WSL fans go "bad dog".
I doubt if there was a heat in pro surfing history pressed with as much tension as Sage Erickson and Tatiana Weston-Webb’s Pipe opener five days ago.
It wasn’t threatening Pipeline by any stretch, but if you’ve ever tried to ride the joint you’ll know it is a devil of a wave, unpredictable, dangerous and surprisingly difficult to find a barrel without max skills.
God, I felt for Sage and Tati, whose heat was a curtain raiser to the first WCT women’s heat at Pipe. All those condescending and critical eyes. Given I tend to view surfing through the prism of my own abilities I was pleasantly surprised by the surfing.
Rails held, a little vision here and there, Carissa, unsurprisingly, the stand-out, Tyler’s win an anti-climax, I suppose, although she looked comfortable enough.
Here comes the however.
BeachGrit’s tour correspondent Steve “Longtom” Shearer spoke for many fans when he wrote, “If performance at Pipe is the measure then we are way behind the standards of the previous century… In one of the more blackly comic scenes of the day Pipe pioneer Rochelle Ballard was reduced to giving real-time lessons in technique for successfully threading Pipe tubes to hapless contestants.”
And, today, in response to a WSL post celebrating Tyler’s Pipe Masters win, surfing’s “bad dogs” turned on their master, bludgeoning stroke after bludgeoning stroke, all with the casual precision of a butcher.
vidalcordova: First person to win an event in pipeline with ZERO barrels
nathan____bishop: 12 year olds at 3 foot lowers get deeper than that
betaklein: She’s calling herself a PIPE MASTER on her last post! Check out her trophy. 😂 Delusional much? 🤣😭
grom_dad: When you go woke you win. Apparently the new judging criteria. Not actually surfing
jonwest843: That’s a two,,, just sayin
loco.lobo.loco: Stop with this stupid hype. Worst pipe win ever . Wsl should be ashamed of this posts
chatty_cathy_doll: Why would you want someone else’s trophy? Carissa won kook.
therealjayse: Shame WSL
lau_z_foto: i feel if you don’t get barreled at a pipeline comp, your score shouldn’t be higher than .05
ju_pdvn: Barrel dodge much?
dkeps808: Two turn champ! What a joke this is👎🏽hawaii and everyone knows who won. Barrels win the pipe💯
dkeps808: Two turn champ! What a joke this is👎🏽hawaii and everyone knows who won. Barrels win the pipe💯
bchsiao: Man I would hate to have a trophy where all my peers and elders say I didnt deserve it… Really not Tyler Wrights’ fault that the event format and judges gave her the wi
michael_r._hogue: Shame on the judges and the WSL.
glenndurflinger: I went over the falls and hit the reef in 2’ Pipe – does that make me a Pipe Master? 😂💩
masemonsta: Pipe not a good idea. WSL very lucky no girls got seriously hurt.
crawdady: Sick head dip !
andy_ruddock: @tylerwright I have always appreciated your level of finesse, but the digital edit to say “Pipe Master” over the top of your Maui Pro trophy is disrespectful to the pipe masters who have come before you – @gerrylopezsurfboards, Micheal and Derek, @markocchilupo, @kellyslater, Andy, @bruceirons, @whoisjob, @john_john_florence and all the other legends that put in the time and work to earn the right to that title. Can’t wait to to see the 2021 Pipe Masters with all the ladies charging! Respect to @rissmoore10 for getting out there and charging early with @whoisjob. Mick O’Brien says she won…can anyone argue with that? Thank you Jamie for helping the best to get better. I love to see you giving back. #RissGetsBarreled
And, this.
Tough crowd, I suppose.
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Carissa was the only one who had any idea about pipe!
And they don’t care
do you know why women wear make up and perfume?
because they are ugly and they stink.
if the women get paid the same as men (for less work in my opinion) then how bout we just make the tour all inclusive and let the chips fall where they may? id put my money on carissa against sympathy weight felipe at pipe at 3′ or bigger.
you want equality? then eliminate mens and women’s contest and open it up…i predict the women would progress exponentially.
tyler wright is not a pipe master she is an *
my pronouns are pussy and dick and what was that irons forehead crap? was she hoovering ratails with bruce prior to her heat?
hahaha…
so women are ugly + stink?
but you, you, do not?
ok, pal…
go sniff your toe~jam after wearin’ shoes+socks all day…
go sniff your sweaty nutz that you have after a day of wearin’ thee tight-ie ~white-ies that you do…
go sniff thee smell of where your ballz lay against your thigh…
if or when you ever get to ejact, go + sniff your smelly jizz…
go stick that middle finger up your arse + sniff it too…
go sniff your under-arms after a good work-out also…
go sniff your breath in the early mornin’ too…
i bet that you too, stink,
so go dabble some of Calvin’s ‘Obsession’ fo “Men” on ya, ok,
you too, might smell better, hahaha! But please, buddy~boy, only dab’z a bit on your testicles,
or behind your ear, for who THEE F**K wants to smell the perfume ~ err thee cologne,
that you are wearin’ today, to mask your natural scent?
Not I, ya f**kin’ kook,
hahaha…
stay on topic fuck face.
out of all my points you focused on the opening joke?
and why so fascinated with my parts?
eat ass not crow
Was really excited to see the women get a crack at pipe during prime time, yet also worried for their health and safety, as nearly none of them get waves on real days out there. Surfing subpar pipe can actually be more dangerous as it’s a harder read and competition may put pressure on you to go on something you otherwise wouldn’t. I was disappointed in the performances and disappointed that there wasn’t a sense of humility by Tyler, it would have been a lot better to hear her say, “that wasn’t the performance I wanted to give, this wave demands more, and while I’m stoked to win I wish I had clenched it with some solid tube time” (correct me if I’m wrong, tried to search and couldn’t find it) Don’t really remember CJ being a braggart about the 2001 championship, I’m sure he wished the season ran it’s course and that he was champ without any question. But as everything else with the WSL, it’s all sickly positive and built to attract non surfers to the sport while alienating the core.
I agree 100%. I happened to see the vlog of JOB and Carissa and she was getting barreled in some heavy surf. She wiped out several times too but that’s part of forward momentum of continuing to educate oneself on a break that’s constantly in a state of flux. Also, you never learn anything by doing it right the first time.
You want the same level of pay you should be competeing at the same performance level… and be ready for the same level of abuse when your surfing is second rate. Step it up or step aside.
The authentic disappointment is watching the ersatz political left tie themselves in knots and disappear up the own arses, meanwhile the real game, the continued transfer of wealth upwards, continues unabated.
Identity politics including this obsession with race, is well intentioned but it’s being used as a distraction.
Basically, “as class inequalities have dilated, establishment politicians ally with identity groups to shore up neoliberalism against any resistance to it.”
Worth a read.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/…
no hump comes to mind….but he a world champion liar , think fact check made that claim!!
yeah fuck human rights , we are seeing the result of that in the USA…..
BLM” s for me was a line in the sand moment , where you are “either part of the solution or you are the problem ” so anybody who makes an effort and gets out of their comfort zone …well very commendable!
I know I’m going to get flack for this, but in my hours of reading “both sides” of the story of BLM, the idea of BLM is of greatness, however, it is being led by an unofficial organization of domestic terrorists. While I support the idea for which BLM stands, I do NOT stand behind the people whom are causing needless violence, acts of stealing, looting and rioting…ergo, I cannot wholly support the amalgamated essence of BLM because it is not yet established. And to put it out there, I don’t support ANY extremist groups, right or left.
Until a group comes forward that isn’t about protesting and causing chaos in order to make a change, I cannot back said group. Progress is a VERY slow process. Shit doesn’t happen overnight. It’s just a constantly evolving, very slowly progressing…
BLM is in grave need for a leader… such as MLK, Jr. There are no men like him in this day and age.
BLM is a Marxist org. The founders of it don’t hide it but freely admit it (good on em fo r being honest at least). In the end, they are useful idiots (like Antifa) for the globalists.
I think a lot of us just see BLM as a campaign to highlite racism is no longer acceptable……Lewis Hamilton is one person who has helped highlite racism and all the other drivers and F1 backed him and the BLM cause……..so BLM has reached a Global audience .stop racism….
I see BLM as trying to right the wrongs of racism in history , which includes today’s systemic issues born of past accepted behavior ……we now call it racism , and it is not acceptable anymore….
I don’t see the small violent protests as the major issue…it’s just an emotional response to centuries of abuse…but mostly it’s been a pretty peaceful reaction to bringing up racial issues that still affect us all today.
Satanic, globalist group that BLM. Stupid white folk\corpos give them BILLIONS! What a time to be alive!
I think if you look at the history of the Pipe Masters , Pagey won very small backdoor…Dane Kealoha also won a Pipe Masters in 3 ‘ backdoor……but they are Pipe Masters…..it was entertaining , and a start….and yeah Tyler was overscored and Carissa underscored…all happened before will happen again…..so respecting the result at Pipe for the girls non problem..
They are… too, haters. But you can feel, there, a certain pleasure in the form in doing the ‘tough critics”, don’t you?
There’s a Grand Canyon between making a sincere and constructive criticism, and a “pleasurable and juicy, full of truths, full of saliva running through the teeth to the keys of the cell phone”, isn’t there?
Of course “white” culture needs to make changes, same goes for every culture.
I just smell virtue signaling, faux guilt and public displays of self flagellation.
The same people would squeal if they actually had to change anything.
White people invented typhoid and cholera.
And probably dry elbow skin.
China gave us Covid, Bird flu, Asian flu, pretty much every flu
Tyler’s “winning” wave was not good even by her own standards.
The world we live in where everyone wants to talk a bunch of shit about others who are successful rather than address their own failures.
Or…don’t serve me a shit sandwich and tell me it’s filet.
Lying to your customers or yourself isn’t the way to get better.
Have you addressed your own failures, too? If you had, you wouldn’t have made your comment to which I’m replying.
By the way, while I do agree with your sentiment above, I disagree simultaneously, ergo I wouldn’t have gotten the chance to question your sentiment in the first place had you confronted your own failures. Confusing world in which we live!
This makes zero sense
well it seems apparently they used our international taxpayers money to fund their righteous equal pay movement so you can imagine how that made us feel. Using all our personal hard fought money to pay young surfer women, it’s just outrageous,,, and they are girls, not even better than the 13 years boys pulling in at Trestles,, can’t wait to see the real men get some heavy pits at Trestles next september
So true, I mean, what have Europeans ever given the world?
What, you want more than trifle?
If white people invented it, I hate it.
They discovered America! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
fuck so I am a kook , which means my opinion doesn’t count! So Little Nikky boy tell me about your great surfing exploits ….whats your biggest wave at Pipe/Sunset/Waimea…???
So you are blaming Tyler for all the people who died in ME and N Africa , that you say the USA killed……then 3000 kids die per day in Africa about as many deaths per day in the USA…….one from the pandemic , one from poverty because of the pandemic …yes its her fault because BLM……..your reasoning is nothing short of evil !
The WSL, by finishing the women’s Maui event at Pipe, have just shat buckets on the beach of Pipe locals. I don’t need to explain any more.
Fuck the WSL
I bet they can surf it