All social, sports, political, cultural and religious gatherings have been prohibited. There's black fungus kicking around, too.
The WSL’s highly anticipated event at Barra de la Cruz in Oaxaca, Mexico, which begins in one week, may get iced after “massive contagions by COVID-19” forced the closure of all beaches surrounding Puerto Escondido for two weeks, August 1 through 15.
As well, all social, sports, political, cultural and religious gatherings have been prohibited. Rule-breakers will be hit with fines and jail time of up to thirty-six days.
From Mex’s Today in 24,
The municipality declared itself on high alert due to the massive increase in infections and deaths. According to data from the Oaxaca Health Services (SSO), Santa María Colotepec registers 202 accumulated confirmed cases and 7 deaths. While the Coast region accumulates 3 thousand 707 accumulated cases and 337 deaths.
Also, local news sources are reporting a third case of black fungus from COVID-19, an aggressive as hell mould that gets into your lungs, turns your skin black and you break out in blisters and ulcers. Real unpretty.
Now, Barra ain’t Puerto.
It’s eighty or so miles east and maybe it’ll escape the lockdown.
And, sources at the WSL are saying it’ll be a bubble scenario anyway so it’ll go ahead, no matter what happens.
But getting in and out of Mex, with Tahiti on the other side, how many withdrawals y’gonna see?
Or is the game over for Mex this year.
Barra, you’ll remember, or maybe not, been a while, was the 2006 contest that affirmed everything good about the pro surfing game. An impossibly perfect sandbottom point most people had no idea existed. Professionals who’d been everywhere calling it the best wave they’d ever surfed, the best contest ever. Best-evers dripping through the floor. Andy Irons, who won the event, nailing the biggest frontside air in competition. The longest tubes seen in an event since Kirra was a thing.
It turned into a surf ghetto shortly thereafter. The council built a cabana and bathrooms on the beach for the influx of visitors. The coastal road was gated and an entry fee levied.
Tourism. Jobs. Money.
Who can argue with the capitalist ideal of the free market bringing wealth to the poor?
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No maiming. – PETACALCO SYNDROME
No Lemon with my Corona ?
Actually no Corona involved in 22 by the looks ?
I kind of like it. G land and Sunset both brig major cred. Trestles has pumped in June in recent years. J bay then Tahiti wind up year before finals hopefully at some insane wave.
Mid year cut off makes Pipe and Sunset extra crucial. Touché
Tutti frutti
Like to see two tours, one for airs , and one for surfers in consequence. If an air on a small wave beats an awsome tube at pipeline, then I’m not interested. If blowing 8 waves to land one air is better than ripping 8 waves to pieces.. than surfing has lost its soul. Skateboard tricks on waves are boring after you’ve seen a couple, and counter-productive to the wave itself. IMO
I’m in. Make sure that pig wears his mask!
Black fungus.. fuck.that. shite. I think I’m all turned around on the whole lock down thing now. Do I really have to eat all my cross words about plandemics and whatnot?
It really doesn’t sound appealing. It has a definite plague vibe about it.
Whats a four letter word for something that not true?
Bexy?
Very cryptic.
love?
True!!
It’s a chemical mix of hormones and sperm.
Polo?
Black fungus matters to you racist devil.
there are many unsolveable public health crises in Mexico, foremost amongst them the water supply
Right! Seems that the beach and surfing should be the last of their worries.
If this even is cancelled it will fuck up my surfival plans!!!
This shit is never going to change, everyone realizes that, right.
Tried running 2 events there(not barra but Colorada) in 2020 and 2021 covid restrictions didnt clear until 1 week before the 2020 event, and 2021 ran but it was locals only. Running international events right now is a pain in the ass
WSL have a little more money to throw around than the APB?
It wasnt so much running the event. We had all the infrastructure set up, just not enough clearance time to get people plan a trip to mexico. You cant say its a go, 1 week before the contest and expect people to fly in from all over.
Pipeline had at least 1/3 of the WCT and another 100+ bodies in the water for the Valentine’s Swell and the only issue was Mikey Redd hitting the reef.
So yeah, they can run comps.
1/3 of the CT was already there.
I mean running the comps wasnt the issue, it was getting people there from out of the country at the last minute. Gotta remember airlines were booking flights and canceling last minute too at the same time. I flew to nica in may and had to buy tickets with avianca because american was going to cancel our flight the day before it was scheduled to leave. In 2020 puerto was closed to tourists up until 1 week before our event. 2021 ran in may but it was super last minute. Still good though. Sucks the wave will be gone by next year.
All good in Russia
https://youtu.be/JOFCV7oDtdo
WTF is this?!? Terrible beaches and hansome women.
Crunchy!!
Beach Crunch
Ultra hard, no surf handy
ultra soft pebbled taffy
I’m not rushin’ to go back
The Corona (virus) Pro gets Barra-ed.
Fuck. This would have been great to gamble on.
Toledo?
Heat by heat. I don’t usually bet on the nose but Italo was too good to refuse at the Olympics.
Gated coastal roads and exclusive fees don’t seem very “free market” to me…
Those that champion the free market always have money.
Different story if you’re broke, o course ….
The Ensenada Government has indicated that only the Playa Hermosa area is open for athletic activities, such as walking, running and surfing in a safe manner, available from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
The rosarito beaches will be open from Monday to Friday, from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. access to the beach will be allowed only for activities such as swimming, surfing, walking and jogging; all other activities are prohibited.
During the height of the pandemic surfspots from playas tijuana to ensenada were closed completely, so all you sprinter van queefs stay home.
#suckitscottbass
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Wasn’t Sprinter van Queef on the Budtour?
Mi sombrero rosa está goteando queso.
La jirafa vuela en la noche hacia la berenjena.
Bwahaha! I can travel in, and out. Guess you have to actually have a “working relationship” with those that are actually in charge!? Foreigners think the politicians run Mexico. Bwahahahaha!
Easy now, Pablo
Uncle Sam is complicit! Don’t think they put that much effort into smoking someone that traffics booger sugar, because he’s a criminal. Knowledge is deadly.
Cool
Good,
Gmed stays numero Uno until the judgement day cometh