Kelly Slater quietly furious.
The old dog can still learn new tricks, as they say, and Australian yeoman Adrian “Ace” Buchan just mastered a doozy, shocking Julian Wilson, Jeremy Flores, The Li’L Plumber and the rest of 2021’s quitting class by taking to instagram and announcing his impeding lack of retirement.
In a lengthy post to Instagram, the 57-year tour vet wrote:
The end of the most challenging competitive year of my career. Processing so many different emotions at the moment as I reflect on the last few months. Time away from my wife and kids, injuries, missed events but also memories of having the chance to do what I love in the middle of an incredibly challenging time.
For that I’m so thankful.
As an Australian with a young family, leaving the relative safety of home I definitely felt some culture shock these last months dealing with the reality of travel and Covid. If I’m honest for the first time in my life it made it really hard to leave home and be wholeheartedly committed to surfing.
But I definitely felt a camaraderie like never before between the surfers on tour as everyone rallied around to support each other in the absence of our regular teams.
I want to say a massive congrats to @adrianodesouza @floresjeremy and @julian_wilson on your inspirational careers. I feel so lucky to have shared friendship, finals, many, many battles and even heated moments with you guys! You’ve all been a huge motivation to me and have inspired so many with your competitive fire and love for the sport.
Personally I’m taking some time to think about what’s best for me and my family. Ultimately I’d love to finish out my career in front of my kids and show them that with dreams and belief you can achieve anything.
The hammer at the end.
Personally taking some time but ultimately would love to finish out career in front of kids exemplifying their dreams etc?
Brilliant.
Buchan has often been called “the smartest man on tour” but this zig, where so many others are zagging, proves it so. There he will go, surfing G-Land, Teahupo’o. Pipeline with only one, maybe three, other men out. There he will get effortlessly barreled, mega-watt smile filling caverns. There he will enjoy the comforts of hotel beds and hotel foods while billing back to the World Surf League for his services as liaison.
Showing his kids, and ours too, that the best surfer in the water is the one billing back.
David Lee Scales and I discussed Ace’s intelligence today and also how Scales plans to teach his almost-here son Mandarin.
I was very much opposed.
Listen here.
Seems like a nice, smart guy, but his surfing is soooooooo boring, and has been for a very long time. And it’s so cringey when he claims like a 4.3 to try and make it through a heat.
I don’t think he has done his research. No one is getting fired for not having the vaccine – they will just have be tested weekly if they don’t get the jab. Lots of misinformation out there, people should really look into the mandates before making sweeping assumptions. Also, organic food is consumed by the privileged and upper class…not everyone (not even a majority) of people in the US let alone the world are able to eat organic due to the availability and high costs.
“Ace is the place”
Isn’t a yeoman a guy who works on a boat? Like a coxswain?
There’s only one problem. Dirk Ziff will be pulling the plug after Trestles.
Everyone gunna join the isa tour and knock two zeroes off their prize money.
Exactly!
These billionaires are hard-headed and his wife wouldn’t let him do it anyway.
Time to give another youngster a turn ace
Why they can earn it just like Ace did.
Kieren Perrow passed the batten to ace in more ways than one. Just make him commish so he will retire already
Mandarin is soooo Orange county…
Who is this dude? What’s he ever won other than a primary school spelling 🐝?
Is he really 60? The wsl needs a old age limit.
Let some young kids have a go as an youth sport it’s full of really, really old men and women!
It’d be good if he became a pet detective and/or rock’n’roll guitar player when he eventually leaves the wOsl…
“If I’m honest for the first time in my life it made it really hard to leave home and be wholeheartedly committed to surfing.”
Has he been lying to us or just in need of punctuation?
Did you you discuss his prose?
If anyone has watched Oliver Stones untold history of the USA they’d summize that everything that’s ever happened has been a conspiracy,
He’s very convincing.
sounds like you’ve been to the bottom
so can you tell me
how deep is the internet
It stops just above your mum’s house.
🙂
Smart decision there by Ace
I’ll Party Pete this one, but I just heard only fans is getting rid of sashimi shots. Not sure why the site loves coffee (sp?) gals but I hope they can afford meat pies without Only.
Dave says he watched a doco on a conspiracy theory and was totally convinced that they found the Q guy, so it was a totally real conspiracy.
Honestly he’d believe anything that had high production values
Except for UFOS. that’s a conspiracy secret theory.
You seem like an Ancient Aliens enjoyer Bex? Although I do agree with you about the Q doco, a lot of evidence pointed towards Ron Watkins but no real proof. Up the sea eagles too.
Honestly
You’ve probly know more about Qanon than I do.
Go Manly
Gotta know the enemy right? In your trolling career here, it seems you’re an enemy to most… therefore the most knowledgeable person on BG?
Enemy??
I’m just a mirror.
Great game last night. Enterprising play. Good result for the knights too.
Another asterix title this year. Unless Manly gets up.
In a few years Melbourne will get busted again and stripped
#Aceforcommish
Unrelated, but I just found out I live across the street from Joe Turpel.
Nefarious plans are unfolding in the minds of many BG commenters as I type.
I got out of my car at home with a couple of boards picked up from the ding guy while he was mowing his lawn. Said hi, “those look like nice boards” conversation went from there. I immediately knew who he was, his casting voice is just how he talks. Seems like a nice guy in person.
Was he mowing his lawn or massaging some mousse into the roots to give it a luxurious volume?
I would’ve pretended to fall asleep.
Hahahahar
To be fair “nice guy” is probably the common description most would give him, bet he’s got a cute wife too, real wholesome type. Can we organize some paparazzi gear to be sent your way?
Bet he was down carving the shit out of that lawn…
at least a check turn off the retaining wall???
Hand jamming the mower
And Joe’ll get back to the mower and reset…
Funny. Cheap. Character revealing.
Did that one cut a little close to the bone mate? haha, rent free.
Time to hop in a moving van and reset
Give us the dirt on him!
Enquiring minds want to know!
Who’s joe turpel?
Bake him some weed brownies!
Put a cardboard cutout of Pottz on your front lawn. You’ll get some ’89 World Champ shout outs. The neighbors won’t know what the fuck he’s talking about, but soon you might hear whispers at the local coffee shop, “Hey, that’s the ’89 World Champ”.
” World Champ of what?”
“No idea.”
Mystery is good.
ace’s a cool cat…
More wins than Andino.
Not sure that carries the weight you think it does… besides like 5 people in San Clemente, most of us know he’s a bland fuckwit.
The people ride again.
I’ve been think perhaps teh Woozle might be feeling a little lonely, and I might offer to take a place on tour to help boost their numbers.
Not been out in maybe 6 months, but I’m sure I’d warm up to it in a few days pre-comp.
it’s like riding a bike, you got this CB
Thanks.
You wanna be my coach?
Don’t think, just sarf the barrel
I think he was only being Frank…
one time a buddy gave me a beer before a surf to loosen up…
you mean like that? then sure!
One beer before a surf is epic, just enough dutch courage to not overthink but no impairment. I’m a lightweight but, I’m assuming for most of you 2 would be the sweet spot.