every single Italian thinks they have been blessed with Balboa hands..
And in this case, the pub’s serving out of plastic glasses and Mikey goes down first round…
Mikey just kinda stands there and gets a couple of love taps from Mendes’ board. Simpler times pre-Article 189.
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Agree we’re good at bullshitting about nothing! If we’re ranking, i’d say we’re 2nd place behind WSL Studios.
“We are going to increase the volume of content we are producing from WSL Studios”
How psyched is Elo!?! Doesn’t have to deal with actual competitive surfing anymore and can now just focus on uninspired dreck 100%!!!