Just general surfing stuff
Moderators: jimmy, collnarra, PeepeelaPew, Butts, beach_defender, Shari, Forum Moderators
Re: Just general surfing stuff
That sucks Nick, even more so considering it was someone elses board that hit him.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 9:43 amGlen Jeans, real good surfer, old friend/acquaintance god damn it.
Commiserations to all concerned.
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable
-
- Harry the Hat
- Posts: 2979
- Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:04 pm
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Aristocrat to unveil a surfing themed pokie at the eventThud wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2018 8:04 amWill they have live on Corso betting as well. Awesome!! It's going to be the Melbourne Cup of surfing. Drunk fatties in tight dresses throwing up on the sand to the backdrop of onshore 1ft dross. Surfing finally gets with the program. I suggest the last post is played before every event.Slobadan Madicubich wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2018 6:44 pmNorthern Beaches Council lift the beach booze ban for The Australian open of Surfing & plan to turn the beach front into a beer garden.
Some may have issues with this but I say Oi Oi Oi. + the smokers will have glass bottles to put there butts in, a win for the enviroment
Re: Just general surfing stuff
3 John Johns mean 15 free spins.
Of course being a WSL endorsed machine it's not very entertaining and doesn't provide a return.
Of course being a WSL endorsed machine it's not very entertaining and doesn't provide a return.
-
- Huey's Right Hand
- Posts: 26515
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:29 am
- Location: Newport Beach
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Am I very wrong to suggest that pro surfing badly needs gambling
I mean how many more years can the billionaire keep plowing it in. How many more British former Rugby Union executives can he employ before he wakes up to the fact that he's been taken to the fcuken cleaners by the world's laziest sport.
If gambling were really brought into the game, the whole thing would turn on a dime. It's a crapshoot in any case. Imagine if YOUR money was riding on the crapshoot instead of Dirk's. How much more infinitely interesting would it be.
I mean how many more years can the billionaire keep plowing it in. How many more British former Rugby Union executives can he employ before he wakes up to the fact that he's been taken to the fcuken cleaners by the world's laziest sport.
If gambling were really brought into the game, the whole thing would turn on a dime. It's a crapshoot in any case. Imagine if YOUR money was riding on the crapshoot instead of Dirk's. How much more infinitely interesting would it be.
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Quite possibly the men's tour might only have 3 or 4 Australians in it in a couple of years, and possibly that 3 or 4 might not include a charismatic title contender. Be interesting to see if that impacts on the viability of the Aussie leg.
Last edited by foamy on Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Just general surfing stuff
surely heat fixing must already exist in professional surfing?
-
- Huey's Right Hand
- Posts: 26515
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:29 am
- Location: Newport Beach
Re: Just general surfing stuff
nah it doesn't Al. It used to every now and then but it was usually based around whether someone had a crack at making the top 44 or not, the someone's friend would approach the guy ahead of him and offer a few grand for a heat throw. Usually the guy ahead spurned the offer. Happened maybe four or five times to my knowledge, was taken up I think twice. It's only come up since I started researching a book about pro surfing. Pretty funny shit.
actual heat fixing based on gambling, sadly it doesn't work financially, the way you place bets online means you can't effectively do it undetected for a big enough sum to outdo the prize money. The money currently washing through surf betting is pretty peanuts and any blips show up v quick.
But this is what I mean! If pro surfing and gambling got all public and buddied up I bet it'd blow up and you'd have suss heats happening all over the place!
actual heat fixing based on gambling, sadly it doesn't work financially, the way you place bets online means you can't effectively do it undetected for a big enough sum to outdo the prize money. The money currently washing through surf betting is pretty peanuts and any blips show up v quick.
But this is what I mean! If pro surfing and gambling got all public and buddied up I bet it'd blow up and you'd have suss heats happening all over the place!
-
- Harry the Hat
- Posts: 2979
- Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2014 1:04 pm
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Olympic scaĺe sussness
Re: Just general surfing stuff
A promotion of surf betting through the usual establishments wouldn't hurt.
-
- That's Not Believable
- Posts: 68797
- Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:21 am
- Location: Button Factory
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Wasn't this what got surfing banned originally....that and it being a lazy, lay about life choice.
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Just about every big sports gambling company offers betting on the WSL.
- steve shearer
- BUTTONMEISTER
- Posts: 45304
- Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:20 pm
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Correct, totally mainstream, mainstreet activity now.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
-
- Huey's Right Hand
- Posts: 26515
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:29 am
- Location: Newport Beach
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Yeah but they don't embrace it. In fact they actively avoid any partnerships etc. They have that unspeakably lame Fantasy Surfer thing which frankly makes no sense whatsoever and has zero to do with what's actually going on in the events. They play the moral card which is what's stopping them from going there, but they have plenty of booze sponsorship. Let's face it surfing doesn't have the moral high hand in any way, the Hawaiians used to bet on their contests before whitey got into surfing. So why not just embrace our degradation the way the NRL does?
-
- Huey's Right Hand
- Posts: 26515
- Joined: Tue Apr 05, 2005 9:29 am
- Location: Newport Beach
Re: Just general surfing stuff
I should point out that I am being very un serious here.
- steve shearer
- BUTTONMEISTER
- Posts: 45304
- Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2008 8:20 pm
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Oh, I see, you mean sponsorship/investment from gambling.
Absolutely makes perfect sense.
Absolutely makes perfect sense.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Embrace Our Degradation.
I can see that on a T shirt.
I can see that on a T shirt.
-
- That's Not Believable
- Posts: 68797
- Joined: Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:21 am
- Location: Button Factory
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Better as a tatt. Down at Tats.
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 255 guests