Most popular boy in Brazil!
The feeling Filipe Toledo must be feeling right now. Moments ago, the lithe Brazilian starlet dispatched Sammy Pupo in front of thousands upon thousands of screaming countrymen packing Saquarema’s sand to win the Oi Rio Pro. Shirtless, wet, bouncing up and down waving green and gold. Absolutely losing it.
Toledo did it in style, too, with a perfect 10 hoisted over the bouncy waves.
He sat in the water for a brief moment, after his victory, then began shouting, shouting, shouting until he arrived at the shore, was draped in that green and gold and continued his shouting.
Analysis of his performance will be forthcoming but for now the feeling, man. That feeling. The most popular boy in Brazil and, also, solidly number one in the world or at least the World Surf League. With his win, he sits 10,000 points above second place Jack Robinson heading into J-Bay, an event he has won before.
The “Final’s Day” at Lower Trestles has felt built for Toledo to come in third and take the crown. What if, this year, he has such a crazy, crazy lead at the end but loses to Italo Ferreira?
Well, let’s not think about that now.
Let’s enjoy the moment.
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It wasn’t a direct comparison, it’s an analogy. The (obvious) point is that you don’t just have to get there, you have the win the day of.
Is J-debt anywhere near J-Bay?
Dude. I really don’t want what you’re smoking. I was just picking at a single sentence in your comment and having fun with it.
Yep well Fil could have won all 8 events so far this year,and win the next 2,but still lose the world title if he comes second at Trestles.
Show me any other sport in the whole world with a completely retarded system that leaves any possibility of such a scenario like that.
I’m thinking, moving slowly forward from everything being about Kelly slater we should set him up like this goat-
https://fc.de/en/fc-info/cl…
Elo can wheel him out at each contest and the live web feed from his apartment will keep the content rolling!
I’m an ideas man
He is a Hawaiin Scottish Australian Artist / Surfer / Skateboarder
and needs no protection except from Angry Soccer Mums when fulfilling his role as Super Coach in the town of Mat Hoy
Thanks for the backpat Bicko. BTW you’ll need to send me your address for some sticker delivery.
I am off to France on Friday but will be back in 3 weeks and promise to get on to it
??? We were discussing your desires to set fire to Italo. Not global politics.
Hi CB I always imagined you more Hawaii 50 than CIA Man
Felipe is going to smoke the field in Tahiti.
I thought he was more clean-living than that. Does he have a WeedMaps sponsorship too?
nice Chas! did you seen Caio’s 10…? party in my pants! all the ad-adjacents finally sunk in…bought boardshorts, Nokia wave-meter, German tibia calculator, Jenn’s surflineman, and a whoop wristlet…can you hear me? wife?
Thoroughly deserved – the interesting thing is will he go to Tahiti?
Forecast dependent perhaps?
Yep I think you’re right!
Felipe Toledo, best surfer in the world right now, the Master of the Game.
Now, let’s see if he can step up and win in waves of consequence.
He should give Tahiti a big skip not to injure himself phisically and mentally.
I would be stoked to see it.
He was ripping so hard this morning and if only he was adept once it gets meaty, he’d be undoubtedly the best all round. It’s kinda hard to get past the fact he quite plainly, has the ability to surf the biggest and gnarliest chopes has to offer, just not the stones. I really like Fil so hope he does prove me a cunt and has a look at his bigger wave game.
Everyone involved in the moment not a single phone in sight.
Pro surfing needed its Super Bowl. Now they have that. What’s the problem? Genius move by the WSL. No I was not paid to say that.
If WSL made the final location of their WSL Finals at a spot anywhere in the world TBA (thinking waves like big Pipe, Teahupoo, or Cloudbreak) with an accurate forecast and a 1-month contest window, then I might be on board…but not 4-6′ Lowers. It’s a nice wave, but not for the Super Bowl of surfing.
Idk what some of you cunts are on about
Waves look fun as fuck and warm too
They ripped the shit out of those waves, good watch.
When the event was in Rio the waves were consistenly crap, Saquarema is a far better spot in both quality and consistency. Maybe a misconception from people thinking this is same old venue like Barra and Prainha?
bingo
I’m concerned about your threats to set Italo alight. Do the police and your psychiatrists know about your anthro-pyromania? Are you danger to the community?
Felipe is currently 10,000 pts. ahead of his nearest competitor. Can you imagine if he gets injured in the next couple months, can’t surf Lowers, and forfeits his world title that he might have clinched by J-Bay? If I were the WSL execs presiding over this clown show, I’d be nervous as hell right now, lol.
Same shit I was saying last year about Gabby. Either the leader wins Trestles and it’s a waste of time or he loses and he’s robbed of a rightful title. Lose lose scenario for WSL in my opinion.
Meh. It’s like the Patriots vs. The Giants in ’07. You can win all year, be the absolute best the whole season, but if you don’t show up that day and win, then you don’t get the trophy. I’m fine with it.
It’s not a tour anymore, it’s a qualifying series for one day.
How bad is it that the awful surf in Saquarema still looked better than El Salvador or G-Land? And then to watch perfect surf happening in Nias QS contest just a few weeks after the CT had been there in Bali…Terrible. But all of it was still better than Surf Ranch.
And now instead of Felipe clinching his world title in J-Bay or Teauhupoo…he has to compete for it at 4′-6′ Trestles and possibly lose to whoever happens to scrape into spots #2-5?
Not that it made a difference in the final, but…Felipe’s single maneuver, full-rotation on a closeout gets the same perfect 10 score as Caio Ibelli’s unicorn of a barrel in the same contest? Ok…
Can I get a Aussie to help me translate the opening bit of Ain’t That Swell that sounds like “ah custah table fee” or something like that?
I’m not Australian but I could surmise that they were probably saying “Ah custah table fee.”
I hope that helps.
“Augustus Peebleby”
It’s a disgrace they didn’t include you in there mate
I’ve just woke up. This is all so confusing.
So… Jack has transitioned to Filipe? ?? Who is Filipe now? Is he Australian now?
No, no, no.
Jack is still Jack but he’s behind Filipe and 50/50 Brazzo now.
Fil is still Fil and he’s numero uno but still Brazilian. He lives in America.
Jesse Mendes is now Italian but doesn’t live there. But he’s still known as Snowball.
Clear ? I hope so.
So what about the Judges? Do they have to assault themselves? And the World Shame League? Will no one think about their good name?
Looks like nothing much has changed in this conservative sport since Peter Drouyn invented man on man in 77 and then became a woman ….Brave they are !