"Sniveling upstarts..."
Who but who could have ever seen this fight coming? Oh, Olympic committees and organizers bowling over the poor and powerless in order to build civic monuments to world sport is nothing new. Likewise, international sport governing bodies sucking off the Olympic teat for a taste of that sweet, sweet Coca-Cola dollar is an old cherry. But here, on the idyllic island of Tahiti, we have local folk standing tall and we have the upstart International Surfing Association waving a fist toward Paris.
All shouting “Non!”
Bizarre.
As you well know, the aluminum judging tower proposed to replace Teahupo’o’s wooden one has caused quite the ruckus. Protests rocking the “end of the road,” incompetent barge drivers smashing reef etc. Yesterday, in a shock move, the aforementioned ISA declared it “will not support the construction of the new aluminum judges’ tower at Teahupo’o (Tahiti).”
Bold but odd considering how thirsty ISA chief Fernando Aguerre was to court the Olympics, traipsing the world in garish local costumes etc. His wish was granted, Olympic surfing’s Tokyo debut came off… uninspiring but whatever but Teahupo’o on the horizon. A wave so grand it is sure to stamp our favorite pastime as THE event.
Telling Paris chiefs how to run the show, in any case, a dangerous gambit.
Well, those Paris chiefs came back today, sneering in a very French way.
Tony Estangue, president of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee, hours ago declared, “We respect the almost unanimous decision taken locally to continue with the launch of the construction work” and added that the ISA proposal, a tower on the beach with a long lens camera, “was judged to be not feasible on several fronts. On the technical front in terms of filming the images but also surrounding security it poses a lot of questions.”
Sorry not sorry, puny ISA.
A clear win for Big Aluminum but will this saga take another unforeseen turn?
Stay tuned.
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procurement supervisor/
zeroing in!
“I Fart in your General Direction”
Rather that barging the barge onto the reef couldn’t they pre-drill some holes and ‘copter in the base? Shouldn’t be difficult.
Why the fuck do I have to do all the thinking for them?
Given that these are the environmental Olympics I think all the pro surfers should plant aluminium poles in the ground instead of the usual sticks this competition.
Is Beef supplying the “really tall ladders” to get up to judges tower? Thats all that really matters in this fiasco
Then I only really want to watch this if we have an “Eddie the Eagle’ or “Eric the Eel” new world icon go over the ledge at 8-10ft chopes!!
he’s elbowing his way in the concessions with his line of spirits. we’ve yet to see his food menu. maybe NZ ‘cheese steak.?’ and yep, Eddie would crash land into a cushioned, but slightly toasted ciabatta bread and come up with a cheese face holding a bottle of plum whiskey! “shaken, but not stirred…”
Oh that’s an awesome put down.
Fernando, you’re not even from France, so fuck off.
in other words, Fernando:
“It’s understanding that makes it possible for people like us to tolerate a person like yourself.”
Sacrebleu! Teh-a-poo! Is it true? What to do? Get a few? Cow go moo!
surely they can tag a small marina with a hotel onto the tower,,, for the the future
Tony Estangue, president of the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics Organising Committee
So does that mean the para Olympics surfing will be at Teahupo’oo too ? Oh my…
Might end up a kind of repechage for all the surfers maimed in the first rounds
Winning an argument on the internet is like winning gold at the special olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.
Is anyone aware that coral grows on structures like cement and metal?
Will no one think of the sponges?
You can put a sea sponge through a cheese grater and it will recombine itself and be fine. Amazing creatures.
So don’t bother trying to shoot one Otto.
We’ll see how well that sea sponge fares facing my fully automatic cheese grater with a bump stock.
Bump stocks are for pussies!
Bump stocks were developed for veterans with combat related amputations to provide them a platform that could be fired using only one arm.
You still want to call them pussies?
Pussies
Just take the “L” and admit you’re ignorant about the subject matter
i just looked at my install manual, but can’t figure out how to attach it to a pussy….even with an allen key
Unzip the front and stick it in Otto’s back. Fitting for you two lovers.
shredding for B&B cheese steak sammiches!
Don’t forget about the hearty meatball sammich
‘kill the pigs…” or just a pork shank. slice, braisse, add veggies…into the crock pot as we type…will last beyond x-mas. and best to you and yours! Santa Dane
sushi!
Are you suggesting bodyboarding be in the olympics? They were the pioneers riding teahupoo so the legend goes. I’m sure it would be a fine show.
Ya know, if breakdancing can make it into the Olympics, why can’t bodyboarding
Bodyboarding is in the Paralympics, I think.
Dave wassel?
I work on an oil rig. I see all kinds of stuff growing on the legs. Usually oysters. I doubt coral will grow fast enough to do anything over the 12 days of the Olympics though.
I was thinking they’d leave the new tower for the yearly comp.
you kidding? that place is gonna be party central
how many Tahitians, thinking about turning the place into a cafe/night club? asa-eeeeeee bowls and espresso during the day, Hinano on tap 24/7. shit’s gonna have disco balls, DJ deck and everything. off the hook
boats’ll be stacked so thick, we talking vessel valet parking
you could even put a ding repair shop and a staple and stitch clinic there for bust up boards and nasty reef cuts.
a ****** above water camp ground
firkin IOC’s building you a $5mil structure for free. take it. environmentalists never look at the bigger picture.
enviros say: cruisin’ for a bruisin’ as they want to recreate the 70s by blowin’ it up…or pouring sugar into machinery; figuratively v literally…
It’s only a matter of time before the forces that be implement a plan to place artificial coral on the real coral arguing “Let’s be real, it’s the aesthetics that really matter!”
bring on the ‘taggers’ to stake their ‘claims’…green spray paint, preferably…with shades of pink.
i believe the Happy Camper made that point weeks ago, but id anyone listen? DID ANYONE LISTEN?
nobody listens to Turtle.
Other than their ability to manufacture white flags, the French sneer cannot be matched.
As my WW2 vet granddad (RIP) would say, ‘French tanks have 4 gears – 3 reverse, 1 forward.’
Your granddad was badass!
and then some! First Special Service Forces (Black Devils) … more bad ass-ness in his pinky toenail than I’ve accumulated in my entire life.
Their work in Italy was heroic
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Absolutely. Unbelievable stuff. Here he was in DC receiving the congressional gold medal with his unit back in 2015. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
The Greatest Generation indeed!
I know the type well as I hung out in a German car repair shop as teenager owned by a WWII B-17 engineer and POW. Also, raised by a Vietnam vet fighter pilot. All total badasses!!
Q: Why are the streets of Paris lined with trees?
A: So the Nazis can march in the shade.
I was forced to enjoy a few days in Paris with my wife this summer on our way to Biarritz and San Sebastian to surf so yes the tree lined street were nice. The trees help keep the Parisian men cooler so their man makeup doesn’t run…
“FOC you!” exclaimed the French Olympic Committee.
…and Save Teahupoo answers “FOC me!”
All this can be solved with GoPros mounted in mouths, on boards and helmets, and social media audits. No tower needed.
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Okay something else needs to happen in surfing and fast! …over this topic.
“Is there a problem?”
“YOU’RE THE PROBLEM!”
https://www.youtube.com/wat…
For you kids with no historical reference…..
IOC to Aguerre: and this is how the sausage gets made.
thanks Abe
Well, there you have it, Chas. The new kooks have won.
Fernando the Clown and the old kooks kicked in the nuts and sidelined.
What a shitshow.