“We really wanted to run, too. There’s nothing better. The WSL loves to see big, perfect Pipeline.”
Earlier today, the WSL’s Chief of Sport Jessi Miley Dyer jumped on Instagram to explain the reasons behind yesterday’s decision to not run the Lexus Pipe Pro on the best day of the waiting period.
“We figured it’s worth coming on here and chatting a little bit about yesterday. Obviously we saw all the comments. We really wanted to run (the Lexus Pipe Pro), too. There’s nothing better…the WSL loves to see big, perfect Pipeline. I know our surfers also want to surf those conditions, too.
“Unfortunately, it wasn’t quite there yesterday. We had a lot of wash-throughs. It was really big. It kind of cleaned up in the afternoon for sure. But that’s outside competition hours for us. When you get to about 4:00 o’clock in our permit, we have to be off the beach at 4:30. So, it was a bit late for us to start the contest yesterday.
“We’re looking forward to today, and crossing fingers for a couple big barrels.”
All pretty reasonable, one man’s cloud is another man’s rainbow and so on.
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The Hawaiian strongman Johnny Boy Gomes who reacted angrily to the WSL’s decision not to run the Lexus Pipe Pro despite the eight-to-twelve-foot waves (“WTF happened to pro surfing now days 🤪 It’s a circus 🎪 run by clowns”) lit up again writing:
“You can stop your BS bcus everyone could see how perfect pipeline yesterday on @surfline cam 💯”
And,
“You guys f#% up by canceling the contest on the best day of the year yesterday.”
Surf fans were similarly unconvinced despite the well-presented missive from the talented goofyfooter and former tour surfer.
“It’s on? are you sure it’s not too big & hollow maybe we should wait.”
“I understand yesterday would not have had tons of opportunity. There were washthroughs and the beatings would have been gnarly. But the best waves would have been remembered for years. Walking away from offshore 2nd reef bombs to run in crumbly, broken up Gums/Backdoor? It’s impossible to justify.”
“When you try to justify a mistake makes it even worst … Why not just come and say what it’s obvious: we were wrong , my bad , you guys were right , we will work to do better next time …. at least it would show respect to the fans …”
“WSL NEWS : Since the waves are Small and Contestable today a new womens wildcard has been announced Shellipé Toledo will be surfing in rd 1 (of the Lexus Pipe Pro.)”
“i’ve been trying to support you guys but sending kelly out in that this am and then having to listen to felicity giggle thru the heat was PAINFUL #wslfail
#majorfail”
“are you serious? how many times do we have to say, we were watching the live surf cam and could see non stop huge bombing pipeline, the occasional wash through but insane ones every few mins.. could have been a historic day.. you guys kooked it just admit it.”
Pipe yesterday per Strider Wasilewski’s Instagram.
A branding question of sorts.
Should the WSL have addressed the issue thereby giving the no-contest-on-epic-day narrative another couple of days of airtime or sat quietly and waited for the noise to disappear.
Rip Curl, you’ll remember, chose the former tack when they celebrated trans icon Sasha Jane Lowerson only to disappear the stylish longboarder when the anti T-Girls in sports hillbillies arrived with their banjos and vats of moonshine etc.
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Getting pretty sick of all the fat-shaming misogynist talk about JMD. As if her (totally normal) physique, age and gender could be somehow relevant to her ability to do her job. Also pretty sick of her and everyone else at the WSL doing such an unspeakably terrible job though.
The question is not whether that day (when they didn’t run) was optimum conditions – the question is whether it looked better than what was coming up later in the waiting period. I don’t doubt that, if they ran, there would’ve been a couple heats with very low totals because it was hard to be in position for the rideable waves that came through. If the forecast for the rest of the waiting period was clean 4-10 ft pipe then sure, call the day off. But to call the day off in favour of borderline uncontestable slop like today is just breathtakingly dumb. The explanation they’ve given does nothing to explain it.
BTW props to JBG for speaking up, even if he was wrong about JMD being a kook who doesn’t surf. If more people like him speak up (including current tour surfers) then this problem could be solved pretty quickly
someone yelled “No Fire” and a fight broke out in the mosh pit. (only got to the 1.77th minute) Pip was seen sipping a Bud Light.
strider’s insta wiped clean by innernet technichian. someone busted out the New Charmin Heavy Duty TP.
Hey at least they explained the permit time. That’s a start.
Hello
CDwsl listeners. We’ve come to the point in thisalbumcontest where thoselistening on cassette, or record, too scared to paddle out will not have to stand up, or sit down, and surfturn over the record, or tape. In fairness to thoselistenerssurfers, we’ll now take a fewsecondsdays before we beginsideday two. [pause] Thank you. Here’ssideday two.An ounce of creativity and a minimum investment could have turned Monday’s waves into something to watch. Give out $1k bonuses to the top 10 waves of the day — all comers, on tour or not. The locals love it, the pros are out there anyway, and the people tm have something like a competition to watch.
Eee wahs a litoh to beeg wahnit? Gotcha thanks Jessie
Pipeline Looking Like JMD’S hotel room. Lots of Big Scary things everywhere waiting to get Ridden…👀☠️
Hope the winds turn to shit for the rest of the waiting period. It is what they deserve at this point.
Then I hope Sunset is massive the whole time with the worst currents and a mix of swells making it hellish for all but Toledo the Sunset goat. May every event be maxing for the whole waiting period. Really see what the WSL admin is made of.
I liked it better when pro surfers charged pipeline, check out the 1989 Billabong pro , Dooma did what filipe should do, epic contest
Gripping stuff by Tim Bonython , (cant drag or drop)
I’d like to them sit at the peak at Sunset this year instead of the bowl and doing 2 turn combos like margaret river to closeout finnish it’s just rubbish surfing and disrespectful of Sunset peak , if they do it again they should loose the north shore licence.
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“Back to the buffet!”
Happy St. Patty’s day from JMD!
I Hate Smirks…
Replace that chubby chick with Johnny Boy.
Phewww! Thought she was going to tell us Mikey Wright was getting another wildcard…
The WSL just trolled Felipe.
Knowing that he’s bullshitting with his food poisoning excuse, they called off the comp on a day he would be too scared to surf, only to call it on in conditions he would dominate.
It was canned*because the woman ( and half the men) made it clear they weren’t paddling out at maxing pipe.
Pip can read the forecast and couldn’t get out of there quickly enough.
Imagine the fall out if 80% of wsl athletes refuse
to even paddle out?
* caned, surf life saving Australian has decreed no one is allowed call a buoy a buoy anymore.
Must be cans!
Might explain why so many people drowned this year in summer.
who are these hillbillies that are against T-girls in sport?
sounds like a case of dueling banjos:
anti T-Girls in sports hillbillies on one banjo and on the other banjo, logical and intelligent people who just believe women’s sport should be limited to biological women
Derek’s just cranky because he’d really like to dabble in being trans but isn’t game to throw himself over the edge.
Women should not be playing sports
Just make a small tweak with branding and the whole thing will be fixed.
WSL > SWL
Welcome to the new and improved, “Small Wave League”
So Taj Burrow plays banjo and drinks moonshine with Bethany Hamilton?
2 prominent critics of Lowerson
So what if there are closeout on 2nd reef every now and then , the pros should thrive on this , sorry Molly your excuse does not carry water.
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Internet for the day*
Mr. Duval… also loved Falling Down
Marlon Brando as “The Pip.”