The door is wide open for Tia to win the whole
thing! Are you team Tia or team Malia? Bitches will be bitches!
In this episode: There is a big surprise, which
I won’t ruin!
Also, some surfing.
Hi, hello. Yes, I’m back. You thought I would quit, didn’t you.
Oh, she’ll last two or three episodes, then she’ll stop, you said.
She is totally going to crack.
But no! I would never abandon you. We must somehow reach the
finish of this thing together.
Once, and actually probably more than once, I wrote about every
damn day of the Tour de France. That’s 21 days, in case you were
wondering, which you totally were. I am here to tell you that there
are a lot of lengthy stretches in the Tour de France where nothing
much happens at all. I did not crack.
A mere reality television show? Child’s play.
Last week, some stuff happened. Really, I barely remember what I
did yesterday, much less last week. I do know there are only three
teams left. Mason and Bruna, two people I hadn’t really noticed,
left last week.
Let us descend again into the demented world of the Ultimate
Surfer.
Episode 5! “A little bit of this and a little bit of that.”
Presumably we will learn what this means soon enough.
Oh right, there was a pairs surfing thing last week. And they
didn’t even wear cute spangly dresses, which was very
disappointing. Also, Koa’s cheekbones survived another episode. I’m
remembering it all now. I’m not sure if this remembering is good or
bad.
Again, Koa is making a smoothie. Can we learn what Koa puts in
his smoothie? Because this would be so helpful and servicey. I
could learn how to make it and maybe I could be as good at surfing
as Koa. That’s how it works, right?
We’re halfway! I did not know we were halfway.
The Jesse bro is telling them that they have the day off. No
beach battle! I am so disappointed, because beach battles are my
favorite part.
Product time! Camp-out trailer thing. Squeals of joy!
Oh. Every one is back. This is… not what I expected.
ANASTASIA! The Queen returns.
Bad music interlude. They are having a beach day. And pretending
to have fun. I just want a good time, too. Yes. Totally.
Malia and Anastasia are bonding again. They are getting catty
about Tia’s barrel skills. I can’t believe anyone would come to the
Kelly Slater wave pool without knowing how to barrel well.
Hisssss.
The good news is, you don’t have to say good bye, Jesse the
American jock bro tells them.
Some nefarious shenanigans are afoot! It seems that everyone is
back and we are starting all over again. They do not do it this way
in the Tour de France.
But as we established before, this ain’t the Tour de France,
baby!
This is all very confusing. The six remaining surfers get to
pick the teams for the wave challenge, which will involve some sort
of surfing. But that comes later.
First, teams. So many options! So many decisions!
There is a girl drama, again! The men are getting frustrated.
Everyone is so nervous about all these decisions they must make
right now.
Anastasia is paired with Kai. She is worried. Everyone agrees
that Kai is a good surfer. But the nerves! He does not have the
Surf Ranch figured out, maybe this will be his day!
The others are… I’m not sure. So many names! I need a cheat
sheet or something. Or maybe some flash cards. They all left, so I
thought I could forget all about them! But then they came back.
This is a very mean trick to play on my one remaining brain
cell.
KELLY VISION!
The wild card moment! Fight your way back in, says Kelly. Scare
the other competitors and impress the judges! Kelly is so looking
forward to it.
Yes, Kelly, we are looking forward to it, too.
The Ultimate Surfer bikinis are back. They are… not cute.
Please, could I have some cute bikinis. Please could I have this
one nice thing.
Girl drama! Kayla wants to beat Anastasia no matter what!
Wild card wave challenge. Eliminated surfers have one more
chance! They will be judged like a WSL heat. So, I guess do cool
shit on the wave.
Luke is fired up! He hasn’t done his best surfing yet!
Heartbeat sound effect. I feel the intensity, for sure.
Good surfing from Luke Davis, actually. I did not hate it.
Kayla, also fine! Everyone is super worried, because they did not
expect this team to do well. Oh no!
More surfing.
Bruna, fell on the barrel. Dramatic reactions! Austin, where are
you? Underwater, duh.
Falling in the barrel, so trendy!
For whatever reason, there is much backside surfing. I do not
know why the producer people made that choice with this thing. But
better them than me!
Tension! No one knows the scores!
Annnnnd, commercial. Dominos, yes, yes, I like pizza. For some
reason, there are zebras running around in this Dominos ad. Seems
strange, but who am I to ask questions?
I’m just a girl, sitting in front of my screen, waiting to find
out who wins Ultimate Surfer.
Kayla and Luke, they back! ANASTASIA, she back!
Anastasia fell, but Kai carried their team through the
challenge.
Anastasia surfs against Kayla tonight! MEOW.
Kai surfs against Luke.
I do not know if I can take the intensity right now.
A wildcard surf-off! It’s going to be so insane.
A dream match-up! Luke and Kai, they grew up together, says
Turpel. Kai is the wild, wild card. Turpel, he loves wildcard
stories so much!
Luke is surfing super nice, but I’m not sure what his back arm
is doing. Does he?
Luke falls in the barrel, but he did stomp some turns. Who even
knows how to score that? Fortunately, I don’t have to know. This
gives me joy.
Kai has a chance! Turpel likes it. Like squeezing honey in your
eyeballs, says Turpel. He is very excited about Kai’s wave, which
had a very long barrel and some other stuff.
More drugs for sale. None of them look that fun, really.
Kayla is up and riding! Weird soundtrack. She’s surfing her butt
off, says someone. But she did not barrel.
ANASTASIA! She got a good barrel. But she fell! Yikes.
We’re going to find out the scores now!
The men? High score was a nine. Women? A six. Less than a point
separates the women. So stressful!
Oh, Kai wins! He made it back. I did not see that coming — and
clearly, neither did he. Kai has figured out the Ranch. Watch out,
bros!
Kayla, she back!
Malia is very sad now. She is the lone wolf! She should draw a
wolf on her boards. That would actually be cool, and give her
something to do, while the other girls scheme against here. All the
girls hate Malia now. It’s going to be so hard for her.
The door is wide open for Tia to win the whole thing!
Are you team Tia or team Malia?
Bitches will be bitches!
And yes, of course, I’ll be back.
Tomorrow is another day!
