Brazil-only world surf tour mooted after South American fury following shock loss.
The world surf tour was left teetering on the brink of being split into white and brown blocs yesterday after Brazilian surf fans reacted angrily to João Chianca, brown, losing to all-American hero Griffin Colapinto, white.
The heat surrounding Chianca losing to Colapinto in the round of 16 boiled over when three-time world champion Gabriel Medina, who refused a wildcard into the event citing “scheduling commitments”, posted:
GNT fucking complains, but if GNT doesn’t get the surfers together… so ima keep doing that.
Brazilian surf fans have long complained about racism bedevilling contest results. This despite Brazilians, including Gabriel Medina, Italo Ferreira and Filipe Toledo, winning five of the last six world titles, disproving you would think that notion.
Only two years ago, the WSL was left staggering over the Surf Ranch Pro PR disaster where three Brazilian world champs publicly lambasted the organisation for poor judging. It then became embroiled in a new contretemps after a surf fan posted his racist theory on Brazil’s recent dominance of the tour.
“Quick history lesson. When you take an oppressed racial minority and let them compete against rich, privileged, racist White people what happens? Hint: The White people lose every time. You can see this in the NBA, NFL, MLB, Boxing, Track and Field and now surfing. Except in surfing it’s Brazilians not Blacks. White people don’t have the hunger, the drive, the motivation and the anger that an oppressed minority has bottled up inside them. When you are given everything, you have nothing to gain. That is why whites can’t win and will never be great athletes.”
Ergo, the only way a White Devil is able to win is via the framework of a systemic racism.
Today, Brazilian surf fans were hard at work on their keyboards pushing the WSL’s comment count on the Chianca-Colapinto post into the thousands.
João sure beat that drum against Griffin. Made the hardest wave of all. But João’s loss wouldn’t have consequences and Griffin’s would so obviously the judges preferred to put an American in the Finals The only consolation is that Griffin in and Ethan Ewing out and that guy, despite surfing a lot, is not a complete surfer and is always super judged. Sweetie ended up being a victim of the WSL fork.
Life is a school and circumstances are the teachers.
I also thought that Marco Mignot turned the last wave against Jack on that drum
And not to mention Jack’s interference in Italo
I mean, the two finalists got there half pushed, despite having a lot of surfing
Or the darlings were pushed to the end.
A few non-Brazilians appeared in the comments, some for, some against. But interesting to note, unlike Brazilians, they don’t think has a bloc.
Speaking of blocs, does surfing need a browns-only tour where non-whites may surf freely and without the crack of the overseer’s whip?
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Joao’s left upper thigh must be so conflicted
“Ergo, the only way a White Devil is able to win is via the framework of a systemic racism.”
I think I read this in the Tao Te Ching, the Bhagavad Gita or the Talmud. Can’t remember exactly where it was.
Could even have been in the Gnostic Gospel of Judas.
IT WAS WRITTEN !
Bad losers inc. Bora Dora sitting in primo position but whilst he’s sleeping towards his heat Robbo or Griff are storming towards him and ready to ripcurl him a new one.
The boring tail high reverse over and over again. We didn’t have to see that shit in Tahiti, hopefully nor in Fiji.
Let’s start by stopping pretending surfing is a sport. I long for the day when everyone knew is was nothing more than a stoners pastime. Oh yeah, and racism is a made up word designed to manipulate and control. And I grew up nearly ginger on the west coast of Oahu.
Gosh! An organisation so white that Toledo, Medina and Chianca are considered brown… wow!
Whaddya Love most about living in a bubble, Ro’?
there are, uh, some very fine people on both sides. wsl should take notes and lean into this.
Just don’t hold any peace summits in Charlottesville!
I enjoyed the world tour before Brazilians were in.
I will keep enjoying it when they leave.
Poor Ramzi. Not brown, not white. No tour, all stud.
In some quarters he’s brown just from being from where he’s from. His race, background and ethnicity have nothing to do with it when we’re arbitrarily putting people into racist boxes.
Luckily I’m colorblind xx
That’s a merchant’s jawline
Set your watch to it!
Y’all are fuckin stupid go back and watch that shit again. Griff won hands down…every time Joao gets a good one Griff gets another good one to stay in the lead. Watch the fuckin heat and shut the fuck up. -Namaste
Yup and as I commented yesterday, Griff should have won by more than he did. Brazilians sure like to whine.
Brazil is not a race it is a country.
Unless one is in one of those tribes running around in the Amazon, most likely not racially from that region.
It’s rather ironic that Gabby…according to the Gritters…..is whining about a result in a comp by whining about a whiner???
And we are whining about a whiner whining about a whiner!
Anyway cuntox how is France?!
Xox
fucken hot, flat , but work is great……..look out am coming to hawaii/SoCal in OCt/Nov…..no whining here just grateful and thankful to be still doing the NO Vanilla tour,LOL.
Fucken good on you. My friend is melting today she tells me it’s 40 degrees.
Hopefully it cools down for my Autumnal October stint.
Xox
When nothing else works, you can always resort to playing the race card. First of all is Chianca as white as any American. And as anywhere else also in Brazil most of the surfers are privileged rich kids. At least the ones competing and travelling the world. (there are exceptions, e.g. Italo)
Victor Bernardo?
Hope and Prayers we can bring this to a Third Day
Thoughts too!
just watched the replay.
Joao won…..I’m white
Just watched it too. Grif won. I’m beige
I/m mulatto and really don’t care!
Yup, Griff won easily.
I have vitaligo and am understandably confused regarding the outcome
I’ve got alltimers disease….and still don’t give a fuck!
No, he definitely didn’t. He could’ve sure, but he didn’t.
nope.
according to the 2025 rules in the Summer edition of the International Camping Journal. rules are as follows.
Rule # 1: The Happy Camper is always right.If the Happy Camper says it shall be done….then it shall be done……and notwithstanding any other considerations or interpretation of the rules…..if the Happy Camper says it is so, then IT IS SO!
Happy Camping Sticks
Kooky Camper
if you rub two sticks together, what do you get?
sticky bellies
xoxoxo
Suspect.
one of the DON’T DO’S from the Brokeback Mountain edition of the International Camping Journal.
not at all a fan of Griff or the 2% crew by any stretch and love Joao, been a fan of Brazilians generally since my parents schlepped me around the country for a few weeks way back in ’86 (actually ran across the national soccer team coming back from the World Cup in the São Paulo airport) … but I thought Griff took it with room to spare.
I can’t stand either of them…equally…..
but Joao won.
I said he won……so he won.
“If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we not cry a lot about it?”
-Gabby, probably
“All right, we cooked up this scam! And we would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling kids and their nosy dog!” ~ Hannibal Tribe (WSL Judge)
did you say Hannibal……..he ‘s one of DT’s heroes!
“The Great…”
you should write book.
HOW TO MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP
BTW- has anyone every seen Brutus and Rachel Maddow in the same room at the same time?
Is that from Pedro Scooby-Doo?
Throw the whole shit box in the dunny where it belongs. Double flush and use the brush down the throats of the dickheads who spout this bullshit.
Fark me, sick of this bullshit finger pointing trying to justify itself using the guise of racism.
Go fuck yourselves.
Wooz judging is just plain fucked and queer inexplicable scores are more likely driven by sports betting and the need by wooz to show Dirk some kind of hope.
You’re giving the woz waaaaay too much credit
what in the FUCK is GNT?
googled to no avail.
me too … GinnTonic, Gifted No Talent, Griffin’s Not There – fuck knows?
GreatNutterTrump
An acronym is a red necks attempt at intellectualism.
That whole babble by cry baby Medina makes no sense without knowing what the fuck that means.
Gabby’s Neverending Tears.
Medina is a damn good surfer, but he’s a fucking crybaby.
But All the brazzo surfers are euro ethnic
including the blacks?
Rednecks are big supporters of colonialism, ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Like who?
Is this the WSL leaning into some online controversy? Damn, ol mate Ryan Crosby or whatever his name is, has really changed course
I think everyone maybe part-time at WSL. Halcyon days of Erik, WSL Studios, etc long gone.
Was at chopes for the comp halcyon days very much gone. all top people IMO.
All about clicks and engagement
Brazosniveling