Novelty wave aficionados pushed out of Brazil’s love motels as environmental activists move in

United Nations climate summit turning into a disaster for surfers.

Surfing’s novelty wave boom shows zero signs of slowing down. Once confined to the ocean, and its swells, forward-thinking pioneers like Ben Gravy decided, like Jeep, that the world could be surfed and brought the Sport of Kings to wakes, ripples, rivers and lakes around the globe.

One of the most inspirational novelty waves is the fabled tidal bore. In surf-mad Brazil, these are called Pororoca waves and occur at the convergence point of fresh water from the Amazon River and the saltwater of the Atlantic Ocean mostly around the northern city of Belem.

Yes, novelty wavers come from near and far to experience but this year are being forced out of traditional accommodations by dastardly environmental activists.

Brazil, you see, is hosting the United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, after three years where the conference of world leaders tackling global warming was held in countries without full freedom for public demonstrations, according to Reuters. “But the so-called “People’s COP” may not be as welcoming as they hoped,” the news service continues.

There are simply not enough hotel rooms in the city leaving a scramble for places for hippies to lay their heads.

One of the solutions?

Turning the “love motels” favored by the Ben Gravy-adjacents into regular hotels. “Love motels that usually rent rooms by the hour are being advertised as options for full national delegations,” Reuters continues. “Yorann Costa, the owner of Motel Secreto, said he can tone down the “more sensual mood” of his establishment by removing erotic chairs. “But the poles, for example, I can’t take out,” he said, adding that the ceiling mirrors would also have to stay.”

Argh.

Now let’s turn our collective attention back to the US Open of Surfing. I think the longboard is back on today.