"I love all the surfing movies, but I had no time growing up to surf."
But how do you feel, in general, about wrestling entertainment? I came of age in the 1980s when Hulk Hogan, Randy “Macho Man” Savage, Ric Flair, The Ultimate Warrior, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper et. al. were absolutely ruling hearts and minds. Each, of course, was styled in a particular way, appealing to a different fanbase. Piper wore a kilt, for example. Macho Man a throat cancer survivor. Hogan a cuckquean etc.
Well, I’ve mostly lost track of it all though am aware that the enterprise is bigger than ever with new stars appealing to even more fanbases including surfers.
Yes, Sol Ruca is for us, by us. The platinum blonde wrestles in a retro wetsuit bikini, Vans, throws shakas and surfs upon the backs of battered foes.
Shattered hearts, then, today when surfers learned that Ruca surfs poorly.
Sitting down with Busted Open Radio the 25-year-old shared, “I am not a great surfer. I can surf, but I’m not very good. I was born in Southern California. I love the beach, I have tattoos of sharks on my arm, I look the part. Lived in Hawaii for a few years. I’ve always loved surfing, I love all the surfing movies, but I had no time growing up to surf. I have never been like, ‘I’m a good surfer. I can surf.’ It’s always been them being like, ‘Oh, this is what she does.’ There’s one package I did and there is a video of someone surfing and I’m like, ‘that’s not even me.’ There is video of me surfing, but the wave was tiny.”
Here’s the package.
Does her truth telling make you like her more or does the ruse make you like her less?
Discuss please.