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Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 8:53 pm
by Nick Carroll
fcuk! it has become a weird scene. Never before has it felt so divorced from the actual surfing experience. More than near divorced -- actually embracing its strangeness, willingly hurtling down a track entirely of its own devising, removed from any other impetus either surf-cultural or market driven.
so the global economy is beginning a real movement upward now. Will this be enough to convince some corpo lunatic to get on board this mad train?
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:00 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
No
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 10:13 pm
by foamy
Surfers seems such a heterogenous bunch that reference to a some sort of homogeneous surf culture seems delusory.
(which is possibly not what you implied, Nick, but I just felt like typing something because I'm drinking wine)
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2017 11:06 pm
by Lucky Al
Well I'm drinking wine and feel like typing something too! "The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths." It's from Pushkin but I read it in a Chekhov story the other day after seeing a Facebook friend's post about the gooseberry pie she cooked and took a picture of. It's probably relevant to the discussion we're having here.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:53 am
by offshore1
I think I need more wine.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 6:54 pm
by BA
Finals and waves are craptacular.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 6:57 pm
by BA
Looks like the title race is going to Pipe.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:02 pm
by steve shearer
fcuk these closeouts and fcuk everybody happy to see "relatable" conditions.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:15 pm
by buddy
If this was Rio with identical waves, everyone would be whinging about it.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:20 pm
by BA
Just for once, I'd like to hear one of them say, "it's actually really shit out there, we shouldn't have to compete in that", rather than "it's pretty tricky out there".
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:30 pm
by Skipper
i switch over to "a current affair"
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:47 pm
by Skipper
oh dear, no.. that's off.
The crickets in the garden now have my full attention.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:55 pm
by BA
It's getting worse. Now massive rips are going through the line-up. Put a screen around this comp and put a bullet in her, she's done.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:58 pm
by Beanpole
steve shearer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:02 pm
fcuk these closeouts and fcuk everybody happy to see "relatable" conditions.
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:39 pm
by Wubic Pig
It's on ! - Funky Cold v Sushi Roll.
The Claim v The Calm
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:51 pm
by black duck
It's so shit
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 9:57 pm
by Gumby
Can someone remind Julian that surfing contests actually require you to catch waves, not just sit and watch them?
Re: Rip Curl Pro Portugal 2017
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 10:01 pm
by Over55yrs
And now the final in progress with Julian scoring a 1.00 while Medina has caught 10 waves including a 0.2 (just how bad is that)