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There are plots and there are subplots but one of the best of all must be Moana Jones Wong vs. Tatiana Weston-Webb in today’s heat three (watch here).
Oh but you certainly recall last year when Wong punched Weston-Webb on Pipeline’s sand. Derek Rielly wrote at the time:
Much teeth gnashing over a drop in at Pipeline yesterday featuring local shredder Moana Wong and world number three Tatiana Weston-Webb.
Moana, who is twenty, a purple belt in Brazilian jiujitsu and one of the few gals who surfs Pipe for fun, belted Weston-Webb on the beach and used the words “stupid” and “bitch” to describe her interloper.
Shortly after, Moana used the microphone of Instagram to telegraph her displeasure at the event.
Much fun.
Many thrills.
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Watching Tatiana bog rail on every wave makes me want to belt her upside the head with a hard cock. Maybe then she’d learn how to ride!
I wish her well and appreciate smart heat strategies from Ms Jones – Wing .
Occy , under The tutelage of Billabong Founder Gordon Merchant , did exactly the same , to win his Pipe Masters as a teenager .
While the chargers were charging , he slipped in between the wash through sets to get his 5 counting waves and took the win .
Chicks don’t surf…..especially at pipe. The fact that they’re getting paid to pearl on take offs and not make barrels should enrage the men who are charging and pushing the limits of surfing there. You got a long way to go girls…..sorry you will never surf as good as the men and you all need to just accept that fact. Quit whining about equalty when your performance level is sub par. The average local ripper from any town is as good as the top women. These sketchy gung ho sheilas are dangerous and fuck up the line up just like any other kook.
Puberty Blues ….. Lives ?
yes…..sadly the puberty blues boys were right. these chicks are getting better but so are the men….. they want equal prize money but they will never be surf equals to their cock having peers of the sport…either surf with the men for equal $$$ or start your own tour ya mulls…p.s moana wong was barely getting barreled and claiming what would’ve been low 3 or high 2 scores in the mens heats but was rewarded with high 6’s and 7’s because that was just the best they could do with it and it would look horrible for womens surfing if she won the final with a 6 point score total…get stuffed and go make the man some eggs
Nice to know the women can be idiots too.
Physically assaulting someone because you took a duper? F*** off.
Doh!!
Only queers talk about queerdom
Racists talk about racism
If you really have dreams of being a professional athlete you’d hand over your official social media accounts to your manager where you can’t make a cunt of yourself (hi kel), and if you must have a private one, lock it down tight.
my buddy was sittin on the bch right near the cat fight. said if he had a camera he would of gotten 1000s of hits
« There will be Blood « loosely based on Upton Sinclair’s Oil ,
meets Alice Cooper’s « Only Women Bleed « about a woman in an abusive relationship , (nothing to do with good old heathy fertile menstrual blood ) which could be symbolic of women’s struggle with Pipe , the WSL , the Surfing Industry or Surfing Misogynists in general ?
Either WSL or BG is gaslighting me
Moana seems well named to me judging by that shouting and spiteful message above. It’s just a wave ffs.
I thought you’d be about fellow Women empowerment!?
You’re not wrong about Wong being named right.
But is it right about Wright being named wrong ?
I watched the girls yesterday and it was hard to watch some of the girls who charged go down and lose , to those who picked the clean easy ones especially going left .
They keep blowing smoke out of Wong’s bum , but in the heats , from what I saw , she has only been super intelligent with her wave choice and taking the soft options , yes gracefully , but not critically . In there 1/4 , Isabella Nicholas charged back door , got the highest wave score in that heat by nearly 2 points and had she not been clipped coming out the doggy door on a previous wave would have beaten PIPE QUEEN WONG easily … Same went for Joanna Defay against lucky Lakey in there 1/4 final ….
Everyone bagging Tyler , but when she takes off , she looks fucking solid . Hoping she can wax Carissa if they both make the final .
I tried to watch yesterday too but got bored. Here’s my honest take on Moana. She’s great (the best maybe) at taking off and getting in the tube at pipe but when she goes to turns she exposes huge weaknesses in her surfing. It looks old school girly style. It kind of reminds me of Maya Gabeira – who undeniably charges but can’t surf small waves with any kind of good technique at all. The new crew Brisa und Molly and BettyLou etc. have left that old girly style behind them – I dig watching them surf!
Afterwards I saw Moana on the interview and was struck by how positively glowing and charming she came across so there’s that too …
I am probably coming over sounding a bit nasty to Miss Wong …. Apologies , it was not intended at her , but at the WSL selling her like she is the combination of every great pipe surfer from Butch to Barron …
One day she may be , and I really hope she does , but not yet ….. Her 5’s got replayed from 5 different angles in the 1/4 while Miss Nicholls 7+ in the same heat got one replay .
She has obviously put in the hard work out there and knows which are the right waves for her and she has been absolutely wonderfully positioned on the reef when they come through , which is such a difficult skill to acquire, and making it look easy , Lopez style …
I just want more , after the WSL have decided that she is the undisputed best female surfer out there in competition . Waiting for the 8s and 9s
There are a bunch of girls charging the nasty reefs of WA …up north and down South who are definitely taking risks in big unending tubes , who could give her a run for her money …. Bronte Macaulay and Imogen Caldwell come to mind
Haha
“ but when she takes off …”
How many waves did she ride to get to the semi?
At least 2 in each heat .
2 waves,
She had a free ride to the quarters
Check those two rides out , pulls in and then unleashes on the face .
This is a girl who got stand up barrels at Big Cloudbreak .
https://youtu.be/GQrzkxWbCLM
Hopefully she starts surfing like that again.
That was awhile ago.
Like riding a bike …..
Who will surf against Carissa ?
It could be Wong
It could be Wright
And may the road rise with you…
If only you could encapsulate beef and beer in a PIL ?
Ooops you just did . I was feeling rotten but my public image has not been limited.
This is what you want, this is what you get.
Guilty
Haunting
Calling
Claiming
I could be wrong I could be right
I could be black I could be white
Uh-huh-huh, you’re white.
You are very knowledgeable and observant and sharp and critical and constructive and passionate Bicko. They should make you Director of Surfing Australia – you would shake it up!
Thanks Al …. I am passionate about surfing but do not have the necessary skills or motivation to run even a local Boardriders Club …
Tati is trying too be the new Tom Carroll.
Drop in specialist first surfer second.
Only difference is she doesn’t have quicksilver paying $$$ for north shore protection as TC did.
Fuck her.
Go Moana
Aint dat da truth
It’s not her fault Ross pushed her in
Full Moon Cup
Your comments=migriane
In very other note worthy news…Gabby is training hard with the Pipe comp streaming not so subtly on the gym T.V. Look the fuck out.
Moana took the high road and simply let her surfing speak for itself, in their heat.
Handling it on the beach was fine, ranting in all caps on social media afterwards was some whiny bs.
She was a young kid at the time pointing out a truth.
Self entitled pros don’t give a fuck. Fuck them.
And she did the face to face so big ups, Moana.
Tati wouldn’t have given a fuck without the exposure on social, so self absorbed is she.
CALLING STUPID BITCHES OUT ON INSTAGRAM IS BOTH STUPID & A BITCH MOVE. SO IS TYPING IN ALL CAPS IN BG COMMENT SECTION THO. SO DON’T TRIP, MOANA. JUST RIP.
MY BOOMER PARENTS ALSO TEXT IN CAPS
Mine . Use . Full . Stops . Like . Morse . Code .
So do millenial insta hoes b.e.a.c.h.t.i.m.e, maybe this is some kind of gene that skips a generation like baldness?
Last year no one off NS knew who Moana was, now she’s Queen of Pipe. Good on her.