"I think if you continue to do what you’re doing, you’re gonna die. So I highly suggest you stop."
But were you, too, caught up in all the drama, the storylines and sub-storylines of the just-wrapped Nazaré Big Wave Challenge? You could/should have been following along with the action, live, and chatting with online surf friends but in case you slept in, Lucas Chianca won on the men’s side with Maya Gabeira taking the Rolex-lite for the women.
It was the striking Brazilian charger’s second in a row.
Afterward, Gabeira said of her strategy, “We realized that the judges were rewarding turns because the size is not that big, so we have to look for those smoother walls in our second session.” Then added, “I’ve been injured for what seems like forever now so it was great to compete again and to get the win is a great way to come back. Teaming up with Tony (Laureano from Portugal), the youngest one, was special. Even after getting injured he continued to drive me and stayed focused and drove me into the waves I needed. Today was a very difficult day to surf and especially to perform rail surfing. And to do that under a time pressure is tough, normally in the free surf when you’re tired you rest, here you have to go and you tend to take more risk than you probably should. It’s very difficult but so very rewarding in the end.”
Powerful and poignant. Surf great Kelly Slater, at home, watching the action while shoveling forkfuls of medium-rare crow into his mouth.
But you will recall when the 11x world champion felt Gabeira was out of place at super-sized Teahupo’o and took to social media to let her know, penning, “You are unprepared. You are endangering people around you when they have to go in and rescue in such scenarios. I think if you continue to do what you’re doing, you’re gonna die. So I highly suggest you stop.”
Ouch.
Thankfully, though, Gabeira did not take heed and now Slater is begging for a little hot sauce.
Justice served.
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Do you think he’s done the right thing and sent Maya a package with a blanket shirt and turtle sandals?
She probably knocked him back & his humunga-ego couldn’t cope
Kelly might be wrong this time….he can make it up to me by making his surf ranch affordable…how bout 20.00 bucks an hour
I’m not rooting for anyone to die but aren’t there really enough surfers already
He persisted
Burger King and Queen!
figs intact? i’m good.
Nurse Ratchet just released me & Jack & jonathon Winters
malibu barbie? was great in Two Days In The Valley>
THIS…..is very good.
game, set, set match!!!
…and what do you “profit” from?
isn’t any profit motivated exploit just an exploitation of whatever product you’re selling?
I previously worked in L.A. with a talent nagament PR agency.
when we had a “rising star” the per guy would set them up with a celebrity, and then call the paparazzi to tell them where the “couple” were to be found.
years later when rising star became celebrity they would “try” wink wink nod nod to avoid paparazzi and scream like banshee when the paparazzi would photograph them, thus creating more media attention.
same as in any business, scratch from nothing, “get noticed”, become successful then act like an asshole when you’re a big shot, the biggest Gorilla in the jungle.
My mother said the same thing as Slater when I learned to ride my bike.
whipping into Nazare burgers is easier than XXL Chopes, she always looks very tentative on the waves. Where was Justine?
She just had a baby.
time to issue a Maya culpa?
brings up an interesting point…..how many of the big waves surfers would there be if there were no cameras?
It seems like with the CT circuit continuing to tank , big wave surfing has become a lot easier for sponsors to throw $’s at individual surfers where they can control content etc……and the WSL has no real presence!?
I don’t doubt her, was more a jab at Kelly about being wrong about a lot of things.
Shouldn’t small enough for turns also mean too small to be towed in?
What did Justine have to say about this?
Pro tow surfing…. they have managed to Europe surfing , fluoro jet skis , German stars , surfers that have never paddled into a wave , what a farce but the non surfing public lap it up , wsl finally get bums on seats
Pretty fucken stupid
She said,”EQUAL PAY” unless its about ability. At that point she retreats back to the land of the frog and stays quiet.
Cunty’s vanity is only rivaled by Ke11y’s. Every tow driver should run from this cunt and never let her grab the rope, regardless of any exposure they might receive. She has proven that she doesn’t have your back and it’s all everyone else’s fault. You grab the fucking rope, you choose to let go. Can’t be relying on radio’s and others to save you.
Exactly. And the media and sponsors don’t help by glorifying her ‘return to Nazare’ etc when they should really be questioning her mental health. They are worried that might appear sexist though I guess.