"My goodness... wow!"
The World Surf League bills itself as “the global home of surfing” though, let’s be honest, surfing must look a certain way to be invited to sup under Santa Monica’s roof. The longboard division has been ruthlessly and maliciously destroyed likely thanks to Chief of Sport Jessi Miley-Dyer’s distaste for its champion Joel Tudor. The big wave division is a non-existent mess. Bodyboarders are forced to fend for themselves and bodysurfers are not even considered.
It should rankle the executive suite, therefore, that a Brazilian swimmer is “on the verge of going viral” after “pulling off one of the most insane things ever seen in the Aussie surf.”
Kalani Lattanzi who loves using his arms, abdomen and legs to slide waves kicked himself off suburban Sydney’s fine coast, days ago, and proceeded to catch a 25-footer.
Those watching were amazed calling it “One of the craziest things I have ever seen another human do…” and “my goodness, wow.”
Lattanzi is no stranger to big bodysurf as he has stroked into both Nazaré and Jaws before.
But do you think all this attention paid to a bodysurfer, especially during the World Surf League Challenger Series’ Gold Coast Pro, this “verge of going viral” business, will rankle the aforementioned Jessi Miley-Dyer, Chief of Executives Erik Logan et. al.?
Do you image they’ll try to get their claws right in, fine and suspend Lattanzi, rip the fun out then destroy the rest of it?
More as the story develops.
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Before the wedding cake is sliced do you solemnly swear to cherish etc etc
Jessi Mylie Tyre is still but hurt cos back in the Golschmidt era body surfing almost prevented the WSL from holding the pipe masters.
Good on Lattanzi but as I’ve told you many times before Chuck, handboarding is not bodysurfing.
Once you engage a wave on a planing surface, you are then on the wave and not in the wave.
Big diff.
He might as well be mini-boogering.
try & see footage of him in our local ‘itacoatiara rj’… #aloha
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XD
The handplane almost puts him in the boogieboard category.
25 feet? I’d say, not even double overhead.
Chas my people are yearning for information about the lawsuit between the US licensee of Need Essentials against the AU headquarters
edit: https://dockets.justia.com/…
Looked a little bit poo stroke
25 hand boards high maybe…
Mark Cunningham would be proud.
Just imagine what he could do with a boogieboard.
we could crowdfund one – then maybe a board!! wow endless dreams
he happens to do surfboarding also, just sayin’…
Could of made that barrel if he was on a surfboard
Damn, no link to the song.
rattlesnake shake…oh well.
Prefer his style over Adriano De Souza
😁
While the WSL has been busy dick dragging the women’s longboard division, this guy counterpoints by dick foiling the WSL’s Challenger Series Gold Coast Pro.
down the face not possible w/o his rudder…the ladies would be spinnin in circles. notice there is no bottom to that beast.
The ladies would all be riding twin fins