See: Italo Ferreira’s staggering
transformation from surfer to Tom Selleck-sex-god-lookalike in GQ
magazine!
By Derek Rielly
Dirty, sexy, hot.
When Italo Ferreira goes to work he’s treated like the
world champ he is. Staff will get him a glass of water or
anything else he needs. The tech boys makes sure his headphones are
clean, free of wax.
In the water, crowds, privy to his reputation, part to watch his
magic close up, examining his technique as a pervert studies nice
seventies pussy hair on a retro video.
Outside of the surf world?
Italo ain’t famous although that is set to change after his
stunning transformation for the cover of the latest GQ
Brazil magazine.
The metamorphosis is profound, from a man with a stubby handsome
friendly face that looks like a surprised big-eyed animal to a
slit-eyed sex god bathed in golden light, reminiscent of eighties
television private eye Tom Selleck.
“When he steadies his body on one of the spectacular surfboards
in his collection over the waves of Japan,” writes GQ, “the surfer
Italo Ferreira will be celebrating a trajectory that began when the
tide was not very favorable.”
“I had no idea what it would be like when I grew up. I could be
a waiter, fisherman or fireman,” he says.
The just-turned twenty seven year old also recalls the time he
invited a professional surfer, name not revealed, to stay at his
house for one week after she posted on Instagram that she had
dreamed about it.
Can you guess who?
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Breaking: “Lucky” Leonardo Fioravanti
appears set to be Olympic alternate for France, South Africa and
Japan after qualifying for Italy ahead of Tokyo Games!
By Chas Smith
International man!
An international bombshell just exploded across the surf
world as it appears that Leonardo Fioravanti is set to be
Olympic alternate for France, South Africa and Japan after
qualifying for his home country Italy.
That is three more countries than 11x World Champion Kelly
Slater is alternate for, not to mention the fact that Fioravanti is
already heading to Tokyo via Roma.
“Lucky” Leo’s relationship with Japan and South Africa is,
currently, unclear.
His step-father lives in France though is Australian.
The processes in place to replace a qualified athlete for
Tokyo 2020 should they not be able to compete in the Games are as
follows:
If a quota place allocated is not confirmed by the National
Olympic Committee (NOC) by the June 21 deadline for confirmation or
is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated to the
next highest ranked athlete not yet qualified at the respective
event, respecting the maximum quota places of two surfers per
gender per NOC.
If the athlete qualified through ISA Continental Qualifying
Event – 2019 ISA World Surfing Games and/or Pan American Games 2019
– the quota place will be reallocated to next highest ranked
athlete in the respective event provided the athletes are within
the ISA quality control ranking (top 30). If no available athlete
from the continents finish within the ISA quality control ranking,
the place will be allocated to the next best ranked athlete, not
yet qualified, regardless of the continent.
The deadline for the Final Entries list of participating
athletes in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (sport entries deadline)
is 5 July 2021 at 23:59 Japan time (UTC+9).
After the sport entries deadline, where there are medical
conditions preventing participation of an athlete, proven
Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV), a positive COVID-19 test,
isolation or quarantine due to a COVID-19 infection or other
exceptional reasons, the IOC, after consultation with the relevant
IF and IOC medical experts (when deemed appropriate by the IOC),
may authorize a permanent replacement of an athlete by another
athlete only in the same sport and discipline and event provided
the reallocation is complete prior to Surfing’s Technical Meeting,
which is scheduled to take place at the surfing venue in Tokyo on
July 24th at 3pm local time.
For surfing, in which the quota place is allocated to an
athlete by name, the reallocation procedure will be initiated in
accordance with the approved Qualification System for surfing. In
this case, replacement athletes must meet the eligibility
conditions and qualification criteria, must have been registered on
the NOC’s ‘Long List’ of athletes eligible to serve as
replacements, and must have no doping control issues
pending.
Very cool.
World peace through Leonardo Fioravanti or am I somehow parsing
that top list wrong? I’ll be honest, I haven’t read all the text
that follows but assume it says something like “Leonardo Fioravanti
can surf for Italy, Japan, South Africa and France assuming enough
surfers get hurt.”
What if he wins gold, silver and bronze?
First time in Olympic history?
Kelly Slater very sad.
Joe Rogan, likely, indifferent.
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Surf rich El Salvador becomes first country
on earth to make Bitcoin legal tender; market watchers breathlessly
wait to see if “diamond-handed” investor Kelly Slater will
relocate!
By Chas Smith
Will he or won't he?
In news that reverberated across the waters,
surf rich El Salvador, days ago, became the first nation on earth
to make Bitcoin legal tender. President Nayib Bukele believes that
full adoption of the cryptocurrency will help the country’s many
poor who have little or no access to banks, tweeting “It will bring
financial inclusion, investment, tourism, innovation and economic
development for our country.”
Dour economists worry that pegging an already volatile region to
an extremely volatile financial instrument will create havoc.
Debate rages across El Salvador’s many small towns with
residents trying to figure out how these events will change their
daily lives. “How am I going to agree with this? I haven’t seen it
even in photos. I know nothing about it, you need to understand
your currency,” Estela Gavidia told Reuters.
“If you go to a McDonald’s or whatever, they cannot say we’re
not going to take your bitcoin, they have to take it by law because
it’s a legal tender,” President Bukele vigorously countered.
But while that debate rages, the eyes of true market watchers
are fixed solely on U.S. Olympic surf team first alternate Kelly
Slater.
The 11x World Champion recently savaged Tesla founder Elon
Musk for his crypto currency strategy, writing at the
time, “So a guy who owns an energy company doesn’t understand this
stuff before he buys it? Has no problem taking the profits. Does he
have an issue with kids mining cobalt in the Democratic Republic of
Congo to build batteries? He could probably address and potentially
help solve the real energy issues (68 per cent of the energy
produced in the US, for instance, is wasted … seems like a bigger
issue to me which would solve any BTC problem).”
El Salvador plans to tap their many volcanoes in order to make
energy to mine Bitcoin.
Slater later revealed himself to be a “diamond-handed” Bitcoin
investor, or someone who bought in early and isn’t worried about
sudden drops, and so analysts wait with bated breath to see if he
will purchase some property in El Salvador, maybe in Surf City,
where the World Surfing Games just wrapped or, better, “Bitcoin Beach.”
He seriously should.
Imagine how cool it would be for him to put his crypto where his
mouth is.
Very cool.
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Watch: SUP pilots, goat boaters paddle out
on all manner of plastic near G-7 summit in Cornwall, England to
protest plastic!
By Chas Smith
Plastic bad (unless used for paddles etc.)
In an extraordinary moment, one that just may
tip the planet to the apocalyptic event it could be steaming
toward, a gaggle of SUP pilots, goat boaters, etc. paddled out near
Cornwall, England days ago on a never-before-seen amount of plastic
in order to protest plastic.
The G-7 Summit, as you well know, is taking place near
Cornwall.
The protestors are angry that world leaders are not doing enough
to stop plastic production for things other than SUPs, paddles,
kayaks, plastic sharks that declare “eat people not plastic”
etc.
You can watch here.
I don’t have much to write about the protest other than SUPs
continue to suck in heretofore unimagined ways.
Erik Logan.
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First Lady Jill Biden reveals disquieting
details of first surfboard to therapy group: “It was white with a
big butterfly on it!”
By Chas Smith
Can you guess who shaped? Does it even matter?
U.S. President Joe Biden wife, Jill, has
traveled to the heart of English surfing, Cornwall, for the very
important G7 summit. While the leader of the free world meets with
his counterparts and discusses various ways to squeeze China, the
First Lady took time to meet with Bude Surf Veterans, a group that
helps military men and their families cope with trauma through
surfing.
Ms. Biden praised the “healing power of the waters” and also
announced she, too, was a surfer, even describing her first
board.
It was “with with a big butterfly” on it.
Very cool and doesn’t it make you wish for simpler times? Before
you knew, or cared, about length, width, fin set ups, liters, who
shaped and boards could just be described by their colors and
adornments?