Italo and Magina won't be around forever. Still, I agree with you about having to commit your kids to being home schooled from an early age, and risking their future on such a longshot. The WSL really needs to change the dynamics of this. It is too great a gamble for most people to take. Plus, most pro surfers aren't really that articulate or interesting to listen to--for a reason.What kind of idiots are going for pro surfing from an early age? Even before the plague that career was dead and gone. There is NO CHANCE your kid even ends up being half as good as Italo and Medina. They will end up getting smoked and tossed out at 1 star QS'ses after wasting their prospects of ever getting a reasonable education and job.
It's a horrible system and needs to be ditched or changed.