jbay

[Skipper]

Eugene's such a graceless monkey.

The shark saw that.

[offshore1]

It's all about the points, and Fanning is a master at doing what needs to be done to get them. I have always been impressed by his surfing but never surprised. He's about as good as you can get going strictly by the book.

[steve shearer]

thats orthodoxy.

by any measure he surfed JBay with more speed, power, precision and mastery than anyone else.

His win was undeniable.

[tootr]

Good win but the coming media pfaff about the shark thing is going to be nauseating.

[steve shearer]

aye

[Over55yrs]

Fanning's win was the highlighted on the start of the ABC sport show Offsiders this morning - the host stated he watched his first ever live surf broadcast on Foxtel (found the red button and was "very impressed with the coverage"). lots of talk about the shark, the comeback, how great Mick is, sports story of the year, brave, etc blah blah

[Beanpole]

Yeah, it was pretty embarrassing overall. They milked it big time for as much hyperbole as possible.

[offshore1]

by any measure he surfed JBay with more speed, power, precision and mastery than anyone else.

Except for the above the lip measure.

[Straighthanded]

Don't need to go above the lip to get big scores - a 9 on rail is better to watch for me than a 9 from an air - but then I am not likely to land any airs soon.

[Beerfan]

Airs on shitty beachies is one thing but airs when you have a fast breaking point at your disposal,bleh. Jbay so chunky, you can carve it

[offshore1]

no argument from me on that. was just pointing out one measure where Eugene's mastery isn't perfect.

[Beerfan]

Honestly, other than 13yr old kids who would really prefer to see a stupid flip/spin above the lip rather than a high speed full rail cuttie ie parko, or fanning ??

[Straighthanded]

Love the guys that can combine it all with a bit of style......JJF? Jordy? And functional airs where they ride out into a big carve straight away....YEAH

[aaarating]

The difference is that JJF does carve in any size waves, barrel rides like demon and has mastery in the air. But under the insipid rules of the highly media managed WSL machine and us one eyed Aussies he clearly couldn't surf as well as an almost shark attack story from last year that just had to go full circle. The reality is that MF's surfing style is great but old by comparison even if comparing it with the much numerically older Slater who has always tried to be cutting edge and contemporary rather than rolling out the same old schtick. 2 big floaters and a renentry gets you +9 score? Crap.

[The Mighty Sunbird]

Finally the voice of reason

[Drailed]

The difference is that JJF does carve in any size waves, barrel rides like demon and has mastery in the air. But under the insipid rules of the highly media managed WSL machine and us one eyed Aussies he clearly couldn't surf as well as an almost shark attack story from last year that just had to go full circle. The reality is that MF's surfing style is great but old by comparison even if comparing it with the much numerically older Slater who has always tried to be cutting edge and contemporary rather than rolling out the same old schtick. 2 big floaters and a renentry gets you +9 score? Crap.

Yep.

[Straighthanded]

Sadly true.

Anyone else pick up the commentators keep harping on about how the new guys on tour need "to show the judges something new" to keep getting results, but plenty have been doing the same thing for over 10 years. On the same boards. At least Slater makes it interesting.

[Davros]

I just watched a replay of the final. JFF was robbed. Fanning is fast but some of the power and control from JFF was a lot better than Micks floaters and lighter turns