And introduces the “distinct length of ride stigma”, a judging determination where two turns can now beat a mile-long ride.
Although currently benched from the WSL’s commentary lineup, the world champ Barton Lynch has released the essential guide to the upcoming J-Bay Pro, his opinions like homing warheads with atomic loads.
Lynch explains why Ethan Ewing, one of the most skilful men in the graceful art of rail-surfing needs to evolve his aerial surfing to match the Brazilians, and draws comparisons between the Brazilian dominance of modern professional surfing with the heat delivered by Australian pro’s in the eighties.
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There is the “distinct length of ride stigma”, he says, a judging determination where two turns can now beat a mile-long ride.
“I want the long ones, I want the longest wave I can get, the longest tube I can get, I’m not about short anything in that sense,” says Lynch. “I feel like the short concept, the less is more concept, denies the performance to become a dance. It stops it from having the ability to link in what the entirety of the wave’s opportunity on offer and create some art with it. Something that is absolutely beautiful, that is magic surfing. As opposed to a quick gymnastic vault where you run up and throw the vault and you get the score…The dance is what we’ll get back at Jeffreys Bay.”
Essential.
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I’m really behind, I know, but where is Potts?
C,Mon Barton I think Danny Devito might have something to say about your shortism, this is 2022 mate !
Bloody well put Barton!!! It’s the dance, the flow, the connection and STYLE 🙂 yeah… thats the fun part of surfing the elite lvl. Bring on more
I’d take two Dane Haleiwa turns over a thousand anyone else’s turns.
JJJF?
and him
There less is more concept denies the performance to become a dance with my wife in bed.
I’ll listen to it later
Another point to consider is BL and Co openly championed the push for surfing to become a recognised Olympic sport , yet now are trying to distance themselves from the inevitable changes to proffesional surfing that are to follow.
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king burger?
Eating, not fucking it.
He’s a weirdo but there’s no one else talking detail from a position of knowledge about the technique of current competitive surfing. Imagine if Ian Wright was the only soccer pundit alive, that’s where surfing is right now.
Thanks BL you reaffirmed my observation with the referance to the Australians in the 80/90s , stuck in the past “dude” , the WSL made the correct decision to let you go.
But all the WSL commentators are always talking on-air about the past. One of the WSL’s key messages for the newbie surf fan is, this is a real sport with a storied history and many giants who paved the way.
The dance – and its length – depends on the spot. The dance isn’t always graceful per Ewing. At your garden variety beach break, the dance too often consists of over pumping and arm waving to extend length of ride.
speaking of quality and length of ride, take a listen back to Booker T’s Green Onions…in the back of my memory mind, this was a 10 minute ride thru…(and ever a song track used in old surf movie?). at the Jeff’s take-off, cue Onions…if the ride is longer than this song (short version, the other is 3 minutes plus), the rider should receive an excellent score…each air will be rewarded as + 0.1…tube-riding will be rewarded as + 1.0…
gentlemenBGer’s rev up the split-screensenginesand you-boobers…yep…a fireable statement and a threat to The Wall of Positraction…Hanging Up His Hat While Offering Up A Ten….
Says the master groveller. Of course one move can score a 10 against a one minute ride filled with 50% surfing as JBay can show. And why should 2 waves count in WSL events? Just give me the best wave from each competitor. Two 5.5’s beating a 9 and a 1 when the ocean goes flat. Pffft.
Cue overhyped expectations for JS & MMG with all powerful home field advantage.
I bet Matthew goes further than Jordy…
I don’t think they’ll be overhyped.
I think some might be put off by Barton’s effervescent doofusness. However everything he says makes sense and rings true.
Except all the anti-vax stuff.
You mean all the coercive pro experimental clinical trial vax stuff?
Are you a pro-vaxxer and thus a Covidiot? Pitiful. Just pitiful.
No wonder Elo sacked him, the judges struggle to make any sort of sense from a two move wave. How could they cope with multiple moves on a minute long wave?
What about the commentary team, I don’t want to even imagine them trying to describe the tenth cutback on a wave.
Sure ,as a surfer I’d love it but I’m obviously not the market the wsl is looking for.
Who could ever imagine doing more that two things on a wave?!?! This is why ‘three to the beach’ is so mind-blowingly hi-perf.
I’m 100% not going to listen to that. I think Barton seems like a lovely bloke, but I find him unlistenable.
Quite aside from that – has anyone acknowledged just how pumping the J-Bay forecast is?!
About time hey? I’ve got all my money on Jaddy.
Khloe cunt!!! You heard it here first.
It’s never gonna happen for the poor lad is it. A tragic.
It’s his time to shine! Mathematically impossible for him to lose! Put the house on it!
No we didn’t. Rd 3 tops…if that. Cunt.
Cunt, fuck you!
I know… truth hurts! He’s just not top 10 material. Cunt.
Building generational wealth.
Hope your kids have a great Christmas!
Kids? You gotta be joking.
Still converting forecast into German legs(shins?) and am having trouble with the umlaut.
When is kick off?
Tomorrow. Bookies are very slow though!
How pumping?
Like double-overhead pumping for Thursday, maybe?
Probably like Occy in Pump pumping.
Magic dance?
Who do?
You do?
Voodoo.
unfinished wave for DB, but he did get one good turn in…Under Pressure!