Listen: In stunning reveal days ahead of the Olympics, the best surfers in the United States are not going to Tokyo!

Pure arrogance?

Surfing’s grand Olympic debut is but days away now and the excitement is percolating. Spain, Brazil, Australia, Chile, Italy, Japan and more sending the very very best of their national (or in the case of Japan, Huntington Beach’s national) talent. The United States of America?

In a shocking reveal, it appears that the proud U.S. is sending its b-team in the form of John John Florence and Kolohe Andino.

Video promotion for ABC’s The Ultimate Surfer makes clear that the country that invented surfing (thanks Hawaii) sent its best to Lemoore instead.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHm0f1jxAa/

Pure arrogance?

It appears that way.

David Lee Scales and I discuss The Ultimate Surfer, blood feuds and other such matters. David Lee was in Austin, Texas. I was at a Courtyard Marriott LAX-adjacent.

The room has poor lighting. Too harsh.

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DavidC
DavidC
5 years ago

There’s exactly 3 seconds (give or take a second!) of surfing in that promo – it sorta tells you something!

c4
c4
5 years ago

I think that pic is before any explosion. It’s the fine handywork of a good PNW eight ball and about a week no sleep.

c4
c4
5 years ago

“Meet six surfers ready to make waves at the Olympics”. I guess none of the Brazilians are going to do very well.

https://news.google.com/art…

AI (for ever) .
AI (for ever) .
5 years ago

Obviously this is all about Kelly and his jealous his not at the Olympics so ….

Pauly Matt War-Shore
Pauly Matt War-Shore
5 years ago

DLS can’t get waves off teenage learners and blames Gabriel Medina? I should have listened to this much, much later.

Gil Gunderson
Gil Gunderson
5 years ago

The positive we can take from this is that this has nothing to do with actual surfing!

Hahahahahaha wipe ouuuuuuuuuuut 🏄🏻‍♂️

ricmatic
ricmatic
5 years ago

Interviewer – “So is Ringo the best drummer in the world?”
John – “He’s not the best drummer in this band.”

I’m sure they’re the best surfers on that show

samwaters
samwaters
5 years ago

Can I throw a random question out there not related to this article?
Why do Sprinter vans kinda creep me out?
Whenever I see them on the road, or worse yet, have to park next to one (out of necessity, only parking place left in the lot), they just kind of spook me.
Haven’t quite put my finger on the underlying cause of this uneasiness that they give me.

Beef & Beer
Beef & Beer
5 years ago
Reply to  samwaters

Mobile meth labs AKA Coos Bay condo’s.
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Here’s a shot of Chas’s, though apparently he’s selling it to Koass Myth, after the spectacularly sizzling screen success of the ultimate surfer series, to put beside Kelly’s one at the tub…

samwaters
samwaters
5 years ago
Reply to  Beef & Beer

No, that van you pictured I can kind of relate to.
The ones that creep me out are these ‘newer’ Sprinter type vans you see at the beach in S. Cal. and I would imagine spots further north.
Seriously, they creep me out for some reason.

c4
c4
5 years ago
Reply to  Beef & Beer

I would have new found respect for Chas if he owned that.

astro
astro
5 years ago
Reply to  Beef & Beer

The Santa Cruz Marcus Mobile™️
Once pristine, now battered and looking sad n sorry.
A bit like the OG comments.

SoCalGary
SoCalGary
5 years ago
Reply to  samwaters

It is either PTSD from your childhood or a really good, innate fear of being snatched up by a creep.

Heysoos
Heysoos
5 years ago
Professor Ski Lodge
Professor Ski Lodge
5 years ago
Reply to  Heysoos

The lipstick is a nice touch…

Heysoos
Heysoos
5 years ago

the irony is Zeke probably has a better chance.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
5 years ago

what happened to the first R on his rash guard? also, does the pool chafe? more questions than answers at this point. who even says the phrase “united states”? i could go on…

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
5 years ago

he looks like a retarded, cross-eyed easter island statue

Laird's performance mushroom
Laird's performance mushroom
5 years ago

Thank god I’m not the only one that sees this. Started to think there was something wrong with me

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
5 years ago

to be fair and honset, I am certifiably retarded

Ricky Spanish
Ricky Spanish
5 years ago

I want less Ultimate Surfer, more about hotel room lighting

c4
c4
5 years ago

Both Koa Smith and Zeke Lau look like serial killers.

channelbottom
channelbottom
5 years ago
Reply to  c4

Lucky Charms?

c4
c4
5 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

Captain crunch. That outfit he wore was mental.

channelbottom
channelbottom
5 years ago
Reply to  c4

Under what flag do you think he sails?

c4
c4
5 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

The sugar cane islands of drive your parents crazy.

Stick man
Stick man
5 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

He’s a Quaker!

Occ Topus
Occ Topus
5 years ago
Reply to  c4

Not in the least.
Both look like they would be right at home in the Castro District, however.

c4
c4
5 years ago
Reply to  Occ Topus

Brutal, not sure which is worse.

Marcus Brandão
Marcus Brandão
5 years ago
Reply to  c4

Hahahahahaha!!


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