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Saudi Arabia Grand Prix (pictured) axed for 2026.
Saudi Arabia Grand Prix (pictured) axed for 2026.

Surf fans react after F1 cancels Saudi Arabia, Bahrain races due war: “I’ll never forgive Trump if the Abu Dhabi Pro goes too”

"I'll literally hate him forever..."

The worst fears of surf fans are beginning to unspool sending shivers and shudders from wave pool to shining wave pool as F1 has signaled that it will cancel or postpone both the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain grands prix as Trump’s war with Iran spins into its third week.

Though the U.S. president has, at times, bullishly declared that Iran is “totally and massively all the way defeated basically,” the Islamic Republic continues to shower its neighbors with missiles and naughty drones forcing the top-tier racing circuit to abandon April’s zoom-zooms.

Kelly Slater’s very good friend Lewis Hamilton declared he has faith in the F1 leadership, declaring, “I know that (CEO) Stefano Domenicali will do what is right for all of us and the sport. That is the great thing with having a great leader like him.”

Surf fans looking warily at the World Surf League big boss Ryan Crosby and hoping he’s not a big baby too.

Though not slated to run until October, the Surf Abu Dhabi Pro could very much see the same fate as the Gulf Air Bahrain GP and the STC Saudi Arabian GP, especially after Trump shared that the war with Iran will end “when I feel it in my bones” which might be around Christmastime.

The Surf Abu Dhabi Pro is, of course, a favorite ever since its inaugural run last year. “The length and pace of the wave, along with the buoyancy of the featured salt water, make Surf Abu Dhabi a truly unique venue, as does its location on Hudayriyat Island, where it is nestled between the desert and the sea,” according to the World Surf League.

While Hudayriyat Island has not been tagged by Iranian rage, yet, it will no doubt become a target due to competitive professional surfing’s overwhelming popularity.

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FlintyBadman

Lit a candle – ignited the ton of gas I’d been hoarding. You cunts.

channelbottom

Dez, you quote someone in headline but then never attribute it to anyone in the story.
Shurely shome mishtake?

Barnycle

Ray Dialo is not impressed with the latest developments. https://fortune.com/2026/03/14/ray-dalio-big-cycle-debt-crisis-political-disorder-world-order/

Neither is Lloyd Blomstein (on Bill Maher) but he’s happy that the Iranians have had their wings clipped back. You know Up is Down when the former CEO of Goldman Sachs says that the US needs more progressive taxation. Can only say such blasphemy once you’re retired.

Com Turren
Jason

Blow it up please

Brutus

I am the 69th comment….look out it’s a sign,LOL!

Jack John Johnson

This current global conundrum is occurring due to the fact that the WSL refuses to provide an opening ceremony dedicated to Muhammad.

Brutus

oh they will…….

7dollarsurfboard

Trump causing the cancellation of the abu dhabi contest will be the only good thing he’s done in his 2nd term.

Dogsnuts

He shit his pants on live tv also.
Xox

Barnycle

Alyssa Spencer has a beautiful style. Very watchable.

Glad that she’s back , as well.

Barnycle

congrats, DR and Monty on the qualification of Anat Lilior to the tour.

You’ll did it. Two millennia of controlling the world has finally paid off 😉

I would say that she looks super cute, but I don’t want to be admonished by my BG brethren two nights in a row, for my shallowness. I’m sure that her beauty runs deep.

Brutus

well done Anat…see ya at Bells…brilliant to overcome all the hate…..yewww

Happy Camper

Don’t worry Barny. Lot of Israeli gals are “super cute” if not stunning beauties…..and they are super fun to hang out with. No BS western princess pretention.

Hippy

Tell him the real deal HC

Israeli chicks are aggressive and fun as fuck. If they smile at you, it’s game on. No bullshit. They all go to Military Service, no BS western princess pretention

kona

Cool

The Bitchy Crab

Girls with pistols strapped to their hips one of the most exciting things I’ve ever seen.

deeks

https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Or no pistoli. Still hawt

The Bitchy Crab

Thank you!

Chief Hot stuff

Looks like oil is more popular than ever and the campaign against it has been fake news the whole time

Brutus

LOL…..how the fuck is oil ,”popular”…..poll somewhere??

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Puppy Bexy just parroting what his Massuh says.

Wave Wizard

We have a gas, diesel and electric car in our household.
Am I part of the problem or the solution?

deeks

And gas is 79 cents a litre! Gone down 10 cents. Woohoo !

Jack John Johnson

Islam and Judiasm (and Christianity) are cannabis friendly. Maybe some quality/regionally pressed orange hash and tea with conversation between leaders is all the oils we’s need?

Michael Flatlately

Tried to convince my neighbour last weekend that him and his sons might need to consider on-and-off four wheel drive weekends, but he reckoned I should faaark orf. Gave the outboard a dry-dock raz to drive the point home. Then picked the perfect spot on his drive to water blast the Land Cruiser for maximum mud run-off onto our drive. When his grandchildren eventually eat mine in the cannibal tribal wars to come, will their lives ultimately become pointless with nobody left to annoy?

Chief Hot stuff

Thats why beachside apartments rule!!

RQ.
Gwen Walz’s Eyes

8.7 meme. Excellant range

Keith Grace

The longer this atrocity to deflect from the files goes on, the better the chance more than one tour stop is uncertain. But for now, far more important to ponder:

1. At what point will the word “irony” reach 1 million in the comments here?

2. At what point will the pro-Trump-sympathizer comment replies overcome the word irony here?

Chief Hot stuff

Which ones are pro trump besides all the libs that created him by offering Hilary then Biden and Harris?

Brutus

the difference being , taco promised Maga America first , cost of living…….and now taco’s calling for help to clear the Hormuz straights….FFS, no plan, no end game , Iran has won by surviving…..Russia/Putin, trumps best mate…now profiting as they sell to India/China…because trump lifted the embargo on Russian oil….so greed created trump based on lies…as we have seen this week…we won/we crushed/no quarter/greatest military in world wins/ FFS and you and I will pay the price…literally….ah reality…..as Iran doubled down last nite . and taco’s needs help now,LOL…ya couldn’t make up how dumb this war was/is….

Barnycle

Have you watched any of Newcastle? I was a bit intrigued by Caleb Tancred’s JS. The widest point seemed a bit more forward than I expected. Almost above the mid-point.

Not exactly radical, but maybe a bit unusual. Did you notice, or have you got too much going on?

Brutus

I watch a little bit…but the surf is just hard to watch. …..Bells is coming up and for the first time in 6 years am being invited back……and with that mid point being a bit forward , sounds a bit like one of JJF/Pyzel board…..
Here’s an idea…..the last round of the Challenger series should be sunset /Haleiwa , double points and resurrect the Triple crown….with CT Pipe the last event of the year….

Barnycle

That format could work, because this is slightly ho-hum. Don’t think that the WOzzle wants to give too much power to Hawaii, as they seem to be a bit at odds. I like the idea of elite wildcards at the CT level but I don’t agree with them joining CS events (as wildcards) and derailing CS campaigns, even as the wildcard can’t make the CT. Elite wildcards should be for the very top level. But the Woz just let Kemper add them to the Pipe event, willynilly because they have to stay in the good graces of the Hawaiians. Think that’s why they wouldn’t take up your suggestion, despite it being a good suggestion.

This website only has three magat trolls, and it doesn’t seem that they’ll be changing their minds anytime soon. So unless you get some sort of joy from pissing into the proverbial wind then I’d just ignore them if I was you. No amount of well-made points will be changing any minds. Hope that you have fun at Bells. Make sure to enjoy yourself.

Brutus

yeah ho hum in very average waves , where Hawaii , blue water great waves, need for multiple designed boards step ups etc……a lot more to market from Hawaii…but yeah there’s politics in Hawaii…always has always will…….and with OTTo/HC /bexy etc…I like to call them out and their beerless leader….just keep the facts coming…..now we have a fast motion train wreck …….

Watch Otto not reply or the others…..as they can’t keep spruiking the maga kool aid which is falling apart….

Bring on Bells , the forecast is looking average still stuck in La Nina pattern…swell but no offshores….Bells then Hawaii/California/Spain/France UK and home all in the next 2 mths….so am following the war, as ffects me directly….

Barnycle

I was wondering. Do you think that MR is a shareholder in Quik Australia or do you think that he still receives a salary? If it’s a salary then I can’t imagine it being more than a couple grand a month, but then maybe I’m wildly wrong about that and his Goodwill is worth more than that.

Brutus

he just receives a salary …quik/Billabong owned by Boardriders which in turn is owned by a subsidiary of Black Rock the biggest investment firm in the world.
MR is so well off , that remaining at Quik is not about the money, but an image thing where he is still sponsored by a surf brand…..

Chief Hot stuff

I guess he just likes pissing on himself

Gwen Walz’s Eyes

If the road around Waimea gets shut down long term because of the floods there won’t be any contests

Chief Hot stuff

Dont stop there, keep typing.

Brutus

something you can’t do ,lol??

Chief Hot stuff

Why would i just type the exact same thing over and over like you do, who are you trying to convince?

RQ.

this shit show is going to drag out long past October at a guess.
it looks pretty unwinnable for the US.

unless:
rapey Mckiddytoucher declares victory and just bails due to the MASSIVE unpopularity of the conflict.
rapey Mckiddytoucher gets cornered or told by isael to fucking everything completely by flinging a tactical nuke in the mix.

mike m

They could just move the competition to Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas. Flowrider!

https://uploads.disquscdn.c…

Hippy

Replace Teahupoo with this… much cheaper and you can run on schedule no matter what!

The Bitchy Crab

And Pip can win!

Hippy

Genius!!!

NEGATRON

Every needs to chill. Trump said it’ll all be over in 4-5 week total. 1-2 more weeks it’ll be all sorted, game over.

Brutus

yep believe trump at the worlds peril……no way this is going to be over soon……this is our new normal!

Hippy

When he feels it’s right in his bones, it will end

So glad he is in charge

Otto

In a display of Richter scale irony, Hamas released a statement pleading Iran to stop randomly tossing missiles and suicide drones at Gulf States.

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

“Richter scale irony”–i.e. everything MAGA Repubs now stand for, vs 2 years ago when the orange fascist was campaigning. Is gas cheap? Is the president a doddering old fool? How much have the Trump boys and Kuschner made off their names? Weren’t we upset about Biden’s son for less? You see your boy Trump go all Nazi during his Fox interview yesterday, talking about brown skin people with bad genes not being allowed into the country?

slipped disc

I think Trump might have Hamas beat on the Richter scale of irony…

Otto

Have you tried to find a Persian who fled Iran between 1979 – present, and honestly asked them how they feel about what Trump is doing? I’m guessing not. Have you tried looking at social media accounts from Persians still living in Iran? I’m guessing not.

Fact is, what Trump is doing is in America’s interest. You just can’t bring yourself to find any good in anything Trump does, your brain so full of rot, and I find it entertaining that your rage clouds your judgement in such an emotionally unstable way.

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Otto have you reached out to the parents whose kids the orange shitstain blew up at school?

Negs, can we get a Dodgeball badge for Otto, to recognize he’s king of dodging questions? Or a mirror, for being king of deflection? Or some goalposts as he’s always moving them? Or a cover of Orwell’s 1984? Etc

Otto

A Persian Jew. Interesting.Were you born in the US? I have a very close friend that fled Iran in 2010. She is very happy about what is going on, and celebrates US bombing because she says unless you were born and have lived there, if your opinion is opposition to Trump taking this action, then there is no other logical conclusion than you having absolutely no idea what the fuck you’re talking about, and further that you should just keep such ignorance to yourself.

Is gas cheap? No. But it’s a small price to pay to get this job done.

Doddering old fool? No.

How much have Trump’s sons and Kushner made?
They bring corporate and international policy knowledge and skills to the table. As compared to a crack addiction and hooker infatuation and super odd selfie filming fetish, and access to Joe, well, I think your assumptions matter not.

Brown skin people with bad genes? You mean imported terrorists? Yeah, fuck them. That’s not being racist

Brutus

Otto…this won’t come up on red state…….yep fuel is going to get real expensive , as is global freight , here in Australia , gas has gone up 35%……diesel in short supply , food also….and I reckon the hate is all going to trump/USA…because ” it’s a small price to pay to get this job done”…..you don’t have the price yet…

As for crack addiction and hookers one person ….trump head of the pedophile epstein empire…..so hookers or kiddies?

Hippy

Beverly Hills is filled with Persian Jews. Tens of thousands of Persian Jews.

Otto

I wasn’t saying they don’t exist. DHMF had previously said he’d lost a relative in the Holocaust. So, why I asked what I asked is trying to understand his genealogy, considering he’s already thrown my way the whole “I’m a Jew, I know more than you when it comes to anti-Semitism”, and now he threw out “I’m Iranian you fuck”. Mind you, he dodged my questions, then erased his claim.
Can’t wait to read how all that makes sense

Brutus

dodged questions,,seriously….you are the biggest dodger of them all!!

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Quite a few Qs I soft balled your way, that you dodged.

Brutus

he always does….would you call him a coward , or maybe ….??

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Stubborn. That’s probably a key descriptor. And obviously, conservative, but what that means in the USA today isn’t what it meant earlier this century, and for sure not compared to the 1980s and 1990s. Now it means fascist/Neo Nazi.

Otto

Your reply failed to address my comment. Has nothing to do with dodging your questions. Has to do with your reply having only to offer me your “let’s change the subject” take.

That said, I answered you needy little girl, so at least have the courage to offer your assessment why Hamas released the statement they did. Fear of losing their sugar daddy? Scared about regional instability?

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Otto, calling people “girl,” as if that’s a cut down. Sexist much? I’ll answer you–they probably know Iran is crazy enough to resort to nukes, and after Israel and the US have committed war crimes in leveling Gaza, they (Hamas) don’t want to be nuked out of the rest of existence. Of course, Hesgeth and all your Chritofascists are as crazy, and want to use nukes, too, so Jesus will return. It’s a no-win situation…

Otto

Girl, please.

So your intelligent assessment, cause I know you’re smart, has everything to do with Hamas’ fear of being nuked, and nothing to do with Hamas’ very existence wholly dependent on Iran’s Supreme Leader and Mullahs, not to mention the training they receive from IRGC?
That truly is such an interesting take you have about the “why”.

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Imma pull an Otto whataboutism… What about all the people the CIA trained (and don’t forget COINTELPRO) who overthrew democratically elected govs the world over? Including Iran.
Q: how did the USA know Saddam had WOMD? A: we sold them to him. You see that traitor Ollie North saying Iran had weapons? This the same dude who sold them to them in the 80s! Let’s do this Otto. Take out ALL the bad actors, everywhere. In the Epstein files? Show em all and take em out. Bomb kids? Go to jail. Doesn’t matter who the fuck you are. Bibi. Trump. Iran. Putin. Narcos. ALL OF THEM.

Hippy

Knowledge and skills?

This might be the biggest whopper yet. Those 3 N’erdowells are bumbling idiots of greed and compromise.

Chief Hot stuff

So youre smart and youre here, and theyre dumb and theyre there

Otto

Why did you erase your claim “I’m Iranian you fuck”?

You have to admit it’s a weird edit

Brutus

how about engaging Otto……let’s have a fact finding /checking discussion?
C’mon Otto no hiding and ducking and weaving reality?

Hippy

You see Bondi at the congressional hearing? She decided to not answer questions.

Brutus

yeah she can’t because she has seen the epstein files and knows trump was one of the main cohorts of epstein and is also a pedophile…among many other things,LOL!

Otto

Ain’t no hiding Maurice. I’m truly sorry that watching March Madness is more important, but it is. Not by much, hope that makes you feel better.

I often comment, reply and log off and step away, revisit, reply, log off, rinse and repeat. Ain’t no ducking my friend.

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Duke looking solid. But so does Arizona, Kansas, and anyone coming out of the SEC.

Otto

I’m just glad I don’t have to watch games today that have basketball courts with strange flooring design.

Com Turren

fucking hell, the colored basketball floors that hurt my brain need to stop. maybe it’s a different experience in person, but it makes it unwatchable on television.

Otto

It is so unwatchable even ChatGPT is at a loss for words. Grok too. They both found all known languages lack the proper verbage to describe just how bad it is.

Whoever made/approved this decision should be summarily affixed to the nearest hoops backboard using a vinyl wrap of one these intolerable designs.

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

At what point do they turn NCAA football, and probably women’s and men’s basketball, into semipro leagues? They’re all getting paid anyway–seems time to do away with the farce they’re students, and just let the media companies and gambling companies make bank.

Otto

It’s already semi-pro. I don’t have a problem with college athletes getting booster money when universities, especially SEC were making a killing on merch sales using their names. I also think there should be a cap on total NIL money dispersed by each university.

But most importantly is that fucking transfer portal. That shit needs a total overhaul.

Brutus

march madness……basketball??

lets know when you want to engage…..what a fucken shit fight we all live in now……and for ??

Derek Hynd's Missing Fins

Just to see how gullible you are. Not surprised, since you believe everything you read on Red State.

Otto

Um, yeah, sure, okay.

Chief Hot stuff

Probly the most fragile guy on here for whatever reason

Hippy

He’s auditioning for press secretary

It’s a unique skill set

Brutus

yeah just happened in Australia , Iranian woman’s soccer team some asked for asylum, and were given…today 3 decided to go back to Tehran as they believe in their country…it’s all over the ME media networks the opposition in Iran now see’s trump /USA as worse than the Ayatollahs…..reality check…..there will be no change of regime in Iran…so now USA/Israel failed and handed Irans leadership the ability to create chaos in the oil/Financial markets for it looks like at least this year……taco just keeps lying, you keep believing while the rest of us scratch our heads….and try and understand how much better we are that Iran doesn’t have nuclear anymore….FFS Otto what a load of bullshit coming to shit over all of us ……

Hippy

TACO can’t tell the truth.

Chief Hot stuff

Is convincing otto hes wrong your number one priority?

deeks

They need to bomb them back to 72 –73. All the Persian girls wore mini skirts ! Hot as fuck !

Hippy

How are we protecting you, Otto?

We’re fighting this for Israel, what do they have on Trump? Files maybe?

And don’t pretend to speak candidly with Persians in HB. Complete utter bullshit. It’s a protective and secretive society here in the states, they aren’t praising heir Trump

Brutus

irony is trump asking for help from it’s allies to join USA navy in keeping straights of Hormuz open…..really I though USA had won already……irony…China /India now getting a couple of million barrels a day from Russia…as trumped dropped the sanctions so his buddy putin get’s all the business now……

Hippy

Why would anyone take that risk for him?

Brutus

they won’t!

Hippy

Even the US Navy

Trump is entering that phase where he realizes starting this war is more work than yelling at his phone on the toilet at 2 AM. He’s realizing he wasn’t prepared and doesn’t know. He’s realizing that he can’t pull out if the other side accelerates. The epiphanies are drowning his old man energy.

Com Turren

Gulf War 3:

Tactics for tactics’ sake. No strategy. No exit plan. Logistics an afterthought. Consequences not even considered. Zero lessons learned from prior regional wars.

The ghost of Clausewitz would like a word with these hopeless muppets…

Hippy

Same story replayed
But the last bunch of grifters at least tried to sell their lie
Remember, Clinton left us in surplus

Com Turren

boots on the ground!

The Bitchy Crab

It was that or get booted out of Qatar, no?

Mapski

They should go ahead and run the longboard tour finals this week.

Gwen Walz’s Eyes

Great comment in a sea of boring political back and forth vomit.

pipspuss

https://uploads.disquscdn.c… Chat GPT wouldn’t show the bombs falling next to the track. Lame


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