Put down your pitchforks!
Public shamings are, now, an accepted norm but do you recall a day when small mistakes weren’t paraded down Main Street?
Foggy.
Well, revered surf website Stab, hours ago, conducted a civic lynching by posting a video of hot up-and-coming surfer Cruz Dinofa nearly becoming decapitated by a stray board there on Oahu’s North Shore.
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The caption read, “Not the haircut @cruzdinofa was after. Particularly after nailing this inside nug. Hold onto your boards folks, this could have been really ugly.”
Humiliation poured in from many corners with opinions ranging from angry to rage-filled.
“The surfer who lost the board should be banned for life!”
“The surfer who lost the board is a kook!” etc.
Trouble is, the “surfer who lost the board” was none other than other up-and-comer Tosh Tudor.
The son of longboard champion Joel, and longtime Stab favorite, braved the mob and entered the chat, writing,
“That’s my board that hit @cruzdinofa. Had caught the wave before and my board slipped through my hands while duck diving the wave. Not trying to get everyone’s pity incredibly bummed that this happened and very glad nothing worse came of it. Heal up quick @cruzdinofa.”
Immediately realizing that it had communally executed a friendly, Stab immediately backpedaled, hard, and replied, “Respect for owning this. Happens to the best of us.”
Confused messaging, certainly.
Are we, as a furious horde, supposed to brutalize board losers or give them grace?
More questions than answers.
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If only his board would have decapitated that russian puppet cucker tarlson – that would have done us all a favor…
spoilt people my hair my wave sponsored etc. please
That’s a leash dangling from Tosh’s board? I wonder if he got that off his old man? Joel loves a Leggie, he often sings the praises of leashes.
I chicken-winged my shoulder. – not letting go; as Raul Noyola barreled by — beneath me, my board flipping before my body followed through *rotator cuff *never told eem **💎 Top Fan
He’s like a stepping razor
Don’t you watch his size
He’s dangerous, dangerous
When did rich white kids start getting waves at vland anyhow ? Faaark , where’s Perry Dane when you need him?
Clearly on the shoulder, no duck diving by anyone but the guy who lost his grip?
What would the situation be if it was reversed. The surfer let board slip and hit Joel’s son. We all know the answer to that one.
Forgive and forget?
Depends who they are and how hard they charge and shred!
This is the normal technique for girls on longboards getting under waves when Kirra is at a friendly size.
I wonder if he does Sweardle and Lewdle…
Disappointed to hear Joel has bred
“Fuck war. Fuck fighting. Fuck death. Fuck greed. What’s that? You want to buy some of my goods? Ok Ok, we do not discriminate. It’s against the UN charter. Come this way.”
Car behind you hits you. “Fucken asshole cunt fuck shit. I’m gonna murder this motherfucker.” Get outta car ready for raging. Hot chick exits car. You: “Hey, you ok? It’s nothing really, just a scratch. Sure you’re ok? Let’s exchange numbers and work this out.”
tosh.o.oo
fuck stab…
DAGO Mob Response #162 When Standing in front of a judge:”I’m not a very good surfer, the wave ripped it out of my hands!”
Let myself breakdown this wave. Firstly the wave was very well surfed . Beautiful tube. The positioning superb by Cruz Dinofa but bettered by Junior Tudor. JT placed himself cleverly in the eyesight of Cruz, lulling him a sense of safety by appearing well out of the way. Than as Cruz passed JT released all hell from behind on the unsuspecting Cruz .
JT board appears a well designed twin fin fish, well designed with deadly intent!
Two large twins sharpened to a razor blade , glassed on to ensure damage to the target is maximised and completed with a large sharp deep swallow designed as duel spears.
The aim was exquisite, a direct blow to the head , the ambush amazing and execution exceptional. It drew blood but failed to knock the rider off the board. Sadly the only fault in the whole wonderful attack.
Even awarding extra for the preparation of designing a board with the sole intent of ambush attack because JT failed to remove the rider from board/wave I can only score it in the mid high excellent range 8.9.
Ahhh Stab….a shameless sham in shambles shamefully shaming so shamefacedly so.
I shamefully upvoted this.
WSL needs to get Joel off their back and owe him a favour. Then this happens. Joel calls in his favour. Stab gets advertising income from WSL. So I’m guessing a phone call was made to Stab. Butter bing butter boom, everyone’s happy. Love capitalism!