Joel Tudor got banned cause he pointed out girls on longboars get more social media clicks than CT clicks. One of the reasons Vans still has him and bankrolls the Duct tape contests.
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Carissa & WSL...DONE?
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they’re not mutually exclusive.
But Brazil is consistently the country with the most viewers.
Maybe I’m not representative of the surfing world. I’ve had the QS Pismo comp on all week at work. Young Lucas Owston and Kai Kushner smashing Kolohe this morning was a great watch.
you are not. I live here and aint nobody watching that shlt. Not even on the pier itself.
Brought some great surfers into town, though. Pros are faaast
this. I don’t think you are.
the tour has lost money for years because there is just not enough audience who watches. If there was, they would be able to fund the tour like every other “major” pro sports league operates: through sponsors, charging admission to attend events, selling/licensing official merch, and (mostly) selling the media rights in each country/region. They’ve tried all kinds of iterations of the tour over the last 20 years: urban beaches with more audience on the sand, dream tour with good waves and no crowds, wavepools, triple crown, mid season cut, finals day…
If there was money in the pro surfing viewing market- like the surf industry thinks, all the various multinationals (Coke, Samsung, Corona, Budweiser, Sony, etc) who’ve sponsored events/tour in the past wouldn’t have come and gone in 1-2 years. Again, it exists now as a financial write-off for a bored billionaire.
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With the amount of views you don't need such an expressive number to be the n1 country watching it.
You said "half the population of Brazil", that's quite a stretch. We're over 200 million (if that doesn't make you vomit in your mouth I don't know what does).
When the CT events run I’ll watch or I’ll listen while working and rewind for excellent scores. Still get amped when the Hawaii surfers win or go far feel sh*tty when they get eliminated. Especially if I know them or their parents.
I used to know a handful of duus who worked for WSL/ASP/IPS. Now not so much.
I don’t know why the owner bought the league but I do know it’s the wife who surfs. A friend was on Tavarua with them and she was getting private lessons from either Kelly or Shane-O. Adult learner.
Don’t know the health of the WSL but I’ll still watch. Lots of Hawaii surfers to cheer for and get let down over. Lot of Hawaii surfers that don’t fly the Hawaii flag but they still from Hawaii.
Hope the wind doesn’t mess things up so Pipe and Sunset fire. If it gets tricky bet on John. Not sure which woman surfs funky gnarly waves the best but she’ll have to be brave. Haha.
I used to know a handful of duus who worked for WSL/ASP/IPS. Now not so much.
I don’t know why the owner bought the league but I do know it’s the wife who surfs. A friend was on Tavarua with them and she was getting private lessons from either Kelly or Shane-O. Adult learner.
Don’t know the health of the WSL but I’ll still watch. Lots of Hawaii surfers to cheer for and get let down over. Lot of Hawaii surfers that don’t fly the Hawaii flag but they still from Hawaii.
Hope the wind doesn’t mess things up so Pipe and Sunset fire. If it gets tricky bet on John. Not sure which woman surfs funky gnarly waves the best but she’ll have to be brave. Haha.
I said it before... you either die a hero or...
Does Kelly also teach poor kids or only extreme rich ladies with endless contacts?
Sorry, the goat lost me somewhere down the road. Still the goat though, even if he turned out to be an idiot (protecting face from stones being thrown... fuck it)
I love these comps, but I also know a ton of the groms just entering the ranks.
Maybe that’s why everyone here is so down on pro surfing - they’re 20-30 years past their generation’s expiration date.
I’ll watch Pipe, Tahiti and Snapper live but not really anything else, I don’t even like watching JBay, FIJI, G-Land or Indo. It’s all pretty boring. Not to be a deck, but I am definitely not watching Pismo.
Well, you guys are probably not going to be able to watch events for free much longer, either. ESPN+ just bought the rights to stream WSL events.
The times & tides are a changin', fellas.
I pray it doesn't take effect this year. I hate buying all these streaming services. And I likely will for the WSL.
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By the way, notice whose picture graces this press release. #SmellySkater
The times & tides are a changin', fellas.
I pray it doesn't take effect this year. I hate buying all these streaming services. And I likely will for the WSL.
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By the way, notice whose picture graces this press release. #SmellySkater
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I still can't figure out how to set up my new "smart tv" so no chance I'll be watching.
What does streaming mean?
What does streaming mean?
You get a raise you get a raise you get a raise... lets keep this going we are all thee true sacred art geometry wavesliders fountain of youth krew of the sea! Elijah surfs Jesus surfs I surf...
I'm either trying to get Occy, Nat Young, Makua Rothman and I to surf all our brains out for all our birthdays at one of Kelly's next wavepools (*check THIS! they know all our birthdays are at around the same June 17th and International Surfing Day!) OR a legit surfing and pistacio waffle cone, waffle syrup or carmel syrum scene actually AT MY WORK IN SARASOTA FLORIDA to be filmed in a futuristic James Bond movie in the next trans AI vs normal human woman hero battle scene or... a new hobby.
I'm either trying to get Occy, Nat Young, Makua Rothman and I to surf all our brains out for all our birthdays at one of Kelly's next wavepools (*check THIS! they know all our birthdays are at around the same June 17th and International Surfing Day!) OR a legit surfing and pistacio waffle cone, waffle syrup or carmel syrum scene actually AT MY WORK IN SARASOTA FLORIDA to be filmed in a futuristic James Bond movie in the next trans AI vs normal human woman hero battle scene or... a new hobby.
I know the potential but Snapper has been a tiny wave contest lately.
All well and good, but professional surfing is not going to rise from those ashes. It'll just be gone.