Give us us Trestles!
Last week, or maybe the week before, the World Surf League’s 2021 longboard champion Joel Tudor became very angry at the aforementioned League when it was rumored that professional contest longboarding was set to be decimated. Tudor, watching the Pro Pipeline, at the time, and seeing many videos of longboarding, particularly women’s longboarding, and messages of equality, pounced.
His challenge, “Can y’all explain this kind of equality?” was met with bizarre gaslighting from the League, which, in turn, led to open warfare that was quickly dominated by Tudor as he held the moral high ground.
What then is the beleaguered WSL supposed to do?
Simple.
Add a couple stops and toss the longboard final at Lower Trestles during the waiting period for the already existing, and much ballyhooed, shortboard “Final’s Day.”
A no-brainer but I’m already convinced. Let surfing’s great polemicist win you over here.
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Wrongboarding is just wrong, dont do it
How about long boarding not being competitive and returning to the realm of fat bald middle aged men.
It already is
Nahhh, no more girl long boarder pros please. I dont need anymore arrogance crowding up my bunnyslope breaks. I am so over the snoby aloha hypocrites that is modern women’s pro longboarding.
My question is: Why have any completions? Professional surfing has ruined the sport.
Why not do some fentanyl while smoking a bong?
Face like a old cathers mit
Ditto for me.
Apparently you and I were both born in the same year.
This would be a terrible idea, except…Trestles. A longboard wave that very infrequently is a short board wave.
Just hold the world title at the noosa longboard festival every year.
Joel you’re a fuckwit.
After the camp fire burns out, bodies emerge from beach blanket bingo. One or two logs are going to be pulled off the vehicle for an early morning surf. With the likes of “805”, “Paciifica”, and more adult beverage companies are using the surfer lifestyle as canon ad fodder. Logs have their place.. Good style and a well ridden wave is a pleasure to watch!
Joel looks like Dr. Fauci with a face fungus.
Cut the field down. 12 men. 8 women and 6 longboarders and have all 10 events w all these categories. He’ll throw some boogie boarders in there too.
SUPs too. Why not some bloody Surfskis? And a ‘JOB Duct Tape Inflatable Couch’ final….
Dey u go boom boom. Like Buffalo’s contest. Make Surfing Fun Again!
Go suk yur johnson, turdo ya fukin’ drongo…
If longboarding wasnt predominately done by shortboarders who cant surf then it wouldnt be so bad
Once again, start your own promotion. WSL owes you nothing.
They had the funding to run additional events but chose not to for reasons known only to the wosl…
WSL in the biz of handing out “World Titles”.. Big Wave , Log, Short.. How do you claim yourself as the premier league and only hand a title out with one or two events?
They can do whatever they want because it’s a money losing venture and no one else is doing it. That’s how.
A man just got swallowed by a great white in Sydney with the youtube video to follow and you guys are sleeping on it? FFS what is this webpage all about ?
What’re ya on about, ya drongo.
That was two days ago, and Dezza did an immediate story on the grisly subject.
Admittedly he incorrectly wrote it was a fisherman that slipped off the rocks who was the dismembered person (and not a foolish swimmer heading straight into a burley trail), but apart from that he did a good job of reporting the attack…
Nothing wrong with longboarding, it can be fun. But NOBODY wants to watch it competitively.
exactly how I feel….if it’s thi hi ride log but watching a comp or even a video for more than a few minutes ? nah
I always liked watching Brian Keaulana surf. Or even Bonga Perkins.
He looks like he should be in Planet of the apes. No need for make up or prosthetics
New nickname: cornelius
Do they still make Grecian Formula?
So the wave that crowns the wct champions is in fact, a great longboarding wave?
That nasty backhand compliment if ever there was one
A subtle burn. Over the heads of the WSL I’m sure.
ELo is too busy polishing both his white teeth and Vans so everyhting goes over his head.
Not looking to defend the place but he did say “when its small”.