Breaking: World Surf League cancels upcoming Rio Pro citing the dreaded “abundance of caution!”

"Disorder and lack of progress."

Oh but the World Surf League has just released a scintillating press release detailing how the rest of the 2020/21 World Championship Tour will look/feel.

Exciting?

Obviously.

Highlights included Mexico being pushed back by a month to accommodate International Surfing Association chief Fernando Aguerre’s coup, the Outerknown Tahiti Pro being pushed back two days for outerunknown reasons, Surf Ranch unfortunately still coming up next and the Rio Pro canceled.

Why?

The Oi Rio Pro had originally been pushed back from June to August in hopes of safely running the event. The WSL has continued to monitor the situation and made the decision to cancel the event for 2021 out of an abundance of caution for the safety of athletes, staff and the local community. The WSL looks forward to returning to Saquarema with the world’s best surfers in 2022.

Those dreaded abundances of caution.

World Surf League CEO Erik Logan, “We’re really proud that we’ve been able to schedule a truly global tour for 2021.”

Brazil, apparently, no longer “truly global.”

Disorder and lack of progress in Santa Monica, if you ask me.

On the plus side, Kelly Slater now has one less foot injury to fake.

A relief.

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Adrien2035
Adrien2035
5 years ago

Brazil was never great anyway, santa catalina was not bad, but rio and Saqua are QS location not CT, same for Narrabeen and Newcastle but at least those places were covid safe.

Simon Says
Simon Says
5 years ago

When will Dirk Ziff, in an ‘abundance of caution’ jettison the WSL?

Simon Says
Simon Says
5 years ago

The abundance of stupidity that hovers like a cloud over the WSL has reached a whole new level!

SpanishBombs
SpanishBombs
5 years ago

Vans should run the WSL.

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
5 years ago

Hi Dr Jen…..Today Surfline Man Journalist , in an article about Leon Glatzer , The Hawaiian born Costa Rican , son of a German model and now representing Germany in Surfing in Tokyo , described Germany , where hopefully Leon has never had to surf as being , LANDLOCKED , even though it has coasts on the North Sea and Baltic Sea …..
And there own site has predicted waves at 1m at my local spot , in the Baltic , for tonight and tomorrow .…… no wonder , your creation , Surfline man is confused when his own sacred site is fatally flawed ?

toaster redux
toaster redux
5 years ago

“On the plus side, Kelly Slater now has one less foot injury to fake.” Gold

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
5 years ago
Reply to  toaster redux

4 time world Champ MR was once known as the Wounded Gull …..
I propose that his holiness , The Smelly Goat , be known , during his real ,or fake, convalescence as the WOUNDED CENTIPEDE ?

Mapski
Mapski
5 years ago

La Cabana.

commenter
commenter
5 years ago

Makes sense. Knowing what I do of Brazil, I figured that would be one of the Top Five places for Covid, especially when it all began around the time of Carnival.

The Brazilians I know complain that Bolsonaro is a Trump-class twit who doesn’t have a clue what he is doing so Covid is almost out of control there.

Brazil isn’t as bad as India but it’s pretty bad.

They’re a social people the Brazilians and some little old pandemic isn’t going to keep them from banging off each other.

They are being abundantly cautious. There will always be next year.

Simon Says
Simon Says
5 years ago
Reply to  commenter

Next year? Ziff is bailing!

commenter
commenter
5 years ago
Reply to  Simon Says

How do you know that?

John Non John
John Non John
5 years ago

If Surf Ranch holds 15 million gallons of water with an evaporation rate of 300,000 gallons per day, what amount of pee can the pool handle before chlorine is added? Is Val pee as toxic as pro pee and bro pee?

James Bickerton
James Bickerton
5 years ago
Reply to  John Non John

You may have to ask the White Peeple …… The Scientists that Created Peeps or Purps or whatever Smelly called his Pee Pee Soda ?

Stick man
Stick man
5 years ago

just go surf down the bea…oh wait, nevermind.

Stick man
Stick man
5 years ago

Jen Watch

Eduardo Sampaio
Eduardo Sampaio
5 years ago

Fits well with the microwave at the Ranch.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
5 years ago

Very clipped

John Wayne
John Wayne
5 years ago

Someone has to cover the new air section at the end of the wave so we do not have to watch it.

Lucky Al
Lucky Al
5 years ago

You’re in the Pacific Northwest? I’m in Southeast Asia. Been using coconut husks and shredded sugarcane.

toofattosurf
toofattosurf
5 years ago

thanks god…

Lucky Al
Lucky Al
5 years ago

What are you using for ground cover?

Capt Sensible
Capt Sensible
5 years ago

Ohh the excitement, which burnt out has been will the WSL roll out at OKPool , could it be K Fletcher ?

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
5 years ago

I love to lick sweat.
Just a generic love, not off anyone specifically

Waterproof Polo
Waterproof Polo
5 years ago

“Abundance of Caution” – the Coldplay of excuses. Bland. Why even give that as a reason. Just say Covid is rife etc, and so on/so forth blah blah corpo speak.. fucken knobheads.

Chief Hot stuff
Chief Hot stuff
5 years ago

I’m starting to enjoy the corpo spaz talk, it’s gives me a Tony Robbins, or Covid type false positive


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