could you imagine if he did that in 2002 against AI? He wouldn’t be able to even paddle in. They’d have to escort him out of country
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Medina
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Hate how Medina is turning surfing into some soccer tactician bullshit. Just fucking surf and win by surfing the best. Not sure how anyone can defend this behavior.
Thank you tedshred...
I didn't want to mention the Brazilian-soccer connection... but soccer fanaticism doesn't belong in surfing.
Unlike baseball, football, soccer and other sports... surfing was the counterculture to all that.
How do you score points on an off the lip versus an air? Surfing wasn't supposed to be a sport. It was a lifestyle. Besides, how does anyone know if any of the judges are impartial to a particular sponsor or surfer? Debating over sports that are subjective in nature and don't have objective goals is rather silly.
having said that... the best guy won.
I didn't want to mention the Brazilian-soccer connection... but soccer fanaticism doesn't belong in surfing.
Unlike baseball, football, soccer and other sports... surfing was the counterculture to all that.
How do you score points on an off the lip versus an air? Surfing wasn't supposed to be a sport. It was a lifestyle. Besides, how does anyone know if any of the judges are impartial to a particular sponsor or surfer? Debating over sports that are subjective in nature and don't have objective goals is rather silly.
having said that... the best guy won.
This is like dirty pool, and if you play dirty pool you are a Jerry Curlain to me but unfortunately, I don't think you can separate the very essence of what he did from competitive surfing. They are of the same fabric in my opinion. The thing that bothers me most is the influence this will have on the masses, people who could never be expected to understand time honored hard to learn nuances of surfing are gonna go straight to the front of the line with this type of behavior. There goes the good ole days, again. Surfing will eat itself.
I've never heard of Jerry Curlain... I attempted a quick google search and was met with too many words.
People, if a Gabby type shows up and and back paddles you at your local.. you burn him mercifully.
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This is like dirty pool, and if you play dirty pool you are a Jerry Curlain to me but unfortunately, I don't think you can separate the very essence of what he did from competitive surfing. They are of the same fabric in my opinion. The thing that bothers me most is the influence this will have on the masses, people who could never be expected to understand time honored hard to learn nuances of surfing are gonna go straight to the front of the line with this type of behavior. There goes the good ole days, again. Surfing will eat itself.
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People, if a Gabby type shows up and and back paddles you at your local.. you burn him mercifully.
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This is like dirty pool, and if you play dirty pool you are a Jerry Curlain to me but unfortunately, I don't think you can separate the very essence of what he did from competitive surfing. They are of the same fabric in my opinion. The thing that bothers me most is the influence this will have on the masses, people who could never be expected to understand time honored hard to learn nuances of surfing are gonna go straight to the front of the line with this type of behavior. There goes the good ole days, again. Surfing will eat itself.
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Jerry Curlain likes meeting people, and is a very social type. Angry Samoans hate him.
I was a little exaggerating how I feel about the whole same fabric stuff, but the fact that a move like this done unapologetically in the face on almost the largest of stages leaves a bad taste. Like the cat is finally out of the bag, even though more or less the same thing happens on a free surf level Every day all over the world.
I was a little exaggerating how I feel about the whole same fabric stuff, but the fact that a move like this done unapologetically in the face on almost the largest of stages leaves a bad taste. Like the cat is finally out of the bag, even though more or less the same thing happens on a free surf level Every day all over the world.
A couple years before, Sunny G!!!!!!!
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I get what a lot of you are saying about contests, Charlie, Gabby at Salina Cruz/Puerto, and am contest groms potentially being even more douchetastic.
But what everyone else said about Beschen/Slater, and contests in general. Someone pre-contests, was backpaddling (what I'd call paddling around someone in general) or snaking (paddling around someone to steal a specific wave) a thing? Or was that an advent of the 80s when everyone wanted four TEAM lams on their boards?
Candidly I'd welcome a backlash against pro surfers. IMHO having stickers on your board and doing something wrong merits an increase in consequences.
But as far as the contest itself and that wave is concerned? Some Brazzo burned another Brazzo on what appears to be a meh one-banger at Juno Pier. IDGAF.
Ah, the good old days. Greg Noll speaks about the "sport" of surfing. (starts at 8:00)
Agreed. The WSL needs to punish this behavior by imposing penalties that severely cost the offending party. Any other sport would.
he's gotten away with it a couple times now. WSL ain't going to do anything.
I don't mind people getting paid to surf, but organized surf competitions make no kind of sense to me.
no.
Nor what Larry Rios did to Kong Elkerton at Pipe.
Nor what Damien Hardman did etc etc etc.
lots and lots of hardball, unsportsmanlike caca been going on forever and ever, especially at Pipe.