Battle of Brazil.
Professional surfing, at its second tier, is back upon us and are you relieved? Thrilled for man-on-man, or woman-on-woman penultimate action? Oh, I’m certain the Challenger Series has been wildly successful for our World Surf League, millions, like tennis icon Billy Jean King, ready to tune in to see who will head to the Big Dance, who will stay home.
And let us turn our eyes toward Brazil and its days’ away Corona Saquarema Pro. There are many surfers of note in the draw, including Miguel Pupo and Jadson Andre, but none bigger than Gabriel Medina who is making a return from mental injury and, if I recall, a knee injury too.
Fire burning in belly.
Missing is sitting champion Filipe Toledo though he currently rules the region.
King of Saquarema.
You, certainly, remember when Toledo marked his conquest with a tattoo featuring the town, some palm trees, a gaping barrel and the years 2018, 2019 and 2022, applied to his lower calf by a competent artist. By all accounts, the population has been pleased with Toledo’s reign and doesn’t chafe under his yolk.
A light burden.
If Medina wins the event and steals the throne, will he be as benevolent?
Cheery?
Or will he invite friend Neymar Jr. in and turn the place into a den of iniquity with droit du seigneur etc.?
Classic bad guy stuff.
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Does Gabby have more stickers on his board than Flip?
PLeaseeee—stop this nonsense….
It’s annoying when someone just goes on and on and on aye Freerider?
freerider? freerider? Umm, I kinda like the sound of that. I think that could be Ben though, or maybe Brutus, or even JP playing both sides, (playing you).
I do ride for free though.
We should all ride for free—for freedom.
Come on Chas. Tom & Gisele have been officially divorced for a few hours and nothing on Bgrit. What are you waiting for?
I usually just forget I left it in the bin in back of my truck until I arrive for my next session. Then I open it and mumble to myself about how big of an idiot I am.
Lay it flat on a towel, roll both together like a large cuban cigar, stand on cigar for a few seconds, stomping and squishing. End up with a dry-ish wetsuit and a dog-smelling towel.
then light up!
I find throwing it over the back of a chair and leaving it in front of a blazing fire (preferably with smoky coal) does the trick this time of year
I’m not great on English history but at the end of one of the Robin Hood movies cowardly King John is disposed from his caretaker role by King Richard the Lionheart, who has returned from crusade! Did this happen? I’m not but it’s about to happen in the surf world!
I thought the challenge was who could survive a great leap from the Cliffs of Dover…in the same fashion as told below: The Battle of Nuʻuanu (Hawaiian: Kalelekaʻanae; literally the leaping mullet), fought in May 1795 on the southern part of the island of Oʻahu, was a key battle in the final days of King Kamehameha I’s wars to conquer the Hawaiian Islands. It is known in the Hawaiian language as Kalelekaʻanae,
which means “the leaping mullet”, and refers to a number of Oʻahu
warriors driven off the cliff in the final phase of the battle.[2] There are “varied and sometimes conflicting histories of the Battle of Nuʻuanu.”[3]
WSL very craftily said “You want shorter events? We’ll give you shorter events (for half the year) by creating new events that have twice as many surfers and make it nearly impossible for surfers who do well in good waves to win and qualify for the ‘CT. You like events that can run in a single swell? How about new events that need three back-to-back swells to be interesting.”
Well played, WSL, you continue to suck in ways we never dreamed possible.
What I appreciate about BG even if this is the first actual surf related article in a month is they don’t write articles about all the different ways I can dry out my wetsuit.
I think you posted this comment in the wrong place. Here’s your exit door: https://www.theinertia.com/…
Clicking that is like opening up a random email that has a link and says click this to win $1,000,000
Hahahahahahaha fuck me, just when I think it’s getting intolerable here that article really puts things into perspective.
Wetsuit shampoo once a week. $90 wetsuit hangers.
Hahahaha hahahshahahGahHhah
That’s the Inertia staff for you.
All souled out—I mean —sold out, everyone one of them.
are we all somewhat guilty for looking at that dark space? hybrids? then save our comments for where they belong, here. not there…
I’m just one of those absolute cunts who has multiple 3/2s and 4/3s so that I rarely have to climb into a damp suit
Rub it in
absolutely Com: please recycle…but above all, avoid mildew, and use a towel when changing…unless you’re mooning the grommets in the parking lot and/or passengers on the swiftly passing Amtrak Express.
Do you think Gabby and Flip dry their wetties the same way?
I think they both have there entourage do it for them.
Wetsuits?
I remember those. Aren’t they something you wear when the water’s cold? Ugh… no thank you.
better than that: how we custom-made our own by cutting diving suits and sewing them back with a needle and 30lb fishing line…and saving the beaver-tail so we could look like Davey Hilton & Jay Riddler!