Multiple middle finger emojis.
I woke this morning ready to will Japan’s Kanoa Igarashi into the Pantheon of Style Gods. Professional surfers, including the just mentioned Igarashi, Eric Hanneman, Crusty Colapinto and Nate Rapoza will be, each, attempting history at winning the U.S. Open of Surfing on the “smallest waves ever witnessed.”
After drinking my AG1.com/surf and making the perfect Americano, I sat down at my computer and was belted right across the mouth with the bloodiest of blood feuds.
Tomson, who is very handsome, hails from South Africa, part of the “free ride” generation and was the 1977 world champ had commented on an unidentified post with the remark, “Love a bit of old school agro.”
Fletcher, who is also very handsome, hails from San Clemente, invented aerial surfing and was the 1989 Surf Bout champ responded, “No you just like to drop in but when someone returns the favor you are the biggest whining bitch in the world then after you are done whining you go call the police!!! Is that what you (t)each as a life coach, who to be a whining bitch go back to Africa Kook!!!!! (plus three middle finger emojis)
The heavy right hand signaled open season on Tomson and especially after Fletcher asked his followers to share similar stories about “our former world champion whiner.” One told of returning a lot wallet to Tomson and being met with disdain, another of getting stabbed on a pier though that was not related to Tomson, or at least not specifically.
Anyhow, while you are here, do you have any former world champion whiner stories?
Would love to hear them.
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Shaun can drop in on me any time !
Who is this Derek Klein guy who downvotes anyone talking shit about Christian Fletcher?
Is that Robbie Williams?
Long before Kechele.
John Mc Clure too
Like a mouse squeaking impotently at a lion, I don’t think Shaun Tomson needs to give any time or attention to anything Christian Fletcher has to say – about anything,
One is a former 1977 World Champion, one of the greatest competitive surfers ever and the other is a drug-damaged tattooed burnout, a rather pathetic example of poor parenting and lack of discipline who squandered ALL of their opportunities linked to money, location and talent in favour of a being a perpetual adolescent drug addict of no significance at all.
Christian had a far bigger impact on modern surfing than Shaun. Christians wide stance aerial approach is copied by countless people and became the standard in pro surfing. Shaun’s wiggle approach is out dated and no one copies it. Both are trust funded. So money doesn’t matter. Christian and Nathan are very accomplished individuals.
What have your kids accomplished ?
Shaun is like one of those novels that was good back in the day but has dated badly. Christian is kind of the opposite. The guy in the 80s who was doing rad airs was Matt Archbold (and Martin Potter). Christian had a fucking ugly style and it’s a coincidence that doing airs with poo stance actually works for the crazy airs we see these days.
Rad airs ? Go skateboard.
Exactly.
For like me not familiar with all Australian slaga here it goes:
In Australian slang, the term “agro” is short for “aggressive.” It can be used to describe someone who is acting in an angry or confrontational manner. For example, if someone is getting easily annoyed or angry, you might say they are being “agro.”
It can also mean being a fuckwit or jerk
Those were more like bunny hops and off the lip fly always.
Christian would pump down the middle of the wave and Ollie off of the lip and control the trajectory of his landing .
Pottz was his inspi
Anyone on the ground for the swell hitting Namibia! Dropped buddy to airport Saturday to make the trek only to be hauled up in Cape Town hotel due to taxi riots. Word is all you tubers and Ke11y will be jockeying the lineup.
This man has connections!
Matt Kechele invented aerial surfing. But since it didn’t happen in Socal, guess it doesn’t count?
John Holeman invented aerial surfing! He was a least a decade ahead of everybody no matter where they were from
Love seeing the WSL crap talking finally pay off with a BaileyLadders sponsorship.
Cote is a dumb as fuck seppo ,yea he’s got positive vibes and yea he’s well intentioned….. but ffs – surely in his quiet moments he must be cognizant that he’s a sellout
I think anyone who was surfing in the late 90”s must have a story about being dropped in on by Tom Carroll?
I mean he dropped in on everyone, every surf, every where in the world.
His the world champion / cunt of dropping in.
Forget his competition results.
Tom Carrol ultimate worlds greatest drop in champion!
I surfed with him a lot around the northern beaches and never had that experience……but yeh I seem to remember tha he was banned from North Narrabeen. Other than that, over the years I have been dropped in on by quite a few high profile surfers and the only one who ever apogised was MP, who had the excuse that it was 10 minutes to the start of heat 1 at Bells and he hadn’t had a warm up wave……he was welcome to it.
I had a few crappy days arround the NBeaches and Angourie compliments to old Bully boy Nat Young and a seriously funny run in with Kanga in the west at a small wave spot in Fremantle talk about a princess.
It was a different world back then Ramjet, violence was never far away: NB, north shore, north coast, Goldie. Intimidation both implicit and explicit was the currency of the day……but it wasn’t just surfing, the whole culture worked that way. Worst stuff that ever happened to me was on the street.
Are you derek hynd?
No.
Fuck ’em both. Each of them are jerks.
Enjoyed reading MC’s brush with such a “surf vampire” back in the day. But his appearance screams SOCAL F$!*’wit really loud. Hope I’m wrong.. What does it say about me giving this the time of day. Yeah I know..!
Back in the day I was taking surf photos and had written a couple of things for Surfing magazine. I was shooting OTW (easiest way to make a buck) one day when Merkel told me the magazine wanted a photo of me surfing. I paddled out waited about 20 minutes while the prawn caught a stack of waves. Finally had a peak come straight to me took off…..and you can guess the rest.
I wasn’t pissed off, more bemused, I mean WTF was the point? Still I should thank him because it was the start of my escape from that scene for which I have been eternally grateful. Lots of great people involved but somehow the end result was always much, much less than the sum of its parts.
This Tahiti trials final is 10x better than any CT heat all season
As far as this Bailey ladder crap goes, it’s hardly a secret that FUCKIN’ TALL LADDER ©®™ (followed by FAIRLY TALL LADDER ©®™) was involved with professional surfing for years before Bailey dropped in and put the burn on FTL.
Fuckwits…
Monsieur Tomson est un étrange vieux homme xox
4999,….and then??
Here’s hoping Christian calls into The Grit with his spoken version of this for Pros in the Wild…
singin minute by minute…
If he does, they’ll milk it for about 10 articles.
Is Christian still alive ?
Thats a surprise
Both utter fuckwits