WHOA!
What a day for the rumor mill. While you are certainly continuing to digest today’s scintillating whisper that International Surfing Association head Fernando Aguerre is pressing his advantage, attempting to break the World Surf League’s grasp on power by forcing Olympic-bound WSL surfer to march in El Salvador whilst waving flags, a new hot bit of gossip floats.
Where Aguerre remains unbent, it is alleged that the WSL is considering either dropping the just-announced Corona Open Mexico presented by Quiksilver that had been slated to run July 5 – 15, or shifting it to some other position on the calendar. The Jeep Surf Ranch Pro, scheduled for June 25 – 27, is, likewise potentially moving two weeks earlier.
Why?
Well, the Olympics is locked in from July 23 to August 8 and so much surfing, so little time. With Aguerre holding firm on his World Surfing Games dates (May 29 to June 6), it would mean those Olympic-bound WSL surfers would be flying willy nilly all over the globe in the time of Covid with scarcely any time to quarantine, much less train.
Imagine the exhaustion of Kolohe, Medina, Kanoa.
Imagine more the exhaustion of Australia’s and New Zealand’s surfers where going home equals a two week mandatory hotel stay.
Whew.
A giant mess or extremely fun?
Kelly Slater, meanwhile, is busily fiddling with his doctor’s note.
A virtual lock for the Olympics, no?
More as the story develops.
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A complete and total collapse of competitive surfing and the entire “surf” market would be ideal. I pray that surfing be the next rollerblading.
FFS, how inconvenient…I now need to rethink my Surfvival League strategy
The characters in these door stops of Great Russian Literature have more pseudonyms than surfers ….. I used to write them down to work out who was actually up who and who hadn’t paid …
Not a problem! More to put in my mouth whilst……………her.
An extremely giant fun mess.
Just run the rest of the tour in Newy with Luke Egan and Hoyo the wildcards in every event
WSL must be in the shit. You hear fuck all from E-Lo lately which means he knows they are fucked and not even any corpo speak can save the tour. Not even much content (thank god) is being produced.
It tucks in for a little head dip.
Off for the day
Go surfing
Hell of a gig
2ft shoebreaks?
Got the boogie out?
How can they still be seriously considering going to Brazil? I don’t get this.. also, why is these ISA games in anyway relevant to anything? Can the surfers just and together and say “nah, not going to that”
No maiming. – Mamíferos 😵
Australia major general says war with China high likely hood. Does this have anything to do with lack of Chinese pro surfers in pro surfing? Any how i wouldn’t stay away from Olympics in Japan and get caught up with friends and family. I’m sure that’s what Kelly’s foot will be doing. Peace for everyone’s sole.
Throw the rest of the year in the bin… lock the lot of them up in some Margaret River cellar door and run another 6 comps up and down the WA coast. Who wouldn’t be happy with that.
Just cut in various view of the cities / locations they are meant to be in and call it good.
“Oh, yeah. Uh. Chiba has borrowed the WA fisheries boat. And so has Kelly’s SlurpRash. Yeah. Amazing how it looks like Australia now huh?”
Wouldn’t it be easier to put a blue screen behind Kelly’s tub?
I would be quite unhappy with that. 2 events in WA is more than enough.
it’s just great seeing that the pros and I both have to jump through hoops just to surf 2 ft crap
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Congratulations CB . Though not jealous , well a bit , I was reminded of this character from the Life of Brian …..
https://youtu.be/8EI7p2p1QJI
What the hell? I thought BG was the source of all shark news and I find this: https://www.bbc.com/news/wo…
106 countries at a beach-break for 7 days – Turpell’s just gonna read War and Peace out loud.
So they’re not even having it at that El Sal point break?
might have been some sloppy commenting by moi, par for the course unfortunately.
You’re forgiven – but don’t let this happen again!
upping me game Mr. C!
Or Gabriel García Márquez “ Love in the Time of Cholera “ knowing that the Olympic Movement involves a lot of nocturnal and diurnal pelvic thrusting , but , with 100 + nations present , though wonderful , “100 years of Solitude” is just not apt for this cross fertilization of surfing nations ?
Surfers were once rebels and outcasts–now the WSL and the ISA have them jumping through hoops and wearing cute little uniforms.
In some good news I no longer have a sick note from my Doctor. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Nice. That should work for about three years.
Kelly is gonna have to double down I reckon. Rock up to the WSL office in a wheelchair looking like that bald cunt from X Men.
Willy Wonka into a somersault
I think they should go back to the old days and he has to front up in front of all his fellow competitors and plead for the injury wild card. They could televise it. Watch everyone vote him out – just for old times sake.
If they want to compete with proper sports then that’s the way to do it. Inside access to tribunals would be groundbreaking entertainment. Perfect for live streaming because you can fast forward through all the boring shit.
they should do that in the NRL
And heckle, with photos from Kelly’s sessions at big Fiji while “injured”.
Imagine the time he spends scheming shit in his head and mastering the delivery in the mirror. What a fucked existence.
He is the Bill Clinton of Surfers ….
“I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky , and my foot is so badly broken , I can only surf at Chopes , Padang Padang , Deadmans and Cloudbreak …. So help me GOD “
Praying I’m back in waves of conequence soon, also that I’m not forever mentally scarred by my favourite rare bird of a fickle slab.
Inshallah and Amen to that …. Will put in a good word with Buddha , as well as the 33 million Gods of Hinduism too ….. Om Om Om
FFS that screen is filthy.
It’s probably foot skin too.
You’re a human?
No, I’m literally the self aware testes of a canine.
Woof!!
No more dick dragging?
Maybe, maybe not. I was starting to enjoy it!
I just spoke to my wife , a medical specialist, and she suggested to greatly reduce the use of pain killers if you are starting , to hallucinate , and think you are enjoying surfing in the prone position ?
Haha, I created an alternate reality and I’m running with it.
While laying down .
That’s one crook foot. Hope it gets you in a barrel soon!
Thanks Ricky!
Wow, you phoned home yet ET?
Haha WSL has already pulled a quick sneaky – it now says Surf Ranch is June 18-20th.
I hope this is true. Wifey just rented us a house for two weeks in Huatulco around the same time as the competition. I’d like to catch at least a few waves and enjoy my huachinango in relative peace.
Dear Kelly’s Dr.: Please give me a note advising that I am too sick to sit here at the computer and work, but am still able to read BeachGrit and surf. Thank you, -All
Dear Krypto,
Can do.
Sincerely,
Dr. Pepper
As a second opinion, I concur with Dr. Pepper.
– Dr. Dre
As long as u keep it fonky–Dr. John
I think he should put the band back together
and get Toe Jam Records to sign up
Smelly Skater and the Athletes Foot ?
P.S. Also, prescription for ayahuasca please. Thx.
Apparently you don’t know who Epstein’s mom was.
She was always writing notes for Juan.
Welcome Back Potter ….ooops Cotter