"So so frustrating. Sorry to hear you’re dealing with this BS."
Two-time champion Tyler Wright took to Instagram, hours ago, to shock fans with the announcement that she will not be competing in the just-around-the-corner Rio Pro due transit visa issues. A mere two-ish months ago, the popular Australian powerhouse was sitting high after a solid start of the season, capped by a Bells Beach win, had catapulted her to the very top of the rankings.
But then a nastiness set in. Wright tested positive for Covid at G-Land, shuttering her in the jungle. El Salvador therefore became impossible, as she was recovering from the dreaded disease but Rio, Brazil’s sugarloaf jewel, would e her comeback.
Except the ugliness is still festering.
Per her post:
Devastated to let everyone know that due to a transit visa not coming through in the specified time I am unable to make it to Brazil. All other alternative options were extensively looked into however the current travel climate meant it was impossible for me to arrive in time for the contest. Absolutely gutted, so much work went into getting me ready for Brazil with my team. Absorbing this and we keep moving forward.
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It is unclear how the transit visa got fumbled, who fumbled, but, nonetheless, a fumbling has occurred.
Her fellow professional surfers were quick to encourage.
Julian Wilson declared, “The hits keep coming. If there’s anyone up for the fight it’s you. Sorry to hear about another set back.”
Brother Owen Wright, who recently lost his spot on the championship tour, added, “spewing for you! You love a challenge but.”
Big wave star Paige Alms simply said, “So so frustrating. Sorry to hear you’re dealing with this BS.”
Which brings me back to the BS. Who fumbled? International travel can be difficult to navigate, especially in these uncertain times, but transit visa issues for an event on the calendar months and months and months out?
Cards always close to vest, I suppose.
Why bother showing up to compete? The WSL keeps promoting Sally Fitzgibbons even though she was cut because she performed poorly.
Let’s see, the tour is winner take all at Trestles so the Brazilians can win throwing airs and the elite, selected few by the WSL can pick and choose what contests to show up at because the sponsors of the sport also employ the surfers ie team Rip Curl , Billabong, Quicksilver etc so the entire thing is rigged. Surfers are merely billboards for sponsors products and since the sponsors run the league, it’s hard to figure out how it goes.
She always has an excuse. Can she just drop off the tour and let someone else have her spot.
sounds like intestinal transit
So Tyler’s place will be taken by another rip curl surfer. Starting to enjoy Wright free tour.
Breaking news from The VTA…
How Does a Neckbeard Become a Neckbeard? by Dane.
“Don’t ask me…but on a woman it begins with drapes and curtains who doesn’t use a razor?”
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Asking the tough questions chas keep it up
She becomes more unlikable by the day…
Maybe the wrights accountant was sorting the visa??
The dog ate my transit visa!
Series 23 Episode 6: ‘Bruce smoked my transit visa!’
Why do competitive surfers carry the winner of the beach , like even the fucken grom amature comps do it , its so lame.
Easier than carrying the top of the beach up to the winner.
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Stance
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This must be the acclaimed ‘building a house’ heat strategy
Easier than falling in the water.
It seems ‘Yomar’ is not a fan of Modern Architecture (1900’s -1960’s)
Bauhaus boy probably
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Work of farrken art (w)right there
One would assume the ripguts team manager would be all over this pretty basic shit.
‘Ass’ being the operative syllable in that sentence.
Its pretty obvious that she’s lying. No Aussie passport holder needs a transit visa on any logical flight routing to brazil. Its not like shes flying via north korea.
The thicken plots
You have since all the covid crap started to transit through the US.
You apply for one online.
It’s not really a visa just a transit declaration.
It’s quite quick to get it approved.
She most likely would have transited LAX from Australia to Brazil.
And they won’t let you even transit their country if you’re not covid quaxxed.
Makes me wonder is it that then.
Yep, i reckon shes bullshitting. An esta can be done minutes before the flight and if she had covid already (and she’s unvaxxed) she’d get the waiver on basis of recovering within 6 months of transiting the us.
And the stupid thing is she could always do like that guy in the olympics who made the mad scramble to get there a day after the comp started.
Lost a lot of time for her with these bullshit lies. Better to fake injury than come up with something obviously bullshit.
Damn was really excited to watch tylers laybacks again.
I’m gutted Deutschman!
cote’ got robbed…check in chris~
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one is cote’ the other is coti’…will the real chris please turn yourself in?
…in similar (but different) news which is a couple of days old and surprisingly hasn’t featured here yet…
——The governing body of world swimming, FINA, has banned all transgender athletes——
Will surfing follow suit ?
Could SashaJane be stripped of his/her title ?
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BREAKING NEWS
The IRL (International Rugby League) has announced a similar policy
What would you do if one of your bulls started identifying as a cow? started hanging in the bottom paddock, chewing grass and showing you his udders?
Would you ban him from the milking shed or just go along with it for the sake of the herd?
I identify as a real pain in the ass.
Verified !
“The second part of the FINA ruling was to, in the next six months, come up with an ‘open category’. This would be the category that transgender athletes would be a part of.”
Fuck me gently, 90% of sports I know already have an OPEN CATEGORY, ever fucking surf club contest has one and chicks have always been welcomed to surf in the open category. Only problem is that OPEN traditionally is 99,9% won by elite men. What a weird way to try and resolve the issue.
Fuck me. If she doesn’t have the best job in the world I don’t know who does. If I said to my boss… No gas… can’t get to work. Sorry. My ass would be canned.
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I reckon she’s just ovarie it