Tourism board shenanigans.
Troubling allegations, just levied, are swirling around the Rip Curl Rottnest Search presented by Corona as it enters the last of its contest window days. Reports that the World Surf League may well be keeping the eight remaining surfers prisoner against their wills.
Forcing Sally Fitzgibbons, Tyler Wright, Carissa Moore, Johanne Defay, Liam O’Brien, Morgan Cibilic, Italo Ferriera and Gabriel Medina to shelter in place, drinking twenty dollar beers, thirty dollar açaí bowls, forty dollar electric bike trips to Stricko Bay (one way).
For word, yesterday, out of Perth suggests the conditions were absolutely perfect and let us read directly from the source, who shall remain unnamed for his/her/its own protection.
Woke early Sunday to discover, contrary to the forecast…barely a breath of wind and offshore! Went surfing with the lad. Was one of the unusually better days for Perth, and not too crowded since everyone was expecting onshore.
Including the WSL it seems.
Winds remained perfect until midday and in fact by 9am was NE (perfect offshore for Strickos) and heaps enough swell. They could have easliy finished the contest.
It seems when they wrapped up on Sat, then and there they scheduled the “Next Call” to Tues 25th.
Odd.
We all know better than to completely rely on a forecast…and are they too lazy to check every day? Did they double down and bury their heads in the sand and not wanna go back on their next call, call?
Is this the curse of the “next call”…the island laughing at them?
The island’s fifty dollar flat whites are certainly laughing.
Worryingly, though, I think the League accidentally showed its hand. Now that it is, ostensibly, acting as an agency in the tourist board game, filling the entire waiting period must be agreed upon before the events even start, no?
A set amount of airtime etc.
Static “stay tuned” screens broadcasting who knows what straight into addled brains across the globe.
You certainly remember the controversy around backmasking in the 1970s and 1980s. Satanic or troubling messages put into songs and heard when played in reverse.
A positively terrifying prospect in the hands of World Surf League CEO Erik “ELo” Logan.
But, real quick, how totally bummed are Sally Fitzgibbons, Tyler Wright, Carissa Moore, Johanne Defay, Liam O’Brien, Morgan Cibilic, Italo Ferriera and Gabriel Medina right now?
Binge watching old episodes of Lost over sixty dollar a day internet.
What a painfully flawed article. To suggest that the event was dragged out by reason of some Tourism Board when it’s an event with no crowds… Best logic. Yeah keeping 8 surfers there a bit longer really filled the pockets of the businesses operating on the island! The Western Australian “Tourism Board” don’t have anything further to gain by having the event run for 14 days as opposed to 5… There was already enough backlash over environmental impact and recognition of Rottnest Island’s past. And no, strickos actually wasn’t garnoff on sunday.
Have a spell.
Rotto is actually just a rich white kid play ground , if you aint got the bucks n boat dont bother going because its outa your league.
Looking forward to more dog pics on the live comments thread.
Those poor fucking souls. Thoughts and prayers 🙏. They could only dream of the luxury of dropping the kids at before school care, to enjoy the serenity of Sydney traffic and the palatial opulence of an office. Could you imagine being stuck on that shithole? Nobody there? Fuck that.
PS Chas, can confirm if my chicken makes a weird gurgling noise, the surf is pumping. She was gurgling yesterday.
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You’re not wrong with the pricing
Surfing attracts lots of homos
Many strange new sensations being experienced on that remote, lustrous isle
Wait, so some guy from Perth said ‘wind here good, so wind there good’? That is not how wind works. Unless the guy is sitting at Strickos his word on what the wind is doing a few dozen miles offshore on an island has about as much value as this comment. – none. Might as well call me up to comment on shit – “yeah wind is solid offshore in Bellingham, lets get this fuckin show on the road”
Double-checked, Stricko’s was good, offshore etc.
GOD DAMMIT WSL
It may have been the case in Perth but that’s not Rotto.
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The swell turned up yesterday. Yesterday wasn’t northerly or even ENE?? It was on Sunday in the morn but the swell was smaller than today
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New rip curl ad.
“the search” has been called off.
No rubbers to be found though.
like, yeah wearing nothin
Luckily, hand jobs from Joe Turdpel are still available for the low low price of free 99.
Q-it’s all part of the plan.
SPOILER ALERT.
Finals day is going to pump.
is that based on the Turpel scale? seems he is single handedly trying to disprove the theory that you “can’t polish a turd”
Well, it would explain the too big field and stupid seeding round. What sport doesn’t set up #1 and #2 on opposite sides of a draw in hopes of them being in the final?
Without the seeding round wouldn’t the same surfers be facing off at every event? Must be the only reason to do it?
I thought it was to give the surfers some kind of incentive to actually put a little effort into winning the first round.
Correct.
Seeding round pre-event window? Possible? Must be.
Perhaps, but that assumes there’s no movement in the rankings each event. We know there’s at least a wild card or two. Regardless, you want 1 & 2 on separate sides. I would think.
Morgan and Sally are loving the extra days!
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Wait, are those Flat White’s $50 Australian? That’s like $2 US isn’t it? Seems like a deal!
Bargain if they can make a quokka out of cream on top.
Actually that’s a name over here for white trailer park trash!
When I play The Grit backwards, I just get a bunch of “Meeps”.
Like Beaker from The Muppet Show “meeps?”
Yes.
I think you’re playing it normal.
When I play it “normal” as you say, I get “the WSL is Satan”.
I didn’t know that you could get paid to watch Lost reruns???
And yes, John Locke was the best dramatic character ever on a TV show and you ALL KNOW IT!
Walter White ?
When in rome. Prison colonies gunna imprison