"No, there's no Plan B."
Surfer Magazine and its dumb lying robots aside, the situation in Tahiti in relation to the upcoming 2024 Olympics is certainly something. Surf fans initially rejoiced when it was announced that the surfing portion of the Games would be held at Teahupo’o. The gem at “the end of the road” is as good as it gets, in terms of professional surf competition goes, and watching hopefuls go, or not (see: Filipe Toledo), will certainly thrill.
Except.
Olympic organizers started getting too clever, deciding to replace the old judging tower with a new one thus infuriating locals. In order to prove how great it would be, a barge was hired for a test run.
It proceeded to smash the reef to bits.
Calls immediately were raised to move the show back to France though, hours ago, France’s Sports Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera has put her foot down, telling the country’s reporters, “No, there’s no Plan B. We’re on this path which is really the right one. We’re on the right path to have a new, resized judges’ tower that corresponds to requests made by locals. There was a test that was obviously not well prepared and could not be conducted properly,” she said. “And unfortunately it damaged bits of coral, which is obviously completely regrettable. The next test must be meticulously prepared.”
Do you think the locals will be relieved to hear about the meticulousness?
More importantly, are there currently tears in the Toledo household?
Finally, will Surfer Magazine jump back in or has the machine singed its little metal fingers?
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The only thing this event will bring is more exposure and desire for people to go surf. Which means more $$$ for Cha$ and $cales along with corpo surf industry.
Dont ever think they’re on our side boys.
Agh that’s fucken sad….but true
Booo Hoooo
The reef is fine. Silly greenwashing leftist babies.
Magazine owning photographer living in Mallorca is broke. Please chip in
No one ‘pays themselves’
on the side hussle.
About to start calling them Freedom Fries again!
This whole thing sounds like one of those “doth protest too much” situations.
The French Polynesia islands are surrounded by over 6000 sq. km. of coral reef, which has definitely been more damaged by vessel exhaust, propellers, surfboards, spears, fishing lines, bodies and other stuff that damages reefs.
If the Tahitians want to tell the French to f*ck off they should just say it, without excuse.
He’s got a really really tall….. I meant long.
Knowing the arrogant French they will probably commence reef drilling right after they march through Papeete for that display of irony known as bastille day.
There is a Plan B – decent budget hotel in Padang, Sumatera Barat – https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
“There’s always a Plan B” is something he voices to chicks the next morning after a night bar hopping in Huntington Beach.
Smashed it to bits
A+
Chas always nipping at the heels.
If a Derek was a dog, what dog breed would he be?
What about Chas?
Ah the French, hate them or hate them
Huh? No plan B? What happened to KSWC’s new lagoon plow wave pool at inside Teh-ah-cho-oh-oh-poh-oho
So if the tower goes ahead at the expense of the environment , does the WSL given its environmental commitments then pull out of all future evets ? , do proffesional surfers that surf in the Olympic,s risk loosing thier well crafted environmental images , i could see this playing out much further than just the Olympics.
No one in the IOC cares about these guys complaining. It will go ahead at chopes.
@JenSee – If I may Jen, e kala mai.
I wanted to express regret that I implied, well, rudely accused you of shamelessly plugging VANS and their sponsored and undeserving Pipe contest participant, Hairy Bryant.
I’ve been truly agonizing over this faux pas and couldn’t sleep a wink last night. You seem nice even though you’re dating Negatron and I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive me.
It’s possible I lashed out because we’re about to have those corporate pricks take over prime time Pipe for the next couple weeks and, well, you already know how I feel about that.
Please call off your flock of Bryant-loving Aussies picketing right now outside of my house. I don’t want to sic my dogs on them. Mahalo!
Hu let the dogs out?! Hu, Hu, Hu, Huli
Did you just imply Negs is banging another commenter.?
Nah, he’s just consumed with paranoid jealousy over me after he saw I upvoted one of Jen’s comments.
Oh Nega how I envy thee.
I pray daily to be free from these suffocating chains of jealousy.
My obsession knows no bounds and I hunger for relief.
I beg of you, nay, I implore you, to take pity on my worthless soul.
last chance. where do you want it?
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I’m not sure if he even knows where first base is.
He can’t even find first base on a balk.
Unc! He ‘uhane ‘olu ‘olu ‘oe
the poodle at your gates is me in my french make over suit!
You sure?
Jesus…just put the 5 judges on raised wood Lifeguard chairs with umbrellas and cupholders for sippy straws.
Smash the reef to bits. Ha ha. The window allowed at this event will be smashed to bits when it’s flat as a pancake for the duration.
If I were France I wouldn’t want Kauli or Vahine at knee high Hossegor either.