So who is going to disinfect da water between the +'s and the -'s???? Common, let's be real. You're a +. You catch a big closeout , get wiped, paddle back out and blow both your sinuses out in the lineup.... Covid probably lives for 30 days in those conditions....I was told WSL said the + paddles out and catches 3 and then the - paddles out and catches three and it becomes a conest of best performance
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*** Official 2020 Billabong Pipe Masters Thread ***
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Heard from those in the contest it's going to finish tomorrow (mens and womens). Unless it looks horrible in the morning.
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Probably not.
If COVID-19 were contagious at seashore or just in the ocean beyond the break, not just Kalipornya would be closing them.
Also, the Canary Islands would have more cases than the Untied States, in proportion.
We barely crossed the 200/100000 when at its worst here.
They're going to have to get the + and the - to wrap leashes during a cross peak simultaneous take off and french kiss while gently getting wrapped together across the bottom by the wave.
Ocean is the safest healthiest place to be; guarantee these guys all contaged in closed quarters situations, or after hour partying like it's 1999 (no covid-19).
Next call for Fri (12/18) will be at 9:45 AM HST. Seems like they want to pull the trigger today rather than risk it on Sunday.
During the contest yesterday (Thu 12/17):
During the contest yesterday (Thu 12/17):
Nobody was talking about that in the booth. Why? Really surprised they just ignored it like it didn't happen. Even Beachgrit picked up on this.
Meanwhile, they keep shilling Andy Irons and how spiritual the ocean experience is, completely ignoring other facts about his life (of course), all in the name of selling more board shorts.
Billabong Pipeline Masters, penultimate day: "Where to for Pip Toledo? There was talk all day about spiritual connections and the mental health benefits of the ocean and here was a guy, clearly unprepared on every level, melting down in front of our eyes!" - BeachGrit
Pro surfing roared back to post-suspension life in a huge day at Pipe where over-lapping heats were churned through with industrial efficiency. Maybe the most heats run ever?* Twenty-two by my count which spanned the three vestigial elimination heats, sixteen round three heats and three round of...
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I found the bit with Lindy and axel nauseating.Nobody was talking about that in the booth. Why? Really surprised they just ignored it like it didn't happen. Even Beachgrit picked up on this.
Meanwhile, they keep shilling Andy Irons and how spiritual the ocean experience is, completely ignoring other facts about his life (of course), all in the name of selling more board shorts.
Billabong Pipeline Masters, penultimate day: "Where to for Pip Toledo? There was talk all day about spiritual connections and the mental health benefits of the ocean and here was a guy, clearly unprepared on every level, melting down in front of our eyes!" - BeachGrit
Pro surfing roared back to post-suspension life in a huge day at Pipe where over-lapping heats were churned through with industrial efficiency. Maybe the most heats run ever?* Twenty-two by my count which spanned the three vestigial elimination heats, sixteen round three heats and three round of...
I was listing to the Spit podcast and they read a listener email.
The author wrote, and I'm paraphrasing, that the WSL CEO catching COVID the day before an all time swell hit pipe causing the contest to postpone is the equivalent of taking a jet-powered SUP into the lineup, burning the entire Da Hui team, immediately pearling on take off, and then having your board mow down a bunch of kids playing in the shore break.
I was dying.
Which one of you guys wrote that one?
The author wrote, and I'm paraphrasing, that the WSL CEO catching COVID the day before an all time swell hit pipe causing the contest to postpone is the equivalent of taking a jet-powered SUP into the lineup, burning the entire Da Hui team, immediately pearling on take off, and then having your board mow down a bunch of kids playing in the shore break.
I was dying.
Which one of you guys wrote that one?
No surprise, been muting since Turdpel first opened his pie hole.
Fine music of choice, rythms matching the incoming swells, is what I listen to figuring I'm not going to learn much from the WSL bozo team. Only one i "miss" (using the term lightly) would be the miked up polac ditting in the break taking them on the head... Not worth the other dribble just for that though.
Fine music of choice, rythms matching the incoming swells, is what I listen to figuring I'm not going to learn much from the WSL bozo team. Only one i "miss" (using the term lightly) would be the miked up polac ditting in the break taking them on the head... Not worth the other dribble just for that though.
Good goggley boggely BORF-BORF that wave is crazy for a contest, I have to go watch that Thursday Mayhem!!
As much as I hope AI's friends and loved ones can continue to find some positivity from his life and passing, you know all respect to that but I HATE it when everybody wants to have some politically correct righteous moral high-ground let's talk about the evils of drugs pep-talk straight edge just say no this is your brain on drugs teaching moment. For Christ's sake it's fugging surfing bro! Let's NOT talk about drugs.
That's how I feel about it.
Andy Irons was a great surfer and competitor let's talk about that if you want, drugs isn't the story.
I'm truly sorry if I offended Andy's people but I think it would be great if the WSL did NOT talk about drugs.
It's not for me to say. Sorry.
So, blow off an opportunity to help others? Lame, especially with their platform and that they are desperately trying to profit slinging half the story, imo.
That isn't really surfing to me, in fact, pro-surfing is everything I steer away from when it comes to enjoying the ocean.
That isn't really surfing to me, in fact, pro-surfing is everything I steer away from when it comes to enjoying the ocean.
PLus it was horrible TV and they were ignoring the action in the water. it also went on way too long.
A struggling to survive t shirt company basically limping towards bankruptcy should be using this opportunity to remind you, a decade later, that they shouldn't have been paying someone to fly around the world and surf the best waves without being sure that he wasn't partying too much.
Sure.
Andy was my favorite surfer too. I got a tattoo, when he died. My entire right shoulder is a big red rising sun. I got it to remember not to go too hard and lose yourself to drinking and pills because your mind is full of demons and goes places when bored. Just go surfing and call family kinda thing.
I don't need Billabong to tell me that they are sorry.
I would like them to re-release those rising sun board shorts, but the good ones, not Metallica stuff.
Sure.
Andy was my favorite surfer too. I got a tattoo, when he died. My entire right shoulder is a big red rising sun. I got it to remember not to go too hard and lose yourself to drinking and pills because your mind is full of demons and goes places when bored. Just go surfing and call family kinda thing.
I don't need Billabong to tell me that they are sorry.
I would like them to re-release those rising sun board shorts, but the good ones, not Metallica stuff.
So Andy Irons exists now as a cautionary tale, only to be spoken of in warning to the next generation about the evils of drugs, alcohol, and capitalism?
When Jimi Hendrix comes up, is it irresponsible and a missed opportunity if we don't mention the dangers of alcoholism and the consequences of spousal abuse?
Whether it's covid, AI, or just going outside barefoot....a lot of you are total pussies.