I agree. Trestles is the easiest wave on the planet to surf. I'd rather see them run the final in Portugal if it can't be at Pipeline. The only thing I like about Trestles as a tour stop is that its a wave that always offers good options regardless of if you are a regular or goofy foot. No way it should decide a champion.
Also, every event takes way too long now and the heats don't have enough action. Then when there is action, it has a strange way of happening during one of those stupid commercial breaks.
I hear you, but rolling the dice at a beach break has its own inherent flaws.
Pipe always did and always will make sense. You get somewhat of a crowd and local "establishment" that you can build out, it's friendly to most marketable time zones (I think. Sorry Europe), and it will usually deliver when it's placed at the right time (especially with a limited field). The issues with politics and # of people per heat might be an issue, But not if you overlap the male/female heats
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Tahiti won't happen until post Olympics at best. There isn't enough local infrastructure or butts on the island for the shoulder events. Same with Puerto, Glans, and Cloudbreak. WSL wants the industry hanger ons and crowds for Finals Day.
The fact that they looked at Finals Day at Pipe in 2019 with the Medina vs Italo drama and decided their takeaway was, "This is great, let's move it to Trestles" will never make sense to me.
