"With the surf forecast showing a fun 2ft of surf on Saturday, the stage is set for a competitive showdown..."
Fans of professional surfing are, generally, aware that Mother Nature can be a big ol’ jerk. Events, scheduled years in advance, oftentimes receive no material support from the buxom blonde and are forced to run in waist high garbage. Sometimes that trash is so odious, so unbelievably nasty, that organizers are forced to cull the window from three days down to one.
And let us travel to Watergate Bay, there on England’s southwestern most tip where the highly-anticipated English National Surfing Championships was set to take place May 4th through the 6th. The weather was reliably terrible and so Surfing England pushed until now and with rubbish surf on tap, it has been forced to slash and burn two whole days of competitive little political wet energy mound riding.
Putting a World Surf League-esque face on matters, the official governing body declared, “With the surf forecast showing a fun 2ft of surf on Saturday, the stage is set for a competitive showdown. A total of 84 surfers have entered across six divisions, ensuring over 15 hours of gripping competition heats, split across two wave peaks. The event kicks off bright and early on Saturday, with thrilling action carrying through to late afternoon when the event’s top surfers will be crowned with national titles.”
Joe Turpel couldn’t have Wall of Positive Noise’d better.
Bravo, I guess.
Will the “global home of surfing” sue for unauthorized usage though?
Certainly more as the story develops.
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As long as there’s a real ale festival and street food vendors in the carpark then everything is gunna be ok.
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Before even recognising that shitheel I thought I’d be pretty embarrassed if that was me
2 sepearates peaks too, tells it all. Maybe they could also run overlapping heats to squeeze the most out of that “fun 2ft surf”
Good call!
Im sure it will be all technical house building and within their wheelhouse and riding stepdowns.
Its the last couple divisions where it really becomes sad. Masters and Grand Masters….groveling in waist high surf thinking they still got it.
I sincerely hope that this Watergate competition is presented by Nixon!