Welcome to the 2024 World Surf League.
When Kelly Slater speaks, surf fans around the world instantly bend their ear. The eleven-time world champion, knows a thing or two about a thing or two, as they say, including but not limited to infectious diseases, cryptocurrencies and wave forecasts.
It is no surprise, then, that the World Surf League asked the greatest surfer of all-time (male) to give his read on the officially open Lexus Pipe Pro. The waiting period began just hours ago, though Kona winds are ravishing Pipeline’s iconic teepees.
Slater says don’t worry, though, Wednesday should deliver double to triple overhead bombs and clean conditions. Thursday might be ok too and then next week will also provide the sort of conditions professional surfing at its highest level needs. Throbbing conditions that separate the worthy from Filipe Toledo.
Exciting.
But did your heart skip a beat, this morning, after realizing professional surfing is back? Yago Dora, Matthew McGillivray and Kade Matson paddle the first heat. Slater will go against Jack Robinson and Rio Waida in the third. On the women’s side, Tyler Wright kicks off her 2024 campaign in the first heat against Bettylou Sakura Johnson and Luana Silva. The just-retired and greatest surfer of all-time (all categories) Carissa Moore appears in heat two.
Who you got?
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My money is on Sasha Jane Lowerson taking the W on both sides of the draw. The first simultanous mens and womens Pipe Master. You heard it here first.
start banking on Robbo.
he’s been on an absolute tear at Pipe.
I kinda miss the vog.
*vag
Yet still more chins than Chinese phone book.
Well the forecast for Kelly’s mid- to upper thigh is SUNNY with a chance of an ingrown hair
Triple overhead is like five times over filipe
Just another bald 50+ dude wearing a towel in the carpark talking to anyone who will listen how big it’s gunna get.
It was a good forecast report from Kelly. Could listen to him talk surf all day.
Too bad it’s mostly greenwashing, conspiracy and golf.
There is a shark attack story in sydney harbour to distract till comp starts
Yeah but noone surfs in Sydney harbour.
Few spots that work as novelty for sure!!!
Like the opera house?
https://youtu.be/wl7r79ujeb…
thats best one!!
Balmoral? Always have dreams that there are waves breaking in the San Francisco Bay.
surfed under nets off the point and opposite headland alot – washaway beach is a reef and around castle rock and lighthouse can all line up!!
Lived in Mosman for a minute (hah!) and always wanted to score Balmoral as I love a novelty wave. No such luck though. That spot on the rose bay side seems to break a bit.
I’m also intrigued by the thought of waves breaking in harbors.
Surprising that the swells can get in the harbor so far. Seems like they would wrap at the outer edge like Fort Point and not get inland.
Thought it would be awsome if Alcatraz had waves. There’s a spot up in Washington state that breaks miles inland.
paddled out in 74 and paddled right back to the rif-raf. very rattled and no leash..https://live.staticflickr.com/8325/…
https://live.staticflickr.c…
i surfed a couple times over under nets there at balmoral baths
opposite side dobroyd head lighthouse has point that worked well for a while that when was massive sth swell – a left would wrap in and around back towards castle rock – this is back 30yrs ago
i remember surfing both those novelty basically same winters over 2 years
out back behind dobroyd is massive bombie that works as well
yep and neilsen park works too
Ben gravy would be wanking on those for sure!!
That’s a place in Scotland where the royals have a castle.
I can guarantee you that there’s no surf there unless you count some sort of standing river wave on the river Dee.
Theres over a dozen spots, including the opera house lefts
Years ago when Richard Cram ran “Kadu” they ran an ad in Tracks or ASL with photoshopped rights breaking off Bennelong Point.
Crammy, massive ripper!!
Best forehand cutback ever.
Not quite, G.M.
haha you and gabe, get a room!
in the moat?
Always affects me more if it’s an attractive blonde lady. I think that’s bad somehow.
haha – sounds like she was fucking lucky did not get hit further out but luckily near jetty!!
Maybe because that’s literally the first scene in Jaws https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Here’s a playing fetch with an escaped Russian military beluga whale story for further marine distraction
https://x.com/ImLowkeyNerdy…
One of the russian trained ones to bring the bombs back??
It looks like one of Steve Zisou’s
EDIT removed the bit about the cameras as the harnesses would definitely have frayed and broken by now
It’s Leap Year!
One extra day to talk shit!
Also your gf is allowed to propose to you on the 29th.
Getting married on the 29th would sure help with the whole “you forgot our Anniversary again, didn’t you?” problem
Ke11y Saider
Outercunt
Inner…
They need to get the format down to a single day to run the whole thing. Get rid of the first 3 rounds. Eliminations from the start, every heat counts. Get the best of the waiting period for the whole event not just the elimination rounds and maybe the odd one here and there.
The format needs Ozempic to cut the bloat like old mate Jonah did.
the heart throb collective hearts DR. be still our throbbing hearts and groins! or not?
notice how weather underground uses north american and european models and usually refers back to the Euro? is Pipe in the crosshairs of regional combat? does Kelly pay for one or the other? or does he have his own satellite? or is he talking about the pool?
Perfect conditions for the non-elimination heats, followed by nothing for the actual contest.
WSL should just switch the format and run the final heat first!
Opening Finals Day!
bet on these five horses…what are the Odds?
Perfecr for survival though. Once my Surfer’s through i stop caring.
“Throbbing conditions that separate the worthy from Filipe Toledo.”
LOL!