Surf world breathes deep sigh of relief.
Relief is washing over the surf world, this day before Christmas Eve, much thanksgiving that the living surf legend Joel Tudor is still, well, living. Disturbing footage was posted to Instagram, hours ago, featuring the 8x U.S. Open of Surfing longboarding champion just barely avoiding disembowlment after dropping into a wave at the ferocious Banzai Pipeline there on Oahu’s fabled North Shore.
The clip shows Tudor sitting in a very nice spot on a very nice day when a very nice wave swings in. He paddles his light blue mid-length over the ledge, frontside, and is there trimming nicely when WOOOOOOOOOSH! a surfer on his backhand nearly spears his shortboard right into the jiujitsu blackbelt’s guts.
Maddix Alotis, the aforementioned surfer, breathed a big sigh, penning, “I almost hit this guy.
Whew.
Tudor, never scared, replied, “Happily do it again if you catch one then paddle back out and whip under me when I been sitting for an hour! Your 3 winters of surfing pipe don’t hold a candle to my 36! This is called a lesson of respect your elders or ride behind them.”
Surf fans, near and wide, sending messages of joy.
A sampling:
You’re a f’ing dork hipster and you think you own the place cause you’re a Cali kook that visits in the winter to burn kids and do nothing on the wave.
You’ve always been a kook whiner.
“Bru you shoulder hopping and dropping in nowhere near the barrel, how can you complain? Clearly learnt nothing from those 36 years. You not even from Hawaii, just a rich dude who can afford to travel there every year. Be humble or take off at the actual take off spot.”
“Malihini mentality you, guy. What you do to give back to Hawaii? Nothing.”
“This is brutal. Having this clip online and then seeing you pop off in the comments is crazy work, Taking off on the shoulder, logging at Pipe like you’re entitled to it…. straight clown behavior. At Pipe you already know how it goes – you’re sitting three hours on the shoulder while the boys get their waves. That’s lineup politics. Respect gets sets, outsiders wait. The jiujitsu arc checks out too – life’s been handing you license for a minute. Mainland don’t rock with you, islands don’t either. Maybe surf quieter and let the ocean do the talking.
“You Mahu.”
Etc.
Though I don’t speak Hawaiian, I assume “Mahu” means “saint.
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Craike got dropped because he was actually not that rounded enough to be a pro , great at what he does but man he aint no were close enough to be a CT or even QS level pro.
yeah on some waist high bullshit.
You buried the lede here. No one cares about the integrity of Joel Tudor’s corporeal form. However a blood feud with Joel Tudor vs. local north shore pro and the internet over waves at pipe has me like this: https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
you will never see Joel go right. all he does is go left..
Ive seen him rip solid sunset no leash an all.
First Joke Paul gets wired shut, then a model beats the shit out of Andrew Tate and now this Ass-Joel. What a Merry Xmas indeed!
A lot of saints hang out in Wahiawa so i’ve heard
Regulators…………mount up!
In this holiday season… and relating to a scene and line from legendary Cousin Eddie, Joel Tudor truly has that jelly of the month club type of presence in our little surf hearts, love him or hate him… let’s embrace it, no?…
Tudor probs a Zionist…the s3nse of entitlement
Disembowled? You mean disembonged.
Thing is it doesn’t matter who ya are if you sit on the shoulder and burn someone in the pit its a dog act and you’re a fucking idiot. Did ya hear that Occy and Tom Carol ya pair of cunts haha
Sometimes you just have to realize you’ve hit ‘has been’ territory, hang it up and leave it to the new crew. Or complain on IG – whatevs.
Sitting on the shoulder and complaining about getting back paddled is one of my personal favs.
His dad Troy Alotis was an outer reef charger before it became fashionable.
That is true.
Does Joel surf stoned?
Don’t most?
He should have drowned him
That was a clueless burn in anybody’s book but maddox is a grade a fuckwit too so justice is served
You obviously don’t know Maddix, or you do and your a jealous Cunt.
lets just say like many “Hawaiian surfers” he is a terrible ambassador when he is visiting other countries and filming himself
Aren’t %99.95 of pro surfer colossal cunts while out in the water? That’s always been my experience.
Not true actually. I have a few mates who are well known surfers and they’re lovely company in the water. Also shared countless lineups with heaps of pros and I would say it’s about a 50 50 split between friendly and complete cunts.
You must live on the gold coast because most of the time uck all pros are arround else where unless a comp is on at Bells or in WA .
Nope Northern Rivers AKA gods country. Don’t ever call me a Gaylander again haha
Sorry about that my bad .fuck the gaylanders.
Correct and many also out of the water
Joelder Hopper!
Hahahahahahahhaa
Anybody ever run Maxxis tires on their truck?
By ‘run’ do you mean used?
Ya
Not in Mexico ! That’s for sure!
Hahahaha
yes. Bravo ATs.
on the MTB
exactly, now I’m thinking my truck needs ’em too
One thing I love about Joel is his love for social media.
He blocked me. All I get to do now is shoulder hop.
Envious of the amount of pros that have blocked you Chas
Do it! Next time I surf Cardiff we’ll tag team WWF style and get him all pissy.
interestingly the Hawaiian word for Joel is “Mahu”.
often when shaming a haole, we will say: You’re……..such a Joel