Better than Kelly Slater too!
The 2025 World Surf League Championship Tour is still an eternity away, though Brazil’s Filipe Toledo just provided some spicy bulletin board material for his competitors. Appearing on ESPN Brasil, the back-to-back Lower Trestles hero was asked, rapid fire, to compare himself to other surfers in a simple classic “Who’s better?”
First up, Gabriel Medina. Toledo gave the win to Medina. Kelly Slater? Toledo chose himself. John John? Toledo again. Italo? Toledo. De Souza? Toledo. Fanning? Fanning. Tom Carroll? Toledo. Yago Dora? Toledo. Miggy Pupo? Toledo. Joao Chianca? Toledo. Andy Irons? Andy Irons.
So, to recap, Toledo is better than Kelly Slater, John John Florence, Italo Ferreira, Adriano de Souza, Tom Carroll, Yago Dora, Miguel Pupo and Joao Chianca. He is worse than Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning and Andy Irons.
Any thoughts?
David Lee Scales and did not discuss as we were too wrapped up in the saga of Luigi Mangione during our other weekly chat. I was of the mind that McDonald’s snitches should get stitches. David Lee thought that the McDonald’s employee owed it to society, at large, to rat.
Any thoughts on that?
Back to Toledo considering himself better than John John Florence, though. I’ve really wracked my brain trying to figure out what his calculations are. Maybe small waves are the true mark of talent and skill? Difficult to surmise but this might be the year that the brave coward digs deep and rehabilitates his image by pitching over Teahupo’o’s scary ledge thus establishing himself, in any real world, as still not as good as John John Florence.
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Nah my dogs not egotistical
Toledo wishes the challenger series was the champion tour.
full of joy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Come_the_Warm_Jets
wanna join? tons o’ fun
JJ is so good in pumping waves but Toledo is better in small stuff. Also JJ has this weird thing with his left arm going on when he is on his frontside.
David Lee Scales is being a little candyass.
didn’t anyone ever see his double air at windy jbay,, replayed 1000000 times by the wsl to remind us that in windy jbay , which showed us he is the greatest of all time in windy wonky 4 ft jaby
Apart from that Jbay win..
has Phillip ever won in waves that matter
Could say the same about Curren with the exception of that Haliewa comp. And I tend to think Curren is the greatest surfer of all time.
You are correct about contest wins but not charging.
Curren ripped Backdoor, Sunset… Charged Waimea, Todos, huge I do on a small board….etc …. TC charged with style everywhere! Way beyond Pips level.
Anything under 10ft pipe my dog surfed better than T Carroll , have you actually seen his average wave surfing style faaarkkk it’s shit.
you’re not on acid are you,,,
LOL, Ramjet hates everything and everyone to do with surfing from about 1970 through to at least 2000 and probably further. He hated surfing before Chas was born!
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The saddest thing for the little twerp is that he wasn’t missed one bit after he withdrew from the tour.
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Fucken hell . if you guys need a new robo vac. fortheoffice just go down to the op shop .
Send Toledo to the Doctors for a reality check.
Was the question who is the greatest cowardly surfer? I’ll give Toledo the edge, but I feel like I should at least be part of that conversation.
Setting aside the lack of charging. Where are the clips/edits of the surfing he does do? Am I spared by the algorithm?
Better
* in 1 ft surf
I’ve said it before but it needs to be said again. This is not a joke. Somewhere in the realm of 20-30% of the carpenters, electricians, tilers, and plumbers in Australia surf better than Filipe in critical surf.
I’d push that to 40% and in the west 60%.
Didn’t wanna be a tall poppy but you’re absolutely right
Be worth noting that Filipe might potentially build, wire, pave and plumb better than many of them, though.
And doubtlessly, drive more considerately.
and have a smaller truck.
Didn’t you recently die? Or are you an imposter. The Mann family would like to know.
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/baywatch-star-michael-newman-dies-68-parkinsons-diagnosis-rcna176561
Shit, I didn’t know that. That’s really sad. RIP Newmie.
lose your beach grit identity you cunt
Done
I am so angry as I had previously messaged you here thanking you for an experience and you did not deny nor admit your lie. You suck.
Yeah fair enough. I started the account a long time ago when the space was filled with anonymous folk trading-off as characters off the telly. I’d thought – perhaps obtusely – it would be ironic to pick someone that had played themselves. The surf-adjacency made it even better. That and he was a legend from a big show through my childhood. I see my mistake now. Genuine RIP.
I thank you for your message and apology, which I accept.
No apology in there to you. An admission of poor judgement. You’ve handled this poorly and have been abusive. You suck.
Pardon me, you were the liar claiming to be another, one whom I had relation with. Your actions were absolutely atrocious and for you to turn your guilt onto me (who called you out) is bull shit. You are indeed a CUNT. May you please end up in El Porto, on a sponge. Fuck, your audacity, unbelievable. How ever do you look in the mirror?
Even John has him covered at Trestles now.
Xox