Rare and wonderful.
A man who keeps his word is a rare and wonderful thing. An almost forgotten thing in this day and age of flimflam and wish-wash. Of bent spines and reeds in the wind. But you will certainly recall when, at the very beginning of this North Shore season, Koa Rothman, son of Eddie, declared via Instagram:
What’s happening you guys. I have an announcement. This year, this winter here in Hawaii, 2020, 2021, I will be going on whatever wave I want at pipeline. So. That being said, there is only a few people out there that I will not drop in. So. Yeah. No hard feelings. I’m not trying to be a dick. I’m just letting you know now that is what is going to be happening. So have a great day and watch out.
True to his word, young Rothman just bagged an entirely impressive Wave of the Winter candidate right in front of… who?
Who is that?
Clearly not one of the few but also without hard feelings. Derek Rielly regularly speaks to the joys of being dropped in on by professionals. How he can observe their technique from behind. A front row seat to greatness. Whoever was front seat at Koa’s performance is very lucky and also BeachGrit‘s number 1 candidate for Witness of the Winter.
Very cool.
True to his word, young Rothman just bagged an entirely impressive Asshole of the Winter candidate
Koa should go back to New Jersey
Philadelphia to be accurate
#antialoha
So true to his call, Koa is a self serving fuckwit. Hard to tell but looks like the deeper guy maybe would have made it too, and definitely got way more barreled. Considering how dangerous pipe is, this is super disrespectful to everyone who has passed away or been seriously injured out there. Pretty radical shift from the Wolfpak narrative of the 00’s too. Would love to know what the pipe lifeguards think about this behavior. Deliberating burning someone on a wave like that is putting the other persons life at risk. No mana. You’re a tool Koa
“A man who keeps his word is a rare and wonderful thing. An almost forgotten thing in this day and age”….?
Yes, he promised to be an a****** and cut people off, and he kept his word, rare indeed.
You want the truth–you can’t handle the truth….
What’s wrong, did fast Eddie threaten you or something.
Chas wants to go to Hawaii without getting knocked up
I think you meant “false cracked” (Buy Here)
I did already! (it was my attempt at a joke)
Shouldn’t win with a drop in wave on principle alone
Who’s the burnee? Anybody know?
Maybe it’s Luke Davis, and that’s why he’s in a sulk.
“A man who keeps his word is a rare and wonderful thing. An almost forgotten thing in this day and age”….?
Yes, he promised to be an a****** and cut people off, and he kept his word, rare indeed.
You want the truth–you can’t handle the truth….
What’s wrong, did fast Eddie threaten you or something.
Man in the field, nice!!!
The commute is fucked, thanks for putting in so much effort!
Agree. That’s just poor form regardless of the endeavor.
I haven’t heard anything except Surfline posted a pic of C- street from yesterday on IG and everybody complained because you could see a surfer getting CPR on the beach in the same pic. I guess the guy passed away. I just checked and they took the post down.
“A man who keeps his word is a rare and wonderful thing. An almost forgotten thing in this day and age”…..?
Uhhh, someone promising to keep his word and be an Asshole, isn’t really that wonderful.
But “I’m not trying to be a dick.” While being an actual dick
Surely any wave featuring a drop in as blatant as that should be disqualified from the WOTW (not that this entry would have a chance of winning anyway, but it’s about sending a message).
Doesn’t this go against the whole idea of the comp – that anybody can win it if they put themselves in the right position? And how could Koa possibly think this is a worthy entry when the wave could have clearly been (and was) caught much deeper?
Plus doesn’t this go against the whole North Shore wolf-pack mentality (read: excuse) that maintaining order is necessary to protect lives? This looks pretty fucking risky, if you ask me.
Interview one of them lol
Can someone please explain how two people (Koa/Makua), raised under the same roof, can speak two completely different dialects of English???
Wasn’t deep plus his VLOG is shit.
The guy on the inside shoulda manned up and pulled in I reckon he would of been blown out in front of the Koa seed.
Pre-leash days would have shot his board at him
Not to do with anything. Just saw this and thought Greta was talking to Bex.
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Keynote speaker at the Entitled Fuckwits Convention
If he came to Oz and got burnt on every wave only for the Aussie to say, “hey i made my intentions clear on instagram, and my daddy is blah blah”, im sure he would just say “oh cool brah”, and not have a rant on his self indulgent “hey guys here is a 5minute recap all about me” blog.
WTF is it about hypocritical pricks like this.
Are you really Nicky Buttonshaw? I wanna believe.
He’s also Jason Wood.
Koa’s the Eric Trump of surfing
Griffin got some sick ones too.