Here's my favorite take on it (written by a Quokka)
www.swellnet.com
"THIS is going too far. Just when you thought the Woz was getting an act, stringing a few comps together, lucking into some swells, feeding us enough platitudes about the final five Trestles format as to half-believe it themselves – along comes this vacuous, lowest common-denominator bottom-feeding reality TV lunge for the most eyeballs in the shallowest end of the humanity pool.
And 'Ultimate Surfer' is supposed to deliver … WHAT EXACTLY … to the Woz and to the sport itself?
“Wanna know what it really delivers? It delivers a swift, well-aimed kick in the nuts to something precious. It takes the experience of a lifelong pursuit – of something that gives our lives joy and meaning – and reduces it to half an hour of forgettable bullshit, on par with, what, Love Island, I’m A D-Grade Celebrity, Please Shoot Me In The Head? The Fucking Bachelor?
“What’s the goal here exactly? How are more temporary eyeballs going to make anyone’s days better?
“It’s the true colours of fuckwittery at the highest level showing themselves."