Slater with a 10...again :)
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Slater with a 10...again :)
teahupoo
http://www.worldsurfleague.com/
Teahupoʻo in a couple hours
Not sure what to think of this. Without all the details, I'm initially not a big fan. Unfortunately you can put it together on paper, but Mother Nature needs to deliver for this vision to come together. Need more details.
Yup, feel the same. Not a fan, but I see or understand the ufc guy trying to popularize $$ the sport.
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Mother nature is what she is, regardless of structure. In professional competitive anything, "Jumping the shark" is the nature of the beast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sluff
Pipe is on. Not your normal conditions which is unfortunate.
PW's buddy Medina is on.
Come on Kerr!
Slater through. My boy. Medina with a last minute miracle to advance and keep his hopes alive. Go John John.
I thought both Medina, and especially JJ got gifted through. I’m enjoying the post heat interviews with Gouveia and Ferrara, they seem genuinely stoked.
fuck Medina
John John last second wave to win the heat.
Medina is up next PW!
:fuckyou: Medina :fuckyou:
Slater brah
I would love to see Slater take out Medina!
It's on now...fkna Slater! Take him out of the championship...that would just gold!
Slater took a weird fall...replay shows he tries to avoid a turtle!
Ahh shit
fucking Brazilians, claiming every shitty wave :nonono2:
John John up
Congrats John John. 2X World Champ with more to come.
Back 2 back [emoji106]
Now hopefully he can win the contest too...Medina gave a humble interview, dude definitely is a world class competitor
That was a sick ending to John John's semi
Last minute heroics. Sweet barrel finished off with a 360. One more heat to finish off a great season. Hope the waves cooperate.
When home field advantage means a beach full of schoolkids chanting your name...
JJ robbed with 11 seconds left [emoji46]. Flores wins it. He had priority.
robbed
Crazy ending.
Teahupoo holding period starts today. Aug 10-21. No swell of interest forecast. Sucks. Best event to watch when surf is up.
Some barrels to be had, but nothing really noteworthy. Round 1 ran yesterday. Round 2 in the water now.
Bit of a bummer it's not firing.
PW7 hating it [emoji16] Twas the perfect wave for him
WSL contest at Kelly’s surf ranch starts today. Should be interesting. The waves will be good, I know that for sure [emoji12]
This is a bit weird.
I want to surf that wave so bad. Build one of those wave pools in MN. Charge whatever you need to for a season pass. I’ll be the first one to sign up.
My friend has surfed it twice now. He said it was funky at first, but then super fun. Still a different experience, but fun.
fuck Medina
Hahaha!Quote:
Originally Posted by PowerWhore7
But damn is that guy good. The man-made wave is perfect to showcase his talent. I would have bet the farm he was going to win.
The Surf Ranch event grew on me as it approached the top seeds. Yeah it was boring but was really interesting to see how some had it figured out and some didn't and also to pick out everyone's individual style more clearly. Some notes:
- Why didn't Filipe play it safe on his last couple lefts and aim for a 7.5-8 (he could've got that) instead of a Hail Mary run?
- In Kolohe's interview he complained about the judging but I felt the surfers that made it through deserved it.
- Its really too bad they replaced Trestles as I usually find it such a fun wave to watch, especially considering how high performance of an 'everyman's wave' it is.
- Why no talk at this man-made wave event about 2020 Tokyo Olympics? I don't know when it was dated but last week I read an article saying they've started building the surf venue and how its most likely Kelly 2.0.
- One article commented on it being a great female/male equalizer and how Carissa would've placed 4th in the men's, but, ummmm, how stupid, judges aren't scoring apples to oranges, they're scoring apples to apples, oranges to oranges.
- Kelly made a comment on how they only have like 10-20% of this wave's variables figured out and they still have a LOT of learning/experimenting to do.
- Way too many commercials and repetitive comments (i.e. "Kelly says Medina is the greatest backside tuberider here, blah-blah").
- Really enjoy when Kelly is in the commentator's booth and his technical breakdowns of the surfer's wave.
I still really want to practice on this wave.