And reigning world champion Filipe Toledo soundly thrashed by Ireland's Gearoid McDaid!
As Teams India, Netherlands and China soar to hitherto unseen heights at the ISA World Surfing Games, embarrassment for the cream of the WSL crop after the two-time world champ and the current world numbers one, two and four were beaten in their round two heats in El Salvador.
John John Florence, who blitzed his round one heat against Taiwan’s Liu Ming Jang and Korea’s Dohoon Yun, lost in the second round against German Dylan Green and the Brazilian turned Italian Jesse Mendes.
Griff, beaten by Alex Suarez from Equador and Italian Leo Fioravanti; Ethan by Bali’s Rio Waida and Argentina’s Leandro Usuna; Chianca by Colombia’s Giorgio Gomez and Spain’s Bryan Perez.
And, although reigning world champ Filipe Toled was soundly thrashed in his round two heat by Ireland’s Gearoid McDaid, the small-wave wizard automatically progresses to the third round after finishing the four-man heat in second place.
John John, Chianca, Griff and Ewing all bundled into repechage heats, Florence in a must-win or endure lifelong humiliation scenario against Czech Robert Vysloužil, Keith Lewis from Trinidad and Tobago and, again, hapless Taiwanese shredder Liu Ming Jang who felt the double-champ’s blade in round one.
In other news from the event, Gabriel Medina is coasting through his heats and China’s Siqi Yang gave spectators a little glimpse into what surfing is gonna look like in a dozen years when she smoked the field in her round one hit-out.
Still a little unsure about how surfers are selected for the 2024 Paris Games, the surf event being held at Teahupoo?
WSL
– 2023 Tour:Highest-ranking 10 eligible men and 8 eligible women.
ISA WSG
– 2022 & 2024 The winning teams by gender, will qualify 1 place for their respective country. The NOC will nominate the surfer to participate following the conclusion of the Qualification System.
– 2023 Highest-ranking eligible man and woman per continent from Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania (Total of 4 men and 4 women)
– 2024 Highest-ranking 5 eligible men and 7 eligible women
2023 PANAMERICAN GAMES
– Highest-ranking eligible man and woman in the surfing competitions will qualify a continental slot for the Americas.
HOST NATION
– One man and one woman will be guaranteed a place for the host nation of France. If an athlete(s) from France already qualified, the slot(s) will be reallocated to the next highest ranking eligible surfer(s) from the 2024 ISA WSG.
UNIVERSALITY PLACE
– This is meant to promote development, provide opportunity to smaller nations, and progress the sport on a global scale. One man and one woman will earn a Universality Place, as per the IOC selection criteria.
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Riot City? How about us local HB residents riot in your front lawn? That’ll show you what a riot is! HB is a conservative, patriotic city, nothing riot about it you click bait dwelling Gen Z’er!
no big whoopie?
So wait…
If a Brazilian marries a Hawaiian who becomes a Brazilian, does he become Italian?
Or is it more complicated?
Great one!
titanic. not tits!
Brazos whinging about favoritism etc. Just wait until a Chinese ladder company gets Xi Jinping in kaipo’s hard hat to change the leader board.
Competition is old, love is the way.
watched some ladies going left AND right at Punta Roca. It’s a right-hand point break. Anybody?
https://d14fqx6aetz9ka.clou…
Israel’s Uri Uziel took out Filipe.
Surf like Medina just did
The wind jammers scored a Fiji pro.
Cant be that hard ,
WSL, farken fukstix
Very chill commentary
Ooff messy wipeout at 3:10 wholesome washdown.
Always considered this more sailing than surfing so i reckon, as sailing does, they can reap lots more cash from their ‘community’. Ffs how much does a single setup cost anyway? Plus the mandatory sprinter van etc etc
Airport nightmare too.
Or not if the boom is packed with blow
I’m “blown” away by this…time to jibe!
no spinny. not sailing.
laser’s were my downfall. and two volvos; one a dolrean.
Have you tried lightening?
caught it in the bottle last night!
Hey Bexy that’s just epic conditions for wavesailing. The light side-to-onshores make it difficult to head up to weather and you gotta really baby it to reach the lineup but once there you’re richly rewarded. I notice Maui boy Kai Katchadourian reppin’ for Hawaii. Baptise Cloarec just shredding from 3:42 to 5:20. His mast laydown bottom turns give him the edge.
Travel is easy as. I can fit my breakdown mast and boom, 3 sails, board and harness in one travel bag.
outrigger.
Yeah, highlights look good.
I prefer my laser 2 for windy fun.
Its got a spinnaker and a trapeze, or you can just mainsail it solo.
try that in a Cal 20!
Is this the ‘I have to enter this ISA event to tick a box so I can go to the Olympics but don’t actually care about this and if the surf was shit I’d be pulling out with a foot injury but I won’t because it’s the best surf we’ve had in a comp this year event’ event?
The fix is in
“Spain’s Bryan Perez – “
He’s from El Salvador, el mejor surfista Salvadoreño
https://www.worldsurfleague…
And there you have it at the second bullet point, the secret route for Egghead to get a gig at the Olympics.
“The NOC will nominate the surfer to participate following the conclusion of the Qualification System.”
The fix is in.
His not going anywhere without his stolen gold medal!
Nope, only doing to be given to lower tiered nationality. List is somewhere. Dunno if surfers in those cointiesowill want to compete at thinking Teahopoo though
Kelly is from Syria. I read his book. Or maybe his grandparents. He can switch nationality.
It would really be the lol to end all lols if Kelly changed to Syrian and they gave Syria the “Universality Place”.
I feel like if I read his book I would hear his voice reading it to me. Kinda like on Seinfeld when George got books on tape from reading for the blind and the person reading the book sounded just like him. That would be awful.
I read it when I still thought he was great — maybe 20 years ago.
Gearoid McDaid would do better at pumping Chopes than Toledo!
Absolutely. Just take off on one wave job done.
Nope. You are thinking of qualifying for Tokyo Olympics. For Paris they have new rules because there’s more competitors (24 in men’s and women’s).
https://olympics.com/en/new…
2024 ISA World Surfing Games – one quota place (per National Olympic Committee team)
The National Olympic Committee best placed in the men’s competition at the 2024 ISA World Surfing Games will earn one spot at Paris 2024.
In the event that a National Olympic Committee (CON) already has two athletes qualified for the Paris 2024 Games, this NOC will be allowed to register a third to compete in the Olympic surfing competition.
Obviously the Kellster needs the US to win the men’s division in El Salvador for this to happen.
the future? mi cabaza is spinning now
Livin la vida loca!
Finally the changing of the guard . Started at the surf ranch pro.
Goodbye Brazilian storm,
Goodbye John John .
Goodbye old men!
Let the young surf!
Once you turn 27 and still wish to compete you should automatically be placed on the longboard tour .
*Women’s longboard tour
No more Playboy!
No more Newsweek!
No more Walter Kronkite!
No more watered down television crap!
Boycott sports.
Sports, television and Hollywood are distractions,
hypnosis for the public so they are more concerned with who will win the
league or who shot JR instead of demanding to know who shot JFK and why
are our government is stealing from us day in and day out and getting
into war after war after war.
I down to 3 minutes a week at porzhub.
who sanctioned this event? news to me…”Nia/Gabby^& JenAshton…get me my smoking robe…”
In Elo Ziff trust.
Ziff is obviously a fucken idiot if with ultimate surfer plus the rest of Elo expensive failures adds up?
Nat and her Ziff $$$$ could actually make pro surfing something again.
But not with Elo in charge.
Ffs, Natasha, hire someone with at least some creditably, we are watching and waiting and cringing with the mouth from the south in charge!
Soon enough the Chinese will dominate and own, literally, the WSL. The Red Storm will be cool and calculating and unlike the hot Brazilians won’t wear their heart on their sleeve. Kelly’s gf is Chinese, as he constantly reminds us, so she will have an elevated role.
Glory days will soon be upon us!
contest off for the day~footage of el salvador blood bath has been deleted? or never saw the light of day.
I for one welcome our new yella overlords
Great reference Gil!
Appreciate the appreciation
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Cant wait for the dick measuring contests
I for one welcome our new Chinese surfers / business if it means I can still buy a pretty crap tool set for under $9.99
Made in China- $9.99 > Made in America – $99.99
Made in China $9.99 product, last 1 month. $99.99 USA product, last a lifetime!
He can get Chinese citizenship.
got that right!