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freeride76

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Dec 31, 2009
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Lennox Head.

Compare and contrast muthafucjker.

A hundred people on the beach now, with zero engagement. Probably 50-75% are family/friends/team.

Now go to the end and watch hundreds of people following Kelly up the Beach on a rainy Tuesday a'noon.
 

racer1

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Apr 16, 2014
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Free ride got receipts!!

I do remember thinking damn that’s a lot of people on the beach for an expression session in the rain.
 

StuAzole

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Jan 22, 2016
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Compare and contrast muthafucjker.

A hundred people on the beach now, with zero engagement. Probably 50-75% are family/friends/team.

Now go to the end and watch hundreds of people following Kelly up the Beach on a rainy Tuesday a'noon.
Hardly huge, and strangely similar size crowd for heats leading up and heats after Kelly. But if you want to assign that crowd to Kelly and not the pumping conditions I’ll let you.

But why don’t we see how the crowds look as the event rolls on this week.
 

freeride76

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Lennox Head.
Hardly huge, and strangely similar size crowd for heats leading up and heats after Kelly. But if you want to assign that crowd to Kelly and not the pumping conditions I’ll let you.

But why don’t we see how the crowds look as the event rolls on this week.
You're relentlessly obtuse, aren't you.
I don't think you are that dim.

I gave you a like for like with hundreds more watching Kelly and following him up the beach, despite the rain.

We have sunshine now and heats stacked with CT surfers that no-one GAF about.
 
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Bob Dobbalina

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Feb 23, 2016
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HOLY sh!t

Steph is gnarly

she beat combo in under 2 minutes

8 and then a 9 all the way to Tugun
I watched those highlights. If those were the best waves of the day, good lord, what a shitty day.
Sierra Kerr will be pretty gnarly, but that "air" was a joke, objectively.
Steph's 8 was hideous. Did the camera miss the start?
Her 9 was pretty sick.

I couldn't stomach watching the event as a whole.