Legendary surf coach blames Surf Ranch Pro judging controversy on Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira and Filipe Toledo’s “victim mentality”!

"Super ethical coming from a surf 'coach' who used to get smoked by 16 year old Medina"

So many tears and sad Instagram posts following Griffin Colapinto’s stunning, surprising even, but very controversial win over Italo Ferreira at the Surf Ranch Pro on Sunday. 

The WSL judging panel, architects of six Brazilian world champions over the last nine years, have been accused of ineptitude, bias and, by swarms of Brazilian surf fans, racism after Gabriel Medina’s loss to Ethan Ewing in his quarter-final and Italo Ferreira in the final against Colapinto. 

To recap, read “Australian surfer Ethan Ewing threatened with death following controversial win”, “Gabriel Medina pens open letter to WSL complaining of ‘shocking’ judging” and “Pro surfing in chaos as its biggest stars turn on WSL and CEO Erik Logan”. 

Now, the surf coach and former world tour competitor Glen “Micro” Hall, an engaging falsetto from Australia’s Central Coast (forget that dubious Irish ancestry that got him into the world amateurs years ago) and whose tour surfers have included Owen and Tyler Wright, Ace Buchan, Wilko, Conner Coffin and Brisa Hennessy, has weighed into the brouhaha.

Last night, Hall posted a Wikipedia definition of “victim mentality”, a pointed reference to the tears of Brazilian world champs Toledo, Medina and Ferreira. 

 

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As expected, many more tears flowed from Brazil’s legion of surf fans. 

Coming here with enormous respect for you as surfer, coach and person that you are.

This is the type of post that does not help, on the contrary, it creates more animosity, it also encourages people to do the same: to belittle the opinion of others and consequently make them lose the courage to take a stand. Let’s not diminish other’s feelings 

Super ethical coming from a surf “coach” who used to get smoked by 16 year old Medina

Now I undestend the meaning of Micro… tiny, irelevant …

Very Micro comment, as a coach you should understand more about progressive surfing. Kind of comment coming from someone that won nothing doesnt surprise me.

Damn, do you call yourself a coach?! What a shit mentality you have

Just like a kid that gets the ball and go home because others are playing better with it. Australians have better personality than that but some are just meant to be ignored

A few supporters in there, 

I put all of this on Charlie, when your child shows unsportsmanlike and tantrum like behaviour from a juvenile age and u don’t pull them into line this is the product of that

Here come the Woman bashers to cry some more

Long-time readers will remember the time Micro gave hell to Medina during a heat together at the 2016 Quiksilver Pro, beating the Champ with an interference. 

The interference was plain enough. Micro had priority. Gabriel pushed it too far; Micro milked it and got it through. Y’could see Micro lighting up on Gabs but you could also sense he pulled his words, just a little, because as every surfer knows, you don’t smack talk a Brazilian, not when his countrymen are “passionate”, as they say.

In his post-heat interview, Micro, who looked like he’d been outfitted by a stylist from Back to the Future with his giant plastic watch and plastic sunglasses housing reflective blue lenses, was smart enough to talk up Gabriel.

“He’s a really good dude, passionate in the water and a legend out of the water.”

Soon, Gabriel appeared. He was very sad. He said, “You know, the waves are pretty bad. Ten days for waves like this? KP didn’t do a good job… I hope he can do better.”

Gabriel said he was confused by the rule that sunk him and then… unexpectedly… although perhaps it shouldn’t be unexpected given Gabriel’s sulky form, he said, “Next time Glen Hall say fuck you to me, I will teach him…”

Cut! Back to booth!

Do you remember? So good.