*** Official Rip Curl Newcastle Cup Discussion ***

casa_mugrienta

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Jordy looked really good.

Doing well in these decrepit conditions is all about attitude.

ASP 3 star event:

If they could do the above they should run a few QS events on the Great Lakes.
 
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Boneroni

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Man, that was some terrible surf to watch someone else surf. Even seeing JJF, Felipe and Yago was snoresville.

IMO, contests in terrible surf are just terrible for the viewer
 

Waterlogged05

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Am I the only one who likes to see them in sh!t surf sometimes?
This looks like a fun day in Texas hahaha!
I know these guys can ride big and clean waves well but seeing them pull off stuff in tiny surf is impressive to me. Or more relatable
 
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Boneroni

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Am I the only one who likes to see them in sh!t surf sometimes?

but seeing them pull off stuff in tiny surf is impressive to me. Or more relatable
Yeah, I like to see them scrap in "tricky" conditions but i think that's mainly schadenfreude.
Maybe I'm just not a ripping enough surfer for what they are doing to seem very relatable to me?
That's very plausible.
 

freeride76

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local board riders kids could have got through heats yesterday, and they did.

2 cutties and a closeout reo is what I can do.

And I don't consider that elite sport.

They need to restructure the sport so they can get good waves.

It's not rocket science but they can't seem to figure it out.
 

casa_mugrienta

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How 'bout that WSL

Small Percentage of Frequent Flyers Are Driving Global Emissions, New Study Shows


Is this what Tyler Wright was trying to convey yesterday with "ENOUGH is ENOUGH" scrawled angrily on the bottom of her board?

I thought it was a protest against the utterly sh!t shorepound conditions but maybe I'm wrong.
 

casa_mugrienta

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If anyone's interested, I just figured out the name of the awful song in the in the Hebara video.


Does Newcastle deserve a theme song too?

EDIT:

Maybe this?

 
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