Surfing’s first LGBTIQA+ wedding!
Not a dry eye in the house following Tuesday’s wedding of the two-time world surfing champ Tyler Wright to her gal Lilli Baker, now Mrs Lilli Wright.
A who’s who of surfing notables, including WSL CEO Erik Logan, heaped congratulations on the couple.
“Stunning and Beautiful. Two gorgeous souls connected for eternity,” wrote Elo.
From Swellian and Goons of Doom frontman Vaughan Blakey, “CONGRATS YOU LEGENDS! Looks magic!”
“Beautiful,” wrote Stephanie Gilmore.
And, from World Surf League commissioner Jessi Miley Dyer, a simple, “Perfection.”
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Of their relationship, Wright describes it as flush with “ease and openness. There’s genuineness, love, respect and appreciation. Being with someone who encourages you to be more you is always a good time.”
Eyes now turn to the men’s tour where not one surfer in the sport’s almost fifty-year history has openly expressed his homosexuality, let alone walked down the aisle with his true love.
(Former pro Matt Branson came out after he split the tour in 1991, telling Fred Pawle, “It was fucking incredibly hard. You always felt like you were lying.”)
Either means the tour is a hotbed of straightness or there’s a helluva lot of closet hiding going on.
Sad, no?
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Hilarious 😂 thank God they can’t breed
I guess in a lesbian wedding you look forward to getting a tongue lashing from your wife.
Best wishes to the happy couple!
The burger flipper seems a lot more keen than the truly talented surf star on the apres ceremonials lead shot in expressing love and devotion to the excited photo snapping world media.
There wasnt a dry pussy in the house.
Actors and musicians have been out for decades. Some sports are still in the dark ages. Qatar and those places are terrible
That kiss is pretty weak and contrived. Let’s see some tongue!
Tyler’s already had practice being fleeced with the bookeeper saga this year ,perfect warm up for marriage
Pre-nup?
Are you sure you didnt forget or add any letter..?just kidding..
moving to break the glass window, or looking thru the wonder wall…or waiting for the hour glass…shining for now, you crazy diamonds
We all KNOW they’ll hit their “peak moment”, and deep down WISH they could go phalic!! It’s just the design.
plastics must be cleaned before being thrown into the recycle bin. A public service message from World
SurfRecycling Leaguefor most of us heteros, we compare lesbians with porn…so this Jim Gaffigan joke softens the boner:
“I even enjoy watching people make food. But have you ever noticed the Food Network is far more interesting when you’re hungry? When you’re full you’re like, ‘This is stupid…’
But when you are hungry the Food Network’s like porn. You’re like, ‘Oh yeah…whip it up baby! Make it for me!’
It is a little embarrassing when someone catches you watching the Food Network…’What are you watching?’
‘Uh, the Food Network…’
‘Well, why are you pants off?’
‘I like food…a lot.’”
Women fight for equality between sexes but then take dominate more masculine positions over one another?
Men having opinions on how women should live their lives in a way that doesn’t effect said men at all?
Best you stick to the shallow end.
Do you own a dog house?
Cue the WSL broadcast team mentioning the wedding at every chance, proving they are the most inclusive sports franchise this side of Sirius A.
if she surfs Haliewa and has a poor performance…one heck of an interview…I stepped on a piece of glass…
Lars Ulrich has got hair plugs?
Beautiful stuff. If only Beach Grit could now marry the correct comment thread to the correct article
A few 540’s in the marital bed I’m guessing
Yea nah Qatar
loving it…45 minutes of commercial-free sports and able to sense momentum swings…you hear me ELO!
yes
Anti depressive… missus and missus Wright’s
Joe Turpel declaring that a hand-jam might be lacking?