Whiplash!
This whiplash. This on again off again, will she won’t she, love me love me not is JUST TOO MUCH! And let’s catch up on the action from the very beginning. Four days ago, World Surf League CEO Erik Logan released a statement declaring he, and five helpers, had contracted the dreaded Coronavirus. He very much wanted to make sure fans scattered around the globe new that he was ok and only experiencing light symptoms so posted a reassuring update. U.S. Olympic coach Brett Simpson demanded that Logan and helpers be incarcerated, the WSL’s social media became the very front line of culture wars, calls grew louder and louder for Logan’s resignation but then a possible break, a secret internal message suggesting everything had been worked out with the State of Hawaii and the pieces were in place to restart the Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons presented by Hydro Flask as soon as yesterday.
But it did not start yesterday, nor did it start today, and a new internal message, sent to Australian television subscribers, suggests that the WSL maybe painted a rosier-than-accurate picture to its own employees.
Here is what Australian television subscribers received:
UPDATE
Good Evening-
We continue to work with the State of Hawaii officials on lifting the event suspension. These conversations are productive, but we do not have confirmation yet.
With the swell declining further over the next several hours, we will not be looking at running competition tomorrow (yesterday).
Official call: NO Competition for Tomorrow, Tuesday December 15th
We will provide more updates as soon as they become available.
But what does it all mean?
Oh. I guess it’s fairly self-explanatory.
As of this moment, there are four more days left in the waiting period plus the women.
Is it possible to slot it all in?
Your point is absolutely valid but the flip side of trying to save the 0.04% of unhealthy 60 year-olds is that we destroyed trillions in GDP, destroyed small businesses that sustained families and created an unprecedented mental health crisis.
We have simple minded politicians who have never owned anything, created anything and have yet to miss a paycheck. They don’t know how to solves problems.
Young, healthy people are not dying from Covid.
You want to look at the health crisis in the US then look at the six in ten adults who has some sort of chronic issue.
Why is this country fat?
What do we eat poorly?
Why are we out of shape.
We shouldn’t have been wearing masks and shouldn’t have been locked in our houses/apartments this entire time we should have been eating vegetables and exercising.
Young, healthy people are dying from Covid.
Yes, the vast majority are older folks but the number of deaths for 15-25 and 25-35 age groups is not 0.
I didn’t say it was zero but it is minimal considering the number of overall Covid deaths and deaths in general:
15–24 years449 Covid deaths 29,167 total deaths
25–34 years1,909 Covid deaths59,676 total deaths
35–44 years4,917 Covid deaths84,397 total deaths
So 4% of all deaths for those three age groups are related to Covid.
Oh…and that doesn’t mean people died OF Covid. It just means that they tested positive for Covid and some municipalities, like NY, consider you a Covid death if you tested positive within 60 days of your death. Even if you get hit by a car.
You said no one was dying, now you say deaths are minimal. Make up your mind.
And you think that all the care, all the effort to minimise the effects of the virus doesn’t play a role in this? Not part of the equation? Uhmmm. Take a look at countries where people are careless, you will find some pretty fucked up mortality rates.
The long term impacts…financial, physical (non-Covid) and emotional will show that lockdowns are the biggest policy failure in modern history.
You already had some dumbass doctor on MSNBC saying that you will still have to wear a mask and social distance even after taking the vaccine.
So yes, this is all about government control.
can you hear that? no neither can I, the silence from the wozzle is deafening
can you hear that? no neither can I, the silence from the wozzle is deafening
Official call: Pip is at maccas.
Haleiwa or Laie?
Both. He goes between each.
I saw him at foodland buying Spam
We toss off for free in Australia
That would not fit in their narrative of what they’re planning
The WSL can’t plan a simple contest.
Who do you think could plan the Wuflu pandemic and government responses in every state and country around the world?
Long time friend son brought covid 19 back on college break in late September. It took him and his kid down with in days. Son recovered quicker the father 2-3 days “sick as a dog”, day 4 or 5 decides well enough to mow the law. Next day laid out said he felt like bad car wreck. Day ten wife oxygen level in her blood plummets rushed to hospital. Today she has an oxygen bottle at her side, they are concerned she will have long term heart and lung damage, and needs her gallbladder removed. Oxygen level to low to perform surgery. She is 50 non smoker and almost non drinker. teenage daughter asymptomatic. Stats and Percentages are great but some people are suffering.
really sorry to hear that , the reality of Covid is just plain fucken nasty….seen so many stories like your friends, especially the long term effects……you can’take Nik duh seriously he’s just a conspiracy nutter…..prayers for your friends!
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Chas my innocent friend, compared this tournament to an on again off again relationship…our worldly tom related it to a semi blow job
That seems a pretty fair reflection of the character of you 2 gentlemen
God help us if we let derek pen an article about it
Devious bastard
Oh boy apologies in advance for any comments I make over the next few hours…I may have slightly overindulged in a more than a little overcooked batch of hash cookies my friend made me…but I been having fun with this
Using the above formula…what kind of articles would other contributors write…
Derek its clearly hard core porn (in which he stars)
Jen id like to think, a deep loving long term relationship…with fluffy clouds and unicorns
Ads either a one night stand…or a friends with benefit type deal…
Who else?
Haha, you’re tripping bro
I really was…I woke up today and someone must have broken in and stolen all my cookies…because they are all gone!
I’m confused Chas, wasn’t there some ‘very prescient’ comment about competition starting yesterday?
To set yourself ‘free’ Lee, it’s simple, go surfing and forget about competitive surfing, its a dead end street.
It’s the antithesis to what surfing is really about, freedom and escape.
The old Asp tried for about what? 40 years? to make a go of it, and came up empty.
As S.G. said, as real surfers, we ‘don’t’ want to watch’–‘we want to ride’!
5pm Hawaiian Time.
Nothing.
Sorry to bother you LT, but could you add something to the effect of ‘72 hours of silence and counting’ to your updates moving forward? My brains a bit fuzzy and can’t remember when all this kicked off. TIA.
… purportedly wants less death though….
Pro surfing’s never been worse.
And with toothpaste and shampoo as two major sponsors at pipe, things have really gone down the tubes…
woah, woah woah!
What about hydro flask?
Non endemic gold!
Pandemic gold?
You can’t script this.
Early Kelly retirement and before Andy went gangbusters? *2001 CJ year
Kind of a toss up between now and when they had Patt Parnell calling heats.
I agree, Nick.
Who do you reckon could run it? Someone mentioned Jake Paterson, and I thought that sounded like an excellent idea. At least we’ve seen now, that people that don’t get surfers won’t have a clue about surfing.
Totally agree – Jake as the new Bugs.
Well big Jake might be a good leader but I am just wondering if a simple change of leader will do much. It’d be such a huge job, you have to break the whole Santa Monica machine’s back for a start, get all the surfers fully psyched and behind your program, re-empower the regions, and find ways to hand back some ownership to all the people who make the thing tick at grass roots level, all while keeping the investor engaged and inspired by your direction.
Heck yeah, and I was not envisioning Snake at the helm of the Wozzle, but a an entirely different/new organisation.
Vote 1 Nick Carroll
Make the ASP Great Again
I was reading the NBA guidelines for the 2021 season restart and it goes to show the difference between an actual sports league and a wannabe sport. The fact that after 8 MONTHS of planning they shut down completely with no contingency’s is a complete failure from leadership. Logan should be canned immediately and they should promote Pat O’Connel. Logan has done NOTHING since taking over except completely shit the bed. Weird that a guy working for FUCKING OPRAH mis-managed operating a surf league. Who could’ve seen that not working out. Fucking Corpo snowflake.
Goat for ceo
The WSL is blowing it again. It’s not even news anymore
Colapinto got a mental one! Made about four different sections in the barrel.
https://www.instagram.com/p…
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Yessir.
Which section?
Selfish bastards getting so many non wsl sanctioned pits. Good on em. With each spit E-lo ages a year.
Sounds a girl I know
DP stated in his podcast that this was the plan