"Jack Robinson played dirty. He won and is in the battle, but he played dirty and there is no honor in such a victory."
Three days ago, surf fans awoke to the news that two of their favourite surfers, in this instance Italo Ferreira and Jackie Robinson, were engaged in the sort of online warfare usually restricted to social media greats Kelly Slater, Gabriel Medina and Joel Tudor.
The briefest of recaps.
Italo Ferreira posted a rant about ethics on his @if15sports account with vision of the 2024 encounter with Jackie on Finals Day.
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Fan response was mostly in Italo Ferreira’s favour although a few brave souls risked the ire of the Brazilian’s fanbase by supporting the Australian Jackie Robinson.
Now, Jackie’s wife Julia Muniz, a Brazilian-born entrepreneur and model, has acted as a peacemaker between the pair posting on Italo Ferreira’s account.
Trendy Post. There is a rule BOOK explaining: there was no interference it was the beginning of the battery, without priority – the Italian won priority afterwards. He still pulled Jack down (just watch the video) Both of them are there to destroy…. may the best win and good waves surf show it
Italo Ferreira’s fans were not kind in response.
Jack played dirty. He won and is in the battle, but he played dirty and there is no honor in such a victory. Regardless of that, WSL is a corporation and as such lives its own interests. And it’s not today that we know that having a series of Brazilian world champions is not in the interest of the WSL company.
Biased post, just like judges when they see an American against a Brazilian. You know that these attitudes are recurring, and yet you make this type of comment for being part of your family.
The video itself is not about interference, it’s about the fair game, competition is competition everyone wants to win, more than win in surfing and in honesty, if he had won clean, surfing doing only his thing, he certainly wouldn’t have the “post biased” and much more less of your comment
Although, pointedly, from one self-aware Brazilian fan.
Brazil instead of taking advantage of its peak in surfing and building a strong image, is becoming known, by a country famous for not accepting defeats and becoming victimized in the sport
Has your wife or gal ever come in swinging for you? Many summers ago, I had a girlfriend who started a fight with a couple of studs outside a Surfers nightclub and insisted I finished the job, which I swiftly did by blocking a couple of hooks with my temple and subsequently enjoying the surreal effects of concussion.
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Social media really brings out the worst of the gay jesus echo chamber. I am getting closer to a dumb phone every day, i thank them for the push
Italo’s new chin gave him an unsportsmanlike aerodynamic, weight, and leverage advantage to get into the waves a Chopes, He should be ashamed,
Judges should just start calling interferences on paddling blocks. Look, you can’t just paddle into someone sitting in their place in the sea, but if you’re paddling for a wave and someone puts themselves directly in your paddling line that’s a literal paddling intererence in my book – just call it what it is and penalise it – then it stays in the heat and the contest – no overthinking, ethics or morals required. gotta do it tho. Rothman should have got one on JJ and maybe Jack on Italo. Like Stace Gailbraith said live: you can’t have a block and no paddling interference at the same time!
Don’t say gay submission — calling someone a pussy (when they wait an entire year to take a limp wrist jab at a fellow COMPETITOR)
Can’t get over the fact she looks so much like gabriel medina
Is it the leg tan lines?
Face / eyes , just like a pre-goatee medina. But yeah digging the cyclist-chic tan line
Way to ruin jacking off over Gabby for me!
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Robbo will once again make this Brazzo cry in heat one. And will most likely do the same thing to Dora in the final showdown.
Or bite n scratch one.
“Just being me Dot dot dot Just being free”
I bet the sharks were giggling about your beating DR
Hot rodent man Jack trapped by that sneaky snapper. I dont blame him. Id go for the cheese as well
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THE JUDGES ARE CORRUPT. THE WSL IS A RACIST ORGANIZATION AND FOR THIS REASON I( WORLDS GREATEST SURF FAN) WILL BE STARTING A MOVEMENT TO ELIMINATE ALL THE TERRIBLE WHITE JUDGES AND REPLACE THEM WITH BEAUTIFUL BRAZILIAN WOMEN (NOT TOO OLD….EW GROSS) THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
are you on truth media also?
I have no idea what that is or what you’re talking about. Fake news
now not fake news, is that brazilian women have fat butts!
Its phat, not fat.
Starting to think that some of the Brazilian approach has to be lost in translation. The lose, cry, threat, retreat when next win cycle keeps happening too often. With such a heavy tilt toward Brazilian dominance in CT champs recently, the WSL probably also makes way more money in everything Brazil. From merch to ad revenue and media licensing deals etc. there is clearly no bias, rather advantage in having more Brazilian Champs.
A shameless excuse to run a pic of herz me thinks. God knows I’ll click but
I got fucking rinsed by a gigantic bouncer over a very minor indiscretion, trying to escape once outside I tripped on some low slung chain fencing beside a dark church. He came to absolutely finish me. On my back I pleaded that I had had well enough but he menacingly tipped forward in slow motion right arm cocked. I had zero option, I pulled my knees to my chest and in a springing fashion doubled footed power kicked this ogre to the face. He got rattled, went like a sack of shit soaked potatoes. Limp. There was no glory in this victory. Even his minions were shaken and stood back from me aghast. At the time I was a 70kg ringing wet stoner.
Fighting is really awful.
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No, fighting is glorious in this instance.
Perhaps in a way, but that guy would have felt the effects that act for a long time if not to this very day.
Xox
Really hope you called him an Ogre in the second before impact.
Mate, young beautiful Dogsnuts was in survival mode.
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I have those dreams too sometimes.
If only there was surf media brave enough to report on the incident involving Jason Momoa mid-five set hold down grabbing the diminutive Brazilian only to emerge at the surface standing on a rock. J-Mom stands there in the middle of the ocean cradling in his arms the seemingly inconsolable Italo whose wails are precipitated by the relentless bullying brought forth, in the form of a paddle battle, by a white guy who insists on “explaining” the profundity of “becoming formless like water,” waiting to be saved. Prayers are soon answered as God himself, Laird Hamilton, resplendent and glowing, picks them up with his jet ski, towing them both to safety riding on his golden foil (loaned to them for the occasion), after first pulling into the largest wave ever ridden and crashing unharmed into the shore.
I have no idea what your talking about….but it’s really well written.
Didn’t someone come out swinging for Giff a few years back after an incident in Brazo land? My memory is fading with all this endless clickbait.
Can confirm, a thing happened in a heat..cue the mass cry —> death threats to Griffy when in Sacktown Brazil. Plot twist, it was his Mums. She even engaged with us degenerates. I liked Mrs Colapinto.
Hawhaw dirty Jack dirty filthy Jack. You lucky cunt Jack
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Looks like he has some upgraded knockers to play with too?
Those bolts are almost too big though.
…and too low.
Might be the fact that she is tiny with giant implants making them look low. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure they are bags of pure fun.
never been a fan of the fakies….or big boobs for that matter.
….but these look like someone put Volkswagon Bug headlights on a Ferrari.
Who’s the italian she describes? Leo? Was he underwater fiddling
What batteries are they using?
So many questions
Italo kinda like a bulging, charged with Temu adapter, Lithium-ion. Versus Jack, a well managed Ni–Cd, always used and charged to full.
Similar situation and result.. But inside a nightclub.. I did mange to head butt a few kneecaps on the way out
good on you for sticking up for your man like that though!