It's go-ish time.
It has been many months since professional surfing in the ocean. Today, we have the Tweed Coast Pro which counts for neither World Qualifying Series points nor World Championship Tour points and cannot truly be considered professional surfing at all in the traditional sense of the phrase though is far, far, far better than any Stumble at a Ranch.
These visceral accidents, as I write this, are no longer a part of professional surfing, as under governments worldwide it was decided to protect the lungs of the surfers with a sort of social distancing designed in the terms of the decree “to avoid those horrible sights which so disgust foreigners and tourists.”
These protectors avoid these sights and greatly decrease the number of professional surfers with grave breathing problems, but they in no way decrease the pain suffered by the surf fan; they take away much of the bravery from the professional surer, this to be dealt with in a later post, and they are the first step toward the suppression of the professional surfing altogether.
The professional surf contest is an Australian institution; it has not existed because of the foreigners and tourists, but always in spite of them and any step to modify it to secure their approval, which it will never have, is a step towards its complete suppression.
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Didn’t know it was on.
Lucky hey😆
Well. The feed’s gone down in the men’s final. Typical WSL magic.
Listen to Julian… every word is about family.
Dude is Done.
Too happy
He’s pretty flat and whiny dunno..where’s ya personality mate?
Always has been hasn’t he? He sounds like a 90’s bodyboarder.
Jules “dropping the tools” fuk up cunt
Lolol
Yeah that’s a great comment
“Mongrel Turns” they called it. Hahaha.
The Blakies are blowing each other .
Where’s the talk about the toothy locals ?
tone deaf, eh?
no mention, but I stopped listening.
100 percent better than a Pottz/Turpel combo.
The sound of a baby goat being tortured to death is better than Turpel.
Wright crew is an interesting study on genetics.
None of them look remotely related.
All have a different, elite technique.
All have odd health issues at their ages.
Mayo clinic should study their DNA.
Wee Willy is a fuckin boring whinging cunt
Mikey’s ‘fall off/get back on’ laybacky thing in the whitewater is a fuckin bore…
Battle of the mongrels they say. And one of them is wearing a helmet. I might start wearing a helmet while I drive my car. I’m sure if I was in a crash, it would increase my chances of avoiding injury.
pragmatic decision as long as your helmet includes a face sheild
They said earlier. He’s surfing with a punctured ear drum, so a bit of protection.
Oh fuck. Now I feel like a real asshole. I will eat my humble pie and recant my sarcasm. I don’t blame him. My ears are so fucked that I can barely hear the tv to get this info. Thanks Astro.
Its funny, you meet a committed surfer and all our ears are fucked!
Mrs Hippy assumes it’s convenient excuse.
I genuinely care must my missus has to say. She’s so over repeating herself when I say “what?”
But I just let her know that if I didn’t care, I wouldn’t say “what?”
But truthfully, I have started to just act like I understood her statements or questions.
I thought about that strategy, but it comes back to haunt you with questions later.
Heard that women speak 30,000 words a day and Men average 7000. I prolly type more words a day than I speak.
Always hear my friends although we don’t say too much. Don’t need to.
Every year during peak water warmth I get an infection. But this year it lasted two months and I’ve got the worst tinnitus all the time now.
be careful of that surgery Surfads… buddies of mine have had them twice and three times. dunno the answer, been living with this for 40 years so embraced deafness.
keep saying, when I retire….
Yeah that’s next step. Two weeks off playing Xbox sounds ok. Just need an Xbox
word is 6 weeks.
you know when your shaper tells you, “Bro, i’ll work on it today, come back around end of next week” which really means end of the month.
it used to mean next week.
beginning of the end surfads, it’s how the dance is performed.
Glad to hear it’s not just me.. on those annoying prescription drops yet again just a day before the first hurricane swell of the season hits. Doc said I could surf this week if I wear ear plugs, but try not to fall off the board if I can help it.
The other day Mrs, front foot suddenly yelled “you’re not even listening are you?!” Which I thought was a funny way to start a conversation……….
No worries G !
Julian “wiggle wanking” one for a mediocre score.
What position is Ace angling for at WSL post-competition?
He’s picture perfect for the booth and the ski, sorry Laura.
Priority buoy.
Striders claimed that one
Stats man!
Commish
Also no Hurley sticker on Julian’s cartoon board on bonsoy ad.
The soy industry knows all
Chat rooms on YouTube are balanced, unbiased and sane
So.. boring?
9.17 for two turns?
I thought score was about right
There are no 8’s in this mess.
Except for the pies Wade 8. Sorry. I can’t let it go and should stop fat-shaming.
he does look stoudt, doesn’t he?!
maybe switch to rugby union?
Actually a pretty good heat
jeezuz, JW is going bald.
Gonna have to go Creed soon.
yep.
Shave up, shave early.
Such a fall from grace
An analogy for the industry. The golden boy no more
His chick is smoking, he’s got money and suing Nike, best technique the last ten years… he’ll be alright looking like Dorian and that IG troll dude 11.
Is that what he wanted in life, when he was pegged as the next biggest thing? to have a model girlfriend and nothing else. I don’t think so
What is best in life Julian?
No, you’re right, big disappointment career wise, but doesn’t seem to have the animal in him and very comfy now cept for the sponsor washout. I just like that he paddled toward Mick at Jbay. Says more about him than receding hair.
I’ve always respected his surfing but too much adolation as the next big thing seemed to be his death knell.
Let me explain it to you… dude is happy (loser). Chloe happy (loser). Taj happy (loser). I don’t mean losers because they’re all sick, but not winners of tours.
Andy, Mick, Joel, Kelly, Medina….. animals. Frothing vicious winners.
What’s a winner? they all have enough money to live a good life. Andy died some world champions didn’t die. Cheyne Horan is happy without a title. I dont thing Julian reached his goal, but if he’s ok with it then great.
My point. Julian is happy. The title above anything else is not all he’s about.
What about 12.. I mean 11.
my comment above says it all… 11 is an obsessed human. Unmarried. Itchy feet. Ego driven. Animal. You have to kill him because he won’t give up.
You can destroy your life trying to reach a goal that is all in your head,
agree, but destroy is hard to swallow when you’re absolutely scoring waves and nailing the shit.
Yea no doubt, Hard to think long term.
They’re all living a dream bro. Just levels of commitment.
Chloe got robbed at Dbah and flew home to his girl. Did Ke11y fly home ever or chase waves?
That’s why I am a pre IG Ke11y fan, he lived such an envious life, so pure in his commitment to surf the best waves. A resident of the world. Bad fucking ass.
Now he’s trapped in the house of mirrors of his phone.
Haha IG is an abbsess on our soul. I started surfing in 1978 but you started earlier, I don’t like what I see, and I’m glad for the. years I had back then.
I was 17 and just figuring shit out in 78. Considering a switch to twin fins. Didn’t have a girl and really wasn’t trying hard either. Not too social, preferred camping with a bro somewhere the waves were good and empty. Kids today won’t know that, but they don’t care. They have a phone.
Do you know Lowers was empty until 89? Stuff like that will never go back.
Yea thats crazy how spots have changed, and formed. some places in nor-cal haven’t changed much but others have been completely blown out, the winter swells will sort out the kooks haha, so many good memories of going to Santa Barbara in the spring and surfing el cap 1978,s etc.
You see Cap now during swell and you’ll cry. Might as well designate it part of UCSB’s campus.
The “students” still haven’t figured out the non parking lot spots so I still can breathe.
But the clock is ticking.
Haven’t been down there since, watched Joe engle doing layback snaps there last time. changed what I wanted to do on waves.
mess now. you say Nor cal… obviously north of Pt Arena?
nah north of the golden gate
I did a fashion shoot in sebastapol. sweet little town. had a moment to goof off from the set and drove down to some beach and it was so fucking awesome watching enormous closeouts with little semi gems spicing up the inside.
I ended up paddling for an hour and not sure I ever stopped duck diving. Gems escaped me. But I saw them.
OB was my home break but there are def some gems north
my boys in Arena think SF is central coast.
it’s funny how everyone can be such cunts.
I wouldn’t even mention that name. haha. I’m an old school weed grower surfer etc north of sf.
we may know a few people.
used to visit on business. long ago.
a buddy in gville flies into the point and hates anyone who doesn’t. unless he needs a place to stay, then he grants me an audience. nice outdoor though so I listen to his shit.
Its a place where you want to listen to the locals,
pretty sick but we can’t talk about it here.
’61 eh mate…60 next year! Like me and TC. That could be a song title …Me and You and dog named Blue, travellin and livin on the lamb….or is it “off the land”?
Besides MR, Gazza Timperly and Rocky Rawlings were ripping on twin fins round here in ’78!
Yeah I reckon 11 without a 12th would feel hollow to the competitive animal that is Slater.
it haunts him so he’s trying to win 12 on IG.
Poor chinese girlfriend…. heeheheeeee
Hahah. Classic
He’ll always be a legend for that act if nothing else.
It’s been in decline for years but it does appear to be suffering catastrophic structural failure
Inside job?
Owen doing not much better either!!!!
Kids…
Good god, you’re right. Never noticed it before. Seems like his hairline has some serious curves that weren’t there before. He had his glory days, now he’s human, just like us.
Whoa! Did Wade eat all the pies?
The pies have been discussed, and the consensus is yes.
Late to the party. Apologies.
(Ethan ripping)
Did Ace just saw “sharking around the lineup”? Too soon.
Saw Ewing on IG killing it in the warmups. Looking the goods.
I’m so tired of air reverses. Use the rail,