Order and progress.
Oh to be Brazilian. The South American country was, but a decade or such ago, an afterthought in the surf world. Certainly American, Australian, French wave aficionados were aware that Rio de Janeiro existed and that James Bond might have once been filmed there (the shockingly under-appreciated Moonraker) but that was mostly it.
Well, fast forward and what do we have but utter Brazilian dominance. Filipe Toledo, the current World Surf League champion, is Brazilian. Gabriel Medina, Brazilian, champion before that and Italo Ferreira, Brazilian, champion before that. With exciting “Final’s Day” at Lower Trestles, it all but guarantees that there will be a Brazilian champion this year, next year, ad infinitum.
Adding insult to injury, the land of Order and Progress just snagged the very coveted Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Award for “world’s best beach,” punching America’s Huntington and Australia’s Whitsunday straight in the teeth.
Stretching out on the world’s best beach won’t come easy. Baía do Sancho is accessible only by boat or via ladders descending down steep cliffs to the golden sand below.
The beach is in Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago some 220 miles (354 kilometers) off the coast of mainland Brazil, part of the country’s Pernambuco state. Visitors to the islands arrive by plane or boat.
Getting there takes some doing, but what awaits tenacious travelers is worth the effort, according to its new Tripadvisor ranking. Baía do Sancho is the world’s best stretch of shoreline for 2023, according to the travel site’s annual list of the world’s best beaches, which was released on Tuesday.
The aforementioned Americans could only gape from way down in the 11th spot, Siesta Beach on Florida’s Keys. Australians attempting to feel ok with the bronze, Cable Beach in Broome.
But neither are fine nor are the fortunes set to change any time soon.
This is Brazil’s World Surf League. We’re just living in it.
too far to ride the schwinn with board under arm. liked beaches; rocks not so much. rock dancin came later…
the lane; Paia. also here! tarantulas
1st tune for happy hour tonight!
’86, boat trip out of Manaus down (up?) the Rio Negro, deep into jungle vistas with no modern civilization anywhere. Slept in hammocks in jungle listening to tribes of monkeys traveling through trees overhead, sounded like 20knot breeze rushing from one side of bay to the other. Memories for a lifetime, although regretfully not a single wave surfed.
That one wave.
I don’t think anyone lives out there isn’t it a nature preserve?
Moonraker is under-appreciated because it’s shit. It’s even shitter than a view to a kill, if that’s possible.
Cable Beach is far from the best beach in Australia (long, flat, boring, full of flies).
There’s beautiful beaches all over the world though. Antigua is spectacular. Fiji has some rippers. But the best one I have ever seen is Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays. I defy anyone to tell me Cable Beach is better. NFW.
les paul is more!
writin while standin up…at a rough bar…turtle bar, the Surfer!
lock ’em up? green grass & high tides…save the coastal eel grasses/
qualified producers apply here, there, and everyware…plastics~
https://youtu.be/6pXZPhhPPH0
Well, I have been referred to as the male JMD…
best placed surfed. best placed lived?
Can Beef and beer make a 354km long ladder from the mainland out to it tho?
Very good at deleting comments, aren’t you?
Unfortunately, you cannot hide the truth!
Just do the right thing.
It’s good for the soul.
Chas, we need to talk, about a ‘derogatory’ statement that one of ‘your’ ‘staff’ made in the comment section on Mr Warshaw’s article, that I believe is a very negative ‘reflection’ on the whole tribe.
I also believe it is a ‘reflection’ on ‘you’ ‘also’, as ‘you’ allow it to ‘remain’ posted.
After reading the derogatory comment, for the first time in my life, I feel ashamed to be called Surfer.
What one Surfer says—affects us all.
Maybe we can continue this conversation at the WSL or a few other choice websites.
Thank you.
Get in the ring!
https://www.theinertia.com/…
Great leverage opportunity to align the tour to the best beaches list. Freemium synergies, symbiotic uplift, consumption percentages, hyper local scalabilities etc etc
Just finished the final episode of Make or Break. Certainly the worst episode of the lot! ELO take a bow, you fucking kook!
have finished all but that last one. Fell asleep during the Tahiti episode. So no memory of that one. One question I keep meaning to float here — does anyone else think it’s weird how the head judge talks to all the other judges and describes the ride being judged, tells them what the score situation is, etc?? Shouldn’t the judges be operating independently without any other judge telling them what he/she thinks?? Just seemed strange to me, curious if anyone else had same reaction.
That did stick out for sure. So called professional judges being told what the criteria is and what the head judge initially thought of the wave. Something also very strange about how long it takes for some of the scores to fall.
The Pritamo Effect !
His Master’s Voice
that’s what it always been – head judge goes 7 – then they spread it 6.5 to 7.5 – fucking scripted much!!
I’ve never watched one. :/