Reasons not given.
Of all the events slated for the World Surf League Championship Tour 2020/21 season, I was most excited for G-Land. That iconic East Javanese wave has been part of surfing’s lore like few others. From the Mike Boyum days and the wild n wooly surf camp he built, celebrated in Michael Oblowitz’s Sea of Darkness, to Chris Ward putting on a backside barrel clinic to multiple Kelly Slater moments.
There have been no CT contests at G-Land for 22 long years but, thrillingly, that was all set to change with the Quiksilver Pro G-Land. It had been slated to run June 4 – 14, 2020, before Coronavirus cancellation, but put back on after the just-weeks-ago restart.
Most excited but after a fresh perusal of the schedule on the World Surf League’s own website, as noticed by an eagle-eyed People™, the contest is absent.
No word from the World Surf League as to why, which gives us the duty to speculate.
Did the Pipeline fiasco, wherein World Surf League CEO Erik Logan and four busy bees contracted Covid thus suspending the event then dropped a Cone of Silence over the North Shore leaving surf media to sort out a Yago Dora connection thereby pushing a story of bungling and mismanagement cause other nations/municipalities to reconsider their involvement?
Is G-Land the first shoe to drop and should we expect Teahupoo to follow?
Will the World Surf League release a statement or hope that fans of professional surfing forgot?
Which do you prefer, the Cone of Silence or the Wall of Positive Noise?
Is Pip Toledo pleased that a heavier wave has been potentially dropped, eyeing that 5th place finish so he can win his first World Championship at 3 foot Trestles?
Give me your speculations.
Isn’t it time to start calling Pip, Pop?
I guess my whole point of it is that private corporations have the right to only accept passengers who sign up for the database that you mentioned. Everybody has the choice to opt out of getting the vaccine. Thats fine, but IMHO it would be big government imposing regulations on private companies if they were forced to let people fly that did not get vaccines. I know you guys on the hard right don’t like any kind of big government imposing regs on private companies.
As far as how long the vaccine will protect people that has yet to be determined. Some vaccines last a lifetime. The flu virus mutates every year. From what I know covid type viruses don’t mutate as much . I know the big talking point is that its just like the flu, it’s not.
How are people with disabilities going to be discriminated against because they are allergic to the vaccine? I’m sure anybody with an issue like that can get an exemption from their doctor.
I think you will find most of the early events have now been cancelled – bye bye to Sunset and Santa Cruz
The code of silence has been broken
https://www.worldsurfleague…
the cone of silence is vaporizing
Surf island?
I’ve got a couple ‘Hawaiian Seedling’ guavas attempting to grow by my driveway.
They are struggling with lack of sun and something that keeps eating the leaves
I fell for it when you said you had a fan/stalker that you ran into around your home beach. I’m still in therapy so I can learn to trust again.
Seems to be plot from Ziff and the overlords to have the tour kill itself by mainly running in the most COVID effected places thus super spreading it. Saves him having to sell it off, the tour will just fall in a heap. There’s no way the Aussie government is allowing the tour here after mainland America, then Rio straight after might as well crown JJF the last world champ. It’s a sad day for professional surfing.
Digital verification as in like in the cultures where you can get fingered by a “doctor” and be a certified virgin?
Hahahah I know youre serious but fuck your presentation is hilarious
In other news, Yours Truly has been ‘surfing’ 2 mornings in a row before almost managing to get into work on time.
I’m determined to keep it up.
A new, refreshed Channel Bottom may once again rise to top-tier kook status once more instead of merely being a whipped cur homebody.
Now… if all those other fuckers would bugger off again and leave my beach quiet like it used to be. We need to make surfing unpopular again.
Next time you’re late, walk in with your board and try to recreate that scene from Point Break where Utah’s boss craps all over him:
Boss: channelbottom, this is not some job flipping burgers at the local drive-in! Yes, the surfboard bothers me. Yes, your approach to this whole damn
caseproject bothers me. And, yes, YOU BOTHER ME!channelbottom: Boss, I’m working smart. lt takes time. I’ve produced…
Boss: No, no, no, no! Let me tell you what you’ve produced. Over the last two weeks you two have produced exactly squat. SQUAT! During which time our competitors have won 3 contracts we also bid for! Now, for Christ’s sake,… do you have anything even remotely interesting to tell me?
channelbottom: Caught my first tube this morning,… sir!
Good to hear that, CB. It always feels so good to get some waves after an extended absence.
Are they better or worse the real guavas? I’ve never had a Feijoa.
Great story, wish there was more reporting on things like that. Took cultural anthropology in school and it was one of the best classes I have taken. Learned about native tribes all over the world. The Inuit was one of them
I feel like people who believe in this fake plandemic, and actually play along should be banned from traveling for the rest of their miserable lives!! Hey dumbass, flu season kicks around about twice a year. You better stay home, you might run fever and cough a little. F cunts!!!!
I would have never thought of that……
Formula 1 Racing did it… But they have about 1,000 times the money as the WSL. But even Lewis Hamilton, who is a big fan of the KS Wave pool, tested positive for COVID after winning the F1 Championship. Poor F1 – Each team had to cut their max annual budget to $145 million for the 2021 season.
What is about this global pandemic the fucking surf industry fails to understand? There’s no way the WSL is running any kinda tour this year. FYI the vax needs to be administered twice in order to be successful, on top of that, it’ll have to be re administered every 6-12 months.
If it was a public transport system paid for by taxes there might be some kind of argument to make about invasion of privacy but corporations can do what the want. Companies have the right to require testing if that is their policy. People can fly a different airline if they don’t like it. I guess its the International database that you and LGR don’t like the sound. of.
All the idiots that refuse to get vaccines can fly on some airline that doesn’t care if they have a bunch of disease riddled passengers onboard. I’m sure most countries are going to require it to travel there as well.
Sunset and Santa Cruz CT’s also will be canceled.
Chas must be really happy now.
What a fkng strange world…
Beachgritt became the main Surfing media…
And i’m here posting, altough i hate this gossip and bad vibes “portal”…
But at least it’s honest.
Pro Surfing became bigger than it was supposed to be, and so became a victim of that.
welcome EDT.
the vibes are mostly great.
You are the reason i keep coming back,
If Chas and Derek make real money out of this pile of sarcasm, gossips and envy posts, than they are smart, no doubt about it. The irony is that BG became the only reliable source of INFO for hardcore surf fans, so we keep coming here…
But i always have the sense that it’s really easy to mock ELO, so no big efforts here.
If they want real interesting stuff, try connecting with the guys who are the protagonists… what does JJ, Medina, Italow, Felipe, Jordy think about??? But hey, they wont talk to you guys…
So back to sarcasm and bad vibes.
those guys won’t have anything interesting to say until they retire. if then.
actions speak far louder than words in this world my friend.
As I said yesterday, no more Sunset and California…
Back to sharks and real estate.
Sure the CT surfers give lousy interviews, you’re absolutely wright. Since Curren. But what about the older guys nowadays? Gerlach? Rob Paige? Clark Jones? Luke Egan? Would guess that they could write some cool stuff. Rob Bain does a great job on his Insta account.
Fuck off
How is an airline requiring you to release medical records showing you have gotten the vaccine different than a company requiring you to release medical information of a drug test different with regards to HIPAA laws?
HIPAA was designed to hide abortions for high dollar hookers(actresses). Now, it’s biting the left in the arse, as they can’t make ANYBODY show their medical/innoc/shot records. It’s all hyperbole that will go away soon. The company is hard at work right now creating social unrest. Should accumulate into mass psychosis, followed by untrained/spaz oriented engagement…..soon.
It’ll be a great year for believing!