*** Official Outerknown Tahiti Pro Contest Thread ***

[menobrah]

Slater gets second and unhappily grinds through another year searching for that hit like a junkie

 

[Tarab_ish]

just caught up on the condensed heats -- Yago was absolutely robbed. Fix is in for kelly.

Some really good surfing from the women.

 

[MathDebater]

Agreed on the Yago/Kelly heat. I guess we shouldn't be surprised but still.

It's a bummer to watch the finals in such mediocre conditions.

 

[000]

men back on now

 

[freeride76]

Some really good surfing from the women.

Y'think?

With a few rare exceptions (CC and Vahine) I thought it was embarrassing.

 

[000]

looked like kelly got a push
but if u compare kellys 8 to yagos 6.7, kellys tube is about a half second longer

 

[_____]

Slater ftw. Pipe/t-poo wins and retire already. He could probably do well at the Pipe contest into his 60s as a wildcard.

 

[Tarab_ish]

Y'think?

With a few rare exceptions (CC and Vahine) I thought it was embarrassing.

I thought it was cool bigger, more obvious skill discrepancies than among the men, which makes for entertaining viewing / it isn't just a wave-catching contest. A little bit of struggling makes it look more realistic and down to earth to imagine surfing there myself

 

[Tarab_ish]

actively rooting against slater rn

 

[freeride76]

Fair enough.

I like my elite sport to have elite skills.

If I can do it better than them, why would I bother watching them?

 

[Tarab_ish]

ain't a sport braaaah

I guess I could have caught waves and been under the lip and kicked out during those heats of bad wind, but I couldn't have tucked into some of the barrels that some of the women managed

 

[freeride76]

Really?

Not even basic tube-riding skills for most of them.

just frustrating to watch.

 

[CutnSnip]

damn, great run of waves and the semi's in onshore dying swell. hope it cleans up a bit for the actual final.

 

[menobrah]

Hope the wildcard wins the contest. Would be epic

 

[Joshua2415]

Kauli with the switchfoot barrel.

 

[Goodfish]

Give it to Kauli Vast now. What an absolute freak!

 

[MathDebater]

This heat is a GOAT roast.

 

[000]

kelly with a 0
needs 2 9s
has 5 minutes

 

[menobrah]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Slaters greatest heat ever. Somewhere Yadin Nicol is laughing his ass off...

 

[000]

dying swell, big set never came