"This isn't real, is it?"
There is much that divides us, seemingly more all the time. Language, left/right positioning, opinion regarding transgendered athletes and their participation in sport which makes the just-wrapped MEO Rip Curl Portugal Pro that much more endearing. Oh, the third event on the World Surf League Championship Tour schedule was not without alienation. Absurd crowd size was viciously argued over as well as the commentary value of Jesse Mendes.
One moment, though, united everyone.
Portugal’s President Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa taking in the action, live, from the stands.
While his politics certainly cause some to frown, his face was the universal visage of “person watching competitive professional surfing for the very first time.”
The same face made by grandmas in Chicago, co-workers in London, nieces in Timbuktu and nephews in Shangai.
Squinty eyes, mouth lightly agape, utter confusion spreading from ear to ear.
One silent thought repeating in a mind quickly draining.
“This isn’t real, is it?”
Yes, for one brief and glorious moment, President Rebelo de Sousa was all of our mothers.
Viva Portugal.
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Haha and imagine Trump.
Trump: Why are all these people watching those perfectly tanned people in the ocean and not me?
The world: Fuck off you narcissistic cunt
Haha, ja shades of Trump from the WSL regarding penis, oops crowd size.
He doesn’t give a shit about surfing.
He’s just a popularity whore.
petition against more of you people!
we need a bigger transport vehicle…like. a sub or two.
absorbs them like.like.like…other minorities…for inclusion…
food trucks sellin cuban sammies…will go find pics…
Looks like he’s getting a baseball bat up the clakker in that pic..
Watch out for the deckchairs,meht!
https://youtu.be/Nn0xeatjacc
full contrition and I fell and can’t get up…call the cable guy!
How do you say boring in Portuguese? Non thinks perhaps an invite to an Oprah party in Hawaii was the exchange for the appearance.
we’re chasin’ sarah marshall and hoppin off 7 sacred pools after surfin both pipe and sunset…with long spears from USA bow-makers…
Presidents should be presidenting, you know, running a fledgling country, that sorta stuff. Not hanging at the beach.
And Chas if you yearn for that sort of political validation, you might be pleased to know the current portuguese culture minister is a surfer.
Wonder if that makes him the most politically influent surfer so far?
How long can you be a fledgling country for?
For as long as you need foreign aid to avoid bankruptcy
Someone should give them their colonies back
What about Michael Flynn?
Don’t know who that is. Excluding VALs obvs
A village idiot in a suit with a lot of made up names about to take a chunder over the guardrail.
Double double vision
That’s good, but Albo and Modi at the cricket were way better. They had a mardi gras float. Modi had a ticket allocation of 81,000. Dwarfs 51,000…. Can we say dwarf? I know we’ve had to give up tossing them…
Albo in his natural environment
Now if we can just get Bashar al-Assad to start an olympic surf team for the Syrian Ba’ath party.
Kelly’s Ba’ath at LeMoore?
Tubthumpin’!
That’s Mr President slowly counting to 51,000
FFuck NO! Then they will try to popularize it more, and you get more Elo garbage!
President Marcelo Nuno Duarte Rebelo de Sousa:”I thought you said your name was, Sasha!??”
President Fernando Aguerre has been watching surf contests since forever.
Anthony Albanese does the BBQ at Maroubra Boardriders
I did have to chuckle a bit there!
to stay on right side of bra boys no doubt!!!
Hes dateing one of em
ELo and JMD passed on the photo op and historical significance with what all the commentators saying was the first time a president of a country attended a pro surfing event, nice job idiots.
I imagine the only reason he attended was because ELo and JMD weren’t there.
To be fair, March is a tough season to dress for if you’re ELo. Do you go wool trench coat or spring Pink? Such a confusing time in Europe.
He would have turtlenecked so hard people likely would have missed the polyester blazer cause ELo dreamed McQueen.
britt ekland undressed
If Chas wasn’t so antagonizing towards him he may ask for advice. Better yet go back to Post Surf and read Chas posts and come up with a few good ideas.
And Jaddy.
Who?
he’s surfin in the Ollies for Scotland