"WTF happened to pro surfing now days? It’s a circus run by clowns."
Surf fans are, currently, melting down after the World Surf League called off the second day of the Lexus Pipe Pro even though massive tubes could be seen, threaded, on Surfline. The theoretical day, which kicked off at 7:45 am, Hawaii time, was directly put on a thirty minute pause, followed by a fifty minute pause, followed by a two-hour pause, forty-five minute pause, thirty minute pause then called off entirely.
The World Surf League went straight-faced with the announcement, simply stating on Instagram, “The @lexususa #PipePro is OFF for the day. Next call: February 6 at 7:45 am HST.”
The aforementioned surf fans were not so… bland.
Johnny Boy Gomes kicked in the door with… “You gotta be kidding me, cancel today‼️ WTF happened to pro surfing now days 🤪 It’s a circus 🎪 run by clowns.”
…and was followed by an assortment of rage.
A sampling.
“What an absolute joke. Bring back the days when Keiran Perrow was running the tour, he’d go out and get a bomb then send everyone out there, WSL is a complete clown show.
“Seriously is the WSL trying to lose all fans? I’ve never been more embarrassed about a sport I love.”
“Just seen Italo get spat out of a monster barrel!! Who actually made the decision to call it off??”
“Need another professional surf league to compete against the WSL! Too soft and a men’s karen champion from last season!”
“Completely unfair to the guys that charge on days like today. Simple fact.”
There were many clown GIFs and middle finger emojis included.
Ariel Mann was the lone voice of support, for the “global home of surfing,” penning, “Good call. Doesn’t look great at all.”
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On que from the WSL the Superbowl will now be Touch Football no tackling allowed.
I do not recognise this level of cowardice in competition surfing. Just dissolve the WSL and see what comes from the ashes for f*cks sake. Literally anybody that likes competition surfing thinks the WSL are idiots and that our current “world champ” is a scared lil b*tch in waves that actual surfers salivate over. We can’t stop watching so put us out of our damn misery
Fuck you Ariel Mann
sand bags…and happy hr cheers
can i exspell here? “Get in line hockie…” sure honkey
Live Thread was good Fun!
agree with the call. i wouldn’t go out. that place is dangerous. you could have a wipe out and drown.
What the fuck is an Ariel Mann ?
A biscuit ?
disco biscuit?
Season is off to a cracking start all we need now is for pipe to finish at gums and sunset to be flat to really get this thing rolling
#sackJMD
Time for Jess Miley Cyrus to step down and admit she has no clue what she is doing.
You will watch small boring pipe and you will like it
Its obvious, the girls were sposed to run today, but they scared, but if the fellas go out it looks bad for the girls.
Confusing & disappointing… so very, very on brand for the wsl.
looked to me like it was crazy cooking. a bit crossed up, but that appeared to make some absolute mental ones.
Of course they would blow the call. Has not anyone paid attention the last 15 years? The WSL excels in making the wrong call.
You can script this
Event at ‘most dangerous wave in the world’ gets called off because…it’s a bit dangerous.
Somehow, jokes or snarky comments fail me, atm.
The WSL is an embarrassment to the sport of surfing, without a doubt.
WSL can’t even communicate internally, they cleared the lineup and sent out the surfers while calling the contest off.
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Thats Brilliant! Pure professionalisim. Italo rubbing it into Flips face i cool though.
It was a lesson for Filipe–they had to have the other surfers on tour show him how to paddle out and where to sit in the lineup, as he never shows up to surf Pipe otherwise.