“I was weak and just puking my brains out all morning,” just like Filipe Toledo wasn’t at Pipe a few weeks ago.
Yesterday, in round three of the World Surf Games held in Puerto Rico, the almost forty-year-old hometown hero Brian Toth matched up against two-time champion John John Florence and the once-defending champ Filipe Toledo.
As the clock ran out, Florence won and Toth held the number two spot, pushing Filipe Toledo into the repechage.
A defeat by a former QS journeyman might have been easier to swallow Filipe Toledo had it not that Toth barely made his heat due to an acute case of – you guessed it – food poisoning.
Post heat Toth said,
“I was weak and just puking my brains out all morning,” just like Filipe Toledo wasn’t at Pipe a few weeks ago.
You undoubtedly recall two-time WSL champion Filipe Toledo bowed out of the season opener at Pipeline after bobbing in the water for thirty minutes without committing to a single adult-sized wave in his round one heat.
His score? 1.77
His reason? Food poisoning.
Common food poisoning symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, and fever, each of these lasting from six to thirty-six hours.
Yet, Filipe Toledo the lion-chested brushed aside his torment to fulfill his responsibility as a worthy world champion and pretend to surf his heat. After, the lion-chested warrior exited the water to take proper medical care with a cheeseburger and bottle of beer.
Three days later, the Brazilian announced his withdraw from the tour to focus on his mental health.
Pundits sniffed blood and claimed Toledo spineless. Naturally, he returned fire, playing the part of protester at a Selma food counter.
After three weeks, the cruel whisperings and taunting had started to quiet.
But karma runs quick and bites hard.
Post heat Toth said, “I’m going to go probably get an IV right now because I can’t keep anything down at the moment. Rest up and eat well and try to get the food back into me.”
Likely a burger and Modelo.
The whole thing is stinging, isn’t it.
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1. In PR its Medalla, not Modelo.
2. Toth is the man.
3. There’s never been a story that made me happier.
Toth needs to be in Tahiti representing for PR. He rips at big Survival/Backdoor.
that actually sounds pretty good … has to be better than the eggnog moonshine shit someone passed off to me this past xmas, ha
moonshine like AC/DC , sometimes they hit just right but can only take either one in small doses.
guessing you’re not one of those hip / craft / IPA guys, but if you can put that aside for the moment and ever end up in TX (Waco, for instance) you should find a glass of Electric Jellyfish somewhere. Far from a secret anymore, and Austin locals might say it’s played out by now, but in my beverage-focused travels it stands out like an empty wave at a crowded Cali point break.
Poor little Pip getting Hazed into early retirement by meanies. I’m sure there’ll be far less pressure to perform on the Olympic Stage at the Wall of Broken Skulls.☠️☠️☠️ Brazzo fans won’t mind 😂Maybe he can get some Toth Froth for his food poisoning, just in case…..
This is farken hilarious! You couldn’t make this shit up. There is not enough popcorn in the world to go with the Felipe shitshow.
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The sooner he fake loses the sooner he can get to Chopes to practice how he will call in sick/injured in the games.
He could have done that all at once.
No. He chose to compete in a contest after he announced his hiatus from contest surfing so that he could surf Chopes for the Olympics.
Read that sentence again.
Mental illness, no?
Much like gender dysphoria. My guess is you are firmly in camp Toledo.
Toledo is a paper tiger completely tone deaf.
So, is Filipe having a mental health break, or taking a mental health break?
Or a “mental” health break.
Xox
Yeah he’s fucked. End of story
Poo poo touch struck him down.
It’s all part of Filipe’s arc…
Looks more like a dive to the bottom than a swoop to the stars from here. Cooked goose some unkind punters might say.
But won’t the Olympics be the best to watch?
Hell, who knows what Mother Nature will dish up?
I have the ability to look into the future and what I see is not looking good.
Keep us posted