"Your entire fan base knows the swell happened before and will happen after the waiting period."
However you slice it, it’s still early season in Indonesia.
Late May is pretty good, and is a hell of a lot better than April, but it ain’t mid-July when the big souths bring a million glistening waves.
And Grajagan isn’t the sorta joint that loves leftovers despite what you might’ve heard.
What was perfect in 1972 when Americans Bill Boyum and Bob Laverty rode motorcycles overland to chase a lefthander on the edge of jungle in south-east Java Bob had seen from an airliner, shows its flaws in the cold light of 2022 when man can manufacture his own perfection, especially without the push of a clean groundswell.
With waves that will be lucky to crest a man’s eyebrows predicted for the next week, and an eight-hour cycle of the event being “on hold”, come back in three hours etc, surf fans are becoming a little frustrated.
“Let’s drop the wall of positive @wsl just actually tell us when it’s going to be on,” writes craigysurf86 in response to the latest on-hold post, summing up what was a pretty universal sentiment before the comments were deleted or hidden. “This ‘On hold’ thing is actually way more frustrating especially since your entire fan base knows the swell happened before and will happen after the waiting period. So unless your next announcement is we’ve extended the waiting period see you all in the 12th or well we missed the swell so we’re just gong to do the best we can. Just stop posting till you decide to run.”
Now, if that waiting could stretch out to the following Wednesday, well, ooowee, six-feet plus.
Meanwhile, world champ Tyler Wright has tested poz for COVID-19 and will ride out most of the waiting period in isolation.
“Based on the league’s protocols, Wright is expected to be cleared for competition by Saturday, June 4, 2022. The health and wellness of athletes, staff, fans, and the local communities where we compete, remains the WSL’s top priority.”
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excellent touch !
Beyond there being less opportunity to score good swell, it seems like there’s a lot less opportunity for the surfers to perform. The first round winners in the women’s comp go straight to the quarterfinals. The WSL is claiming they want to run the contest in one swell window, but what about wind conditions etc. It will be interesting to see how the new format plays out during these next few contests, but so far it feels underwhelming. That shortened window had to cut expenses down, but at what cost?
Not interested myself, just adverse to any extremist carryon, regardless which nation, who’s god or other does it
A giant carbon footprint yields 3 foot slop and a bucket load of a billionaire’ s hype.
Yikes!
Will JMD catch covid from Tyler now ?
Pretty hard wearing a mask when you’re muff diving
Tyler positive? There’s a first time for everything.
Who cares the athletes are having fun ala surfers 19897 https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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what fun to have on a gland without a proper swell?
Onshore winds…
To be fair , they do have an security issue stopping them from extending. Not all Indonesians love rich, privileged, white westerners .
As they are is a plum target for ISIS.
There are ugly reasons why Gland Pro hasn’t been run for such a long while
Whilst I could see your point if they were keen on stealing stage sets and A/V equipment, the truth is that if it were true, then all of Indo’s remote camps could say the same thing when full of regular joe punters. One might argue the takings COULD be richer when the limited number of WSLers are there? Maybe not tho…
you miss my point, Jemaah Islamiyah has made some thin threats months ago about the safety of athletes and staff.
Think it over, these types have a way of getting a HEAD of the media cycle.
One bum surfer isn’t as big as deal as a camp full of the worlds best is it?
Yeah, that was the rationale behind my “maybe not tho” …. Def the media coverage would give them what they sought
Perhaps that explains a lack of Wozzle transparency???? Keep it on the downlow
Didn’t stop Afghans from having weddings ..
Less surfers in worse waves…WSL scripts this! It takes a tool to make a title (E. Lo, CEO) in the world of surf.
Question:
When the WSL originally announced a return to G Land in 2019, what were the scheduled dates? What were the tides during that week? What did the swell do in that week?
Another question:
If the cheescake enthusiast and her band of wozzle staff contacted you and said “Look we know you’re booked for G Land next week but we need to extend the contest period…we will give you your money back so you can re-book another time.” How many nanoseconds would pass before you told her and her team to get fucked?
“the cheescake enthusiast” excellent range , clearly a 9.
Depends on what sort of cheesecake
Every sort. Daily.
Things at the wsl seem mildly-dire
There is nothing mildy-dire about her. Try massively-dire. In every sense of the word.
2 Speed boats from Bali on the best 2 days after waiting period
Kaipo’s got em booked for ice deliveries
That old Karma saying: What goes around come around.
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Good point.
Have they ever done anything like that? Extended??
yes, the asp did and got legendary swell. where the fuck was it again? Not G-Land… T-Land, that’s it, it was at Chopes.
Caroline Marks is posting great waves from Indo. Just not at G-land. Lol.