Kai Lenny (pictured) in Surfline twenty foot plus barrel.
Kai Lenny (pictured) in Surfline twenty foot plus barrel.

Surfline launches revolutionary big-wave surfing event series titled “Twenty Foot Plus” greatly confusing World Surf League Fans: “Wait… aren’t all Championship Tour events already 20 foot plus?”

Lower Trestles.

Fans of professional surfing at its very highest level were thrown into great confusion, yesterday, with the announcement of a new big-wave event “activated” by Surfline. Titled “Twenty Foot Plus,” promises to “chronicle the world’s best big-wave surfers in the heaviest waves on Earth. And on the very best days, Surfline will broadcast the action live, from multiple angles, in ways guaranteed to take it all next level.”

Exciting, but, World Surf League enthusiasts immediately began scratching their heads, wondering if they had somehow already missed the show. Surfline, as you know, is the official forecasting partner for the aforementioned League and, regularly, declares that swells for the events are certain to reach at least twenty feet.

“We wanted to put our careers in our own hands,” notable big wave stud Jamie Mitchell told the website. “We’ve got a bunch of surfers and we’re heading in the right direction. We want to write our own path for big-wave surfing. I would expect big, different, more creative things that maybe haven’t been seen before. I want to see a young guy like Luca Padua, for example, have a gateway to a professional career in big-wave surfing. I want these young girls coming up to see a career path as well — that’s what we’re setting out to do.”

Might Mitchell, Padua, Koa Rothman, Kai Lenny et. al. have already surfed a stunning heat at the Oi Rio Pro or Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach that was simply missed?

Is Filipe Toledo a big-wave surfer?

As die-hard professional surfing aficionados go back into the 2022 contest vault looking for signs of Mark Healy there are, currently, more questions than answers.

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Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
4 years ago

While my planned test of arm floaties, in preparation for watching the best 10 surf the massive waves at Trestles, is scheduled for Monday I am left to wonder why? Why would I risk life and limb for the anticipated waves forecasted for Trestles in 2 weeks? Maybe I’m safer to spend the time on the couch watching college football…

tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
4 years ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

surfline premiun man here for ya: solid six feet southie from now to 2033…Sept 10th and 11th…forceast for 15 footers…at midnight? nope! mid-day for us all to see.

Picard Madeoff
Picard Madeoff
4 years ago
Reply to  tim_nelsen

SURFLINE CODE RED

tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
4 years ago
Reply to  Picard Madeoff

severe lay-offs ’cause the “peak swell’ they were calling for The Finals is shrinking both in time and duration…

Gumby's Left Nut
Gumby's Left Nut
4 years ago

The official candy bar of Big Wave Surfing https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

7dollarsurfboard
7dollarsurfboard
4 years ago

Next will be an article about how these same surfers will be whinging about how too many e-jetskis, Sups, wavestorms etc will be buzzing around these surf spots.

astro
astro
4 years ago

So, who’s gonna stump up the cash for this extravaganza ?

channelbottom
channelbottom
4 years ago
Reply to  astro
tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
4 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

endless summer surf spot called “el stumpo” was in NZ or Tahiti?

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
4 years ago

Who is going to pack Lairds creamer if Luca Padua is chasing big waves around the world all year?

Pauly Matt War-Shore
Pauly Matt War-Shore
4 years ago
Reply to  Sean Connery

Pack Laird’s creamer? Ew.

Sean Connery
Sean Connery
4 years ago

Exactly

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
4 years ago

Kai Lenny

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
4 years ago

Funny yes, but what is the forecast for trestles and have you noticed BG articles have an even greater level of desperation in between events. More as this story develops

astro
astro
4 years ago

Retardo Beach Ballet Society won’t comp Chas at the after match functions. And he’s not happy about it.
Mother Ginger may have been a one season wonder.

Tomas' silky smooth arms
Tomas' silky smooth arms
4 years ago
Reply to  astro

Haa, Retardo Beach Ballet Society! Very nice.

Pauly Matt War-Shore
Pauly Matt War-Shore
4 years ago

Coupla 4 foot (not surfline 4 foot) swells inbound. Much excite.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
4 years ago

S’gonna be epic

AI (for ever) .
AI (for ever) .
4 years ago

There was a shark attack at Avoca, north of Sydney but all we got here was , Malibu king this shit

NEGATRON
NEGATRON
4 years ago

Shhhhh don’t remind them about shark stories.

astro
astro
4 years ago
Reply to  NEGATRON

Too late ….

notsurfingtoday
notsurfingtoday
4 years ago

If by shark attack you mean the shark punched someone after being dropped in on, it might get featured soon.

tim_nelsen
tim_nelsen
4 years ago

anti-climatic…funny headlines.

notsurfingtoday
notsurfingtoday
4 years ago

Its got fuck all to do with the big wave tour but came across this today for the first time , and it’s brilliant – a poster for the japanese release of apocalypse now. Nightmare of a lineup. Bet someone would put this in the 20ft range.

notsurfingtoday
notsurfingtoday
4 years ago
frank
frank
4 years ago

those damn drones, I hate it when they buzz the lineup!

channelbottom
channelbottom
4 years ago

Perhaps it’s my poor memory, but I don’t recall that sort of surf in the movie.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
4 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

Kelly rode an Apache attack helicopter all-banana-rockered out

munnstrosity
munnstrosity
4 years ago
Reply to  channelbottom

From the directors cut. Thats Bobby Owens on the inside bowl.

mike m
mike m
4 years ago

Peeling left and right, perpendicular to each other, crazy break.

disqus_00d1gIXedO
disqus_00d1gIXedO
4 years ago

How big, in German femurs? It’s been only a couple of months, but I’ve purposefully erased both the metric system and the U.S. system of weights and measurements from my cognitive system. If it isn’t double-over-femur, or a “big playing field” like 1200 German femurs long like Speedies, then I don’t know what the fuck you’re carrying on about

Dogsnuts
Dogsnuts
4 years ago

4 lbs of turgid bratwurst erect height or waist to navel high.


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