We are back!
I woke up this morning in a happy haze. Last night, sitting on an outdoor patio whilst the rain gently fell, I watched Jagger Eaton take Olympic bronze in men’s street skateboarding. Eaton is family and watching him rise to his moment, on a world-sized stage, was electric and it was fun.
So fun, in fact, that I missed surfing’s grand Olympic debut. At some point, during the skate preliminaries, a cell phone was handed my way streaming the show. I watched for a moment, it looked like surfing, then went back to the big screen and the nollie half-cab backside smiths.
I maybe should have paid a little bit more attention, though, as the august InStyle magazine has declared that culture is ripe for a “Billabong renaissance.”
The piece describes how surf-saturated society was in the late 1990s with Blue Crush and The OC and Maui Fever etc. etc. but then how it all faded but now, thanks to the Olympics, its all coming back.
Boxy Vans tees and Roxy surf shorts and sun-streaks in hair and things.
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Yep. That’s them. O’opu.
And the Plague is back in the news too!
Seriously, sack the whole WSL commentary team and employ this pommy. 1000x more listenable than any of them.
They don’t. But Americans in particular have a thing for freedom. It’s just the way it is. You can make that argument about guns, cigarettes, alcohol, etc, too. I would argue that you should do what you can to reduce harm to yourself and others. You can have all the rights you want, if you take the responsibilities that go with tem.
Unlikely she was vaccinated. At the moment only about 12% of the population have received jabs.
Interestingly, the states where the protests were have different sides of the political spectrum in power. (That sort of includes Queensland where there was a protest against lockdowns, while we don’t have a lockdown in place. Which kind of sums up a lot about Queensland…)
The one thing we can all agree on is that the Federal government has stuffed up the most consistently.
Yep the whole $5
Absolutely one the best live albums of all time. RIP Duane, Greg, Berry and Butch. Only Dickey and Jaimoe remain. Every cut is superb and tight as can be.
I’m outta the loop, what happened?
He’s gone, always was, only there to piss Kelly off
Trusting the govt/media is so anti establishment.
Viva la contra revolution!
Wonder is they’re going to run the mens, it’s blown to shit.
Either this or flat for the finals
It’s horrendous out there. I guess they want to finish in the better waves tomorrow so running heats today like you said. These are the worst conditions I’ve ever seen heats run in
Might be some good airs this arvo, more power and this wind. Women will be finding it tougher to make anything out of it.
Tatiana loses to a Japanese surfer.
The chicks skating is dope!!
Yeah it is, how good that they dont adjust the scale for them either. Surfing is coming a poor second to the skating in my eyes.
Phillippines chick is on fire
Napakahusay!!
Yea I’m watching both, rugby is on now. Fiji just won so skating’s on again.
The skaters can bring all they got.
The surfers cannot.
The girl skater are a lot tougher than the surfers. Half the chicks won’t even pull into a big barrel.
They bounce up like champs!!
Aussie chick is chokin unfortunatly
Go Pinay!!
The slomo camera work on the technicality is sik.
No mens, that’s a bit rough on the women.
They said they’re waiting for the tide to come in, like thats going to make it better lol. They said it’s gonna start at 1:15 Japan time.
JJF vs Kloe is going to be interesting, Andino at $2.25 seems to good to be true, given the conditions and yesterday’s form
Looks like the swells already dying.
Kloe gunna smoke him.
$2.46, easy money.
The jap rugby team are all Pacific islanders
Arigato and Bulla shita.
I’m sure they’re women too. Jehova. Jehova
I was wrong
Two were japs
5 islanders.
Did Japan invade a Pacific Island when nobody was paying attention?
Na, they play in Japan local rugby comp.
$$$$
Pretty sure someone wrote a book about that, or made a movie, or sumting
I got the slogan : Billbongdonkeydongaissance
is there a free live stream of this?
Are you in America? If so go to the NBC Olympic website and it’s live streamed.
unfortunately i am not, was able to watch for 30 minutes but then it asks me for my cable provider details
Only use this link if you’re running a good adblock
https://www.olympicstreams….
thank you. i’ve got adblock and im behind a vpn, ill give it a go
Steff just lost. Time to retire like Julian.
I mostly hang around non surfers these days. Most of those dudes look back at the time they wore billabong t shirts with the same shame everyone looks back at the dumb shit they did in the past. Maybe younger kids who didn’t live thru that but I kinda doubt it. That demographic is cooked. They know what we think about them.
I still think we’re going to blow up among women’s gymnastics and figure skating fans. 35 year old Midwestern women will cause women’s pro surfing to blow up and only degens like us will pay attention to the men.
Will tiktok viewer numbers be taken into account for future Olympic judging criteria?
Also, “thousands of reports of people who posted on social media being given to police”.
I was looking for directions on how to get away from the protest.
Thought police
That’s great
You must be happy you ol punk
I just got my first jab.
Punch any hosses today ?
You were prolly too busy perving on the skaters …
Good for you buddy.
Let’s hope.
Hmmm, oh well that’s fishing.
Not on the bite right now …
I’m sure you’ll be fine.
No problem with reporting behaviour that harms others. There’s a difference between someone enjoying themselves having a nightly toke and the next guy having a few beers and bashing someone’s head in. I’m only reporting one of those events.
Thoughts are free, actions may have consequences.
You seem to have a firm grip on the truth.
No mate. Just opinion, until proven otherwise/
The juxtaposition of drunken abandon with super tight band is always electric.
I use Solvol
billabong renaissance?!?! more like an abercrombie & fitch revolution. same/same