Joins surf stars John John Florence, Carissa Moore and Stephanie Gilmore in the wild…
The former world number two Tatiana Weston-Webb, who Brazilian surf fans claimed was cheated of Olympic gold last year, has sensationally quit the tour citing emotional and physical exhaustion.
Tatiana had a horror start to the 2025 season and was sitting in an uncharacteristic second-last place. In a post to her n a post to her 1.2 mill fans she said,
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“This has not been an easy time for me. I am incredibly grateful for everything I have achieved in surfing so far, and for the support I have always received from my sponsors, team, and fans.
“Every achievement has been the result of intense and collective effort. Recently, I realised that I needed to pay closer attention to my emotional health. As an athlete, I have always been passionate about what I do, but I also know that taking care of my well-being is essential to honouring my passion and continuing to compete at a high level.
“The emotional and physical exhaustion I have felt lately were clear signs that it was time to pause and reconnect with myself.
“Talking about mental health in sports is something I believe is important for all of us. I want to be honest with those who follow and support me by acknowledging that showing vulnerability does not make us weaker; on the contrary, it makes us more human and connected, and it also allows us to reach our full potential both in and out of competition.
“This break is not an end, but a new beginning. I know that with everyone’s support, I will return to the water stronger, more self-aware, and more passionate than ever.”
Last year, Tatiana Weston-Webb, who was raised on Kauai by an English daddy and Brazilian mama, missed out on the gold medal, which was subsequently claimed by the American Caroline Marks, after Weston-Webb fell 0.18 points short of the score needed to win on her last wave.
Tatiana joins a conga line of surf stars quitting the tour, including John John Florence, Stephanie Gilmore and Carissa Moore.
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The mental injury wildcard is Aflac for surfing.
Wish we could fuck off for a year, and reset.
The hardship of surfing for a living is really intense.
Having the burden of traveling. Never trusting youre equipment. No normal human should know the struggle.
Knowing your career is ending soon because Team Canada just showed up on tour, will make for restless nights.
Imagine she could one of the 1400 families who Authentic Brands just shunted out of work.
Be strong Tati
I’m taking my ball and going home because I’m losing!
Got so close to being World Champ and Olympic gold winner will take its toll. Maybe seeing some of her fellow competitors of her age going on another trip may have got her clock ticking a little faster 🤱
Try my approach to work related mental health; valium, whiskey and keep grinding through the tears.
PS why has she adopted the Scottish vernacular for potato as her nickname?
Profession: surfer
Job description: ride waves, use social media
Career goal: early retirement
The WSL Tour seems pointless at this stage. No more HamSammishes.
maybe she could join the WNBA, they play 40 games a season, with about the same offseason as the surfers
This mental health card bullshit trivializes people with genuine mental health issues. Think vets with PTSD or victims of child abuse or those with brain injuries. That’s “mental health”.
Unless these guys have found a loophole to allow them to compete in a rebel comp, it’s fucken bullshit.
I bet every single one of us here puts up with more stress and “mental health” than she ever will.
Harden the fuck up princess, you get paid to surf for a living!
Gotta feel for her, it’d be fucken tough. Hopefully she can slide in to mentally retarding job to ease her mental exhaustion. Bunnings?
No wildcard for Tati please
Trouble in paradise perhaps! Imagine working in the same circles, quietly fucking the secretary may have proven too difficult for one of them.
Xox
What she brought to female professional surfing.
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baby got back. what’s up with the onlyfans?
and then she started hiding it and wearing granny panties…
How the heck she was a professional surfer or let alone an Olympian shows how bullshit and woke female surfing can be , she is making good money at the moment for achieving nothing and she is still whingingwhinging Simply pathetic.
Apparently she’s been hittin’ th’ bottle after her recent losses.
This was found just today on her favourite chair while she slept in late.
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Her unisex named husband is beside himself with worry, and may be pulling out of his wsl commentary team role to support her, fingers crossed it’s true…
$2,100. I’ll report back once I put it through its paces as to whether the pickle fork lives up to the hype and the hefty price.
Must be nice
it kind of is—the more expensive the board you buy, the better you start surfing. Automatically. It’s proven science.
I’ve got some insanely priced Hurluley merch you should definitely buy then, if you really want to take your surfing to Next Level.
Dimensions? Just got back three from weeks in HI. 7’2 Stu Kenson “hand shape” went very well! Had a 6’6″ shaped as well (single session) and a 7’0 pyzel with me (went un ridden). The 7’2″ was magic couldn’t get off it. I could sit out past the potato chips and under the 9’0 gang! This past Sunday and Monday was the biggest of the trip opted for my old man’s 10’0 Brewer ” :)~”
6’4”/20 1/4”/2 7/8”
Was shooting for equipment for average OC/SD waves for a big guy of average ability.
She just had 7 months off??
Maybe she can hang some air con units or crawl under some houses to fix some leaky pipes on her time off.
The sexual fantasies of plumbers know no bounds….
It’s very dissapointing.
three years
Well, guess no point in watching women’s Chopes event now.
Erin! Molly!
Caitlin
Vahine
Hopefully she can take some time to build some cabinets and walk around the yard. Maybe read a good book or two
Nothing like a good cabinet build yard walk
don’t sleep on a set of good cabinets … Nice cabinets = happy wife // happy wife = happy life
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