"I want to make this video as an example for young athletes that these situations can’t happen.”
A rare frisson of excitement at the ISA world juniors in El Salvador after a Portuguese surfer attempted to ruin the dreams of an Aussie kid by deliberating dropping in.
Here’s the play.
Four gal heat.
Costa Rican Rachel Aguero is in the lead, Portugal’s Maria Salgado Green is in second with teammate Erica Máximo White in third and Aussie Willow Hardy in fourth.
She’s third priority so she gotta go hunt something, anything, that’ll get the little score.
The Portuguese gal, Erica Máximo White, is fourth priority but decides to sacrifice herself to the gods so teammate Aguero will get through.
And she don’t just drop in, oo-wee-oo, she go crazy.
She pushes Hardy, screams at her and, when that don’t work, pulls the kid’s leash. A futile venture as it turns out as Hardy scores a 2.7.
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Surf icon Pauline Menczer described it as “the worst behavior I have ever seen in a event.”
Maximo was subsequently disqualified and her team was fined.
And in a missive from the ISA,
“Maximo was seen to physically impede and verbally harass the surfer from Australian in a deliberate attempt to block her competitor from advancing in the heat. Maximo’s actions were intentional and reacted and in clear view of the judges, webcast and general public.”
Shortly after, in a teary mea culpa, Maximo described it as not “my brightest moment. I committed an interference on the Australian surfer’s wave in an unsportsmanlike manner. That was not my goal, I just wanted to help my team but I recognize my mistake, and I am here to apologize to that surfer, the Australian team and the ISA. I want to make this video as an example for young athletes that these situations can’t happen.”
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Sports!!!!!! We asked for it. Yeah Olympics! Win win win!
Imagine bobby
That … was not very effective
I can see where the despicable Brazilian behaviors come from (Motherland). Very sad losers.
Surfing is a sport
– the internet complains!
Surfer acts unsportsmanlike
– the internet complains!
Millennials are soft and everything is a mental issue
– the internet complains!
Young kid takes matters into own hands
– the internet complains!
Get a life you touchy ultrasensitive vulnerable internet people
I need to go cuddle my room full of stuffed animals now, you big meanie! You make me feel UNSAFE! 😝
Oh what would the world be like without the Portuguese… no marmalade or toll booths… another worthy contribution to the list for being utter twats.
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what an arsehole
I’m surprised no one has asked Sascha yet.
Erica should be banned from surf competition for life, unless she agrees to redeem herself via trial by combat.
Erica Maximo vs. Sasha Lowerson, bare fisted cage fight.
Anyone who thinks this isn’t fair, is a transphobic bigot who doesn’t know what gender is.
Even hypercompetitive Kelly Slater took a dive, in the Pipe Masters no less.
I would love to know what the exact threats were that motivated these guys to bow out.
“This contest was rigged! The Judges are highly conflicted…Bigly.” https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
I love how people with TDS will find anyway they can to try and burn Trump.
The reality is that all White House pharmacy’s hand out a mass amount of “drugs” to WH staffers.
Dan Bongino, former USSS for Bush and Obama provides an excellent explanation.
When you work in the White House you don’t get a lot of sleep or rest especially when staffers are on travel with POTUS or VP. Changing time zones multiple times per week, jet lag or just when there’s heavy action at the White House, they take certain drugs to balance their sleep, help them rest and also and be alert when on duty….
but then again, you can accuse White House doctors with over-prescribing or any there criminal act involved with distribution of drugs, because the president does not prescribe drugs, although Trumps White House was way more active than Biden’s who puts “a lid” in his days at around 1pm. Biden is the laziest POTUS in history.
The article is a joke unless they lay out a chart comparing the last 5 administrations.
Statistically, Americans are obese pill poppers. It’s the norm, like it or not. It would be more of a surprise if everyone in a given White House was a hard core barbell trainer that ate grass free meat with local fresh vegetables, had less than 2 drinks a week, took nothing but Creatine and a few USP grade vitamin supplements, and was notably fit. In any administration.
If one is going to claim that the Trump administration was an outlier, they would need to actually show it, or it’s just bullshit TDS propaganda.
Finally surfing has made it, it’s what we’ve been waiting for, you can’t script this,
It’s shit like this that actually makes pro surfing interesting.
If the girls had a knock down drag or fight on the beach after the heat, that might do it.
Everyone will have to learn Portuguese.
Only 2.7? Reckon she was underscored
Thank Poseidon that i don’t surf with or ever interact with kids.
They’re a whole new kinda fucked up compared to the fucked up people who we all grew up around. Internet life has changed what they think of as normal behaviour, exhibited by this sort of, seemingly, unprecedented behaviour.
although this does feel like something an aggro coach put in her head to begin with — ‘take one for the team when you have to, blah blah’ … doesn’t seem like an act she would have thought of on her own. And her video is like a hostage situation — ‘just say it was your fault and you’re sorry , bc it was all your idea right, no one put you up to this, did they’ …
more as the story develops, maybe
As her leg twitches in anger..
It’s like their whole lives are the BG comment section. 😁
Not sure it’s internet life. More high performance sports bodies space race shit.
Some of that New Moon energy on display…
So what’s actually wrong here? Any other team sport would call this genius. After all, this is ISA, team sport.
She wasnt getting through so why not kamikazee herself and assist her buddy the chance to get through to the next round round.
Disqualified, made to apologise? WTF happened to competitive sport? She did nothing other than take one for the team. Poor girl, she should hold her head high.
Rediculous move by the ISA.
What the fuxk are you on about?
think he is referring to it being a competition.. not a gymnastic event. Think NASCAR rubbing is racing..
But it is a gymnastic event.
Priority was invented specifically to deter a NASCAR like atmosphere.
bro, it’s competitive surfing based on actual surfing ability, not American gladiator on water
The irony of the online video generation getting right royally fucked by the ubiquity of the online video. Conscience is just the fear of getting caught, as they say. She got caught, disqualified, and her team fined. I’m sure as shit that helped her developed a conscience quick smart. Cue apology.
I wonder if the tears were for her actions or for getting so caught and nuked by the Instagram peanut gallery.