Daring for Jack Robinson is not a habit but a well-figured out challenge.
In six-foot waves painted the prettiest blue, Jack Robinson suffocated a rampaging John John Florence in the final of the Margaret River Pro, the second time the Western Australian has crushed the storied Hawaiian Olympian in a MR final.
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If popularity can be measured by collective madness and scenes of amorous women weeping for his autograph, there is no shadow of a doubt that John John Florence is the most popular surfer in the world.
John John Florence, whose plain face is marked by a thousand anxieties and half-formed thoughts, was adjudicated to’ve completed a perfect ride when he utilised a manoeuvre in his semi-final first brought to the world’s attention by Tom Curren at J-Bay, a throwaway layback brought back underfoot; a turn weaponised by Andy Irons in the late nineties and named the frontside disaster, although it had only a passing resemblance to the skate turn of the same name.
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“I’m just excited to surf out there,” said John John Florence after. “I can’t wait to go out in these waves. I look at these walls and I feel so much excitement. I love that.”
For his effort, John John was gifted a Yeti cooler by the WSL’s celebrated sponsor, a prize worth almost five hundred dollars on the secondhand market.
Jack Robinson, meanwhile, a Western Australian with the excessively broad shoulders of a man who makes love a lot, drew his famous lines on the wide blue faces, hitting a nine and an eight against John.
He treated the champ like a peasant he’d found among the grapevines of his vineyard, scrutinising every wave until the death case lest his victim escape.
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Read JP Currie’s analysis tomoz morn sometime.
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What’s the deal with Clay Marzo never getting mentioned? Not on the tour….so what the fuck does that matter? This article really sucks, Rielly has too many keys in his keyboard..
What board was jack riding
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Looking forward to an insightful and informed report from the Scottish teacher.
DR
Not sure about the timing of Curren at J Bay, but the first version of the throwaway layback I can remember was Occy v Curren at the OP Pro , Huntington best of three final
50 yo mediocre east coast surfer with a bit of travel under my belt…fortunate enough to have traveled to Western Australia. What an abomination that this is the spot the dream tour stops at.
johns 10 wasn’t a 10.
it was cool but he fell off, lost control then recovered.
jordy’s closeout whack was better
“tomoz” is so fucking fucked
shit pisses me off, arvo, where do u get the fuckin v
Being so smashed ya can’t talk properly cunt
Fuck n oath
This website sucks
so do a few of the commenters.
leave your number next time.
Amongst other things
“John John Florence, whose plain face is marked by a thousand anxieties and half-formed thoughts…”
Me appreciate non bot writing….
Occasionally, one must bust out the pens.
damn boy
John got robbed again.
That Airplane Air was A.I. on the first wave outside maneuver…gutsy Jack.
its just amazing how much the surfers up their game when there’s a yetikooler at stake
Epic. going to have DR do my obit
Tell me when you die or are close to falling into that deep, exciting, mysterious abyss. Happy to write.
will program you into my phone’s sos button
And bon soya 2nd in the womb scrapers!!
Gab got totally ruin/ ripped off.
Anyway I’m glad the white flag is still flying high outside the vets in Californian wsl hq.
Those darkies just didn’t sell enough jerseys
Bro… Gab lost like two weeks ago. Time to move on.
Gabriel is getting neutered for speaking out against the WSL cunts/judges. He will continue to not get “the nod” in close heats.
On a side note, getting a 9.1 for a carve to floater reo is blasphemy.
Actually they threw the complainers a bone. It didn’t get covered much and it may be meaningless but they created more transparency with regard to the judging, allowing surfers to come after the heat and see how the judges came to their conclusions. It’s like cops wearing body cameras.
I think Gabriel won the woman’s final ? Confused ?
Until you look at how perfect and flowing the carve was with no transition to an exploding oncoming whitewater float, I suppose
Fuck, is harrydean a pseudonym for Jessi Miley-Dyer? Keep drinking the WSL kool-aid.
….that’s so unfair, I’ve only bought 3x baileys ladders and a yeti cooler this week, it’s not like the Woozle controls my mind or nuthin’
Calling it: the best day of pro surfing so far this year.
Fuck yeah , men’s final epic showdown between the 2 best surfers in the world , pushing each other . First time since Andy v Kelly
The Carissa heat?
First time since John and Jack in 2022!
Can’t top this, no point!
you can, have a breathing session and a matcha latte, it will come
assign a wrap up article to your students and publish them on BG.
One familiar way to go about it – copy and paste the whole thing, submit to Chas, pack away the typewriter and head down to the nearest beach/pub.
Haven’t seen a floater that overscored since ADS in Rio.
The judges call that a LBEP.
Local Boy Extra Point