Margaret River Pro 2018

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by BA » Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:56 pm

tootr wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 1:25 pm
buddy wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:56 am
That Mikey Wright, Jesse Mendes altercation was pretty funny.
Brazzos making death threats on his Instagram. Nuts.
So Mikey takes a wave cause he’s in a better position, after he’s just had a wave, and now he gets death threats? Didn’t know there was priority in free surfs.

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:06 pm

Yikes!
Zeke is the latest FCS2 equipment fail victim!
Erase.

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by buddy » Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:32 pm

Has Jesse Mendes been getting threats too?

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Nick Carroll » Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:32 pm

yeah I'm in Perth looking after my squad

such a pretty day today!

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by channels » Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:49 pm

Those offshore reefs, a few go alright although a shark shield might offer a bit more piece of mind these days.

Nick - given the level of performance in round 1 and 2, reckon you could finish in at least the quarters? Or is Margs just so different from what the pro's would normally surf.

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by steve shearer » Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:58 pm

The pros have been surfing Margs for the past 30 years.
Thats no excuse.


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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Beerfan » Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:02 pm

The Mighty Sunbird wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 2:06 pm
Yikes!
Zeke is the latest FCS2 equipment fail victim!
Fin rip out??

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Sun Apr 15, 2018 4:21 pm

Fell out, more like
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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Nick Carroll » Sun Apr 15, 2018 6:56 pm

channels wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 3:49 pm
Those offshore reefs, a few go alright although a shark shield might offer a bit more piece of mind these days.

Nick - given the level of performance in round 1 and 2, reckon you could finish in at least the quarters? Or is Margs just so different from what the pro's would normally surf.
I think Doherty's piece today nailed it.

There's no Alpha dogs. Mick's out, Kelly's more or less out, Parko's mucking around. Owen's married with a kid and is about as happily Beta as it gets. JJF's on his own trip, he re-set the scene last year at Margs but didn't really mean to Lead, if you get my drift. Julian feels similar to that in the being on his own trip thing.

The Brazilian crew, they are trained to see themselves as survivors against the odds, battling the powers that be. They might wanna win but they can't lead the tour with that head space. Gabriel is the most likely candidate but a) he has retreated way back into the fortress and barely communicates with anyone and b) who would follow?

Somebody needs to step up here and force the issue. I just don't see it on the roster though.

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Nick Carroll » Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:03 pm

To see what I mean, look at the peak periods on the men's tour. First phase: Rabbit, Kanga, Shaun, MR. Second phase, TC, TC, Occy, Pottz, Elko, BL, Dooma. Phase three: Kelly, Sunny, Luke Egan, CJ/Damien, Jake the Snake, etc. Phase four: AI, Kelly, Taj, Parko, Mick, etc etc.

The tour is a pack and packs need Alphas, or they fall to bits. Right now it feels like the WSL is the Alpha Dog, but they're not doing the surfing, are they, no. They're just telling everyone the Future. The surfers need to do that.

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by julioadler » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:31 am

Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:03 pm
To see what I mean, look at the peak periods on the men's tour. First phase: Rabbit, Kanga, Shaun, MR. Second phase, TC, TC, Occy, Pottz, Elko, BL, Dooma. Phase three: Kelly, Sunny, Luke Egan, CJ/Damien, Jake the Snake, etc. Phase four: AI, Kelly, Taj, Parko, Mick, etc etc.

The tour is a pack and packs need Alphas, or they fall to bits. Right now it feels like the WSL is the Alpha Dog, but they're not doing the surfing, are they, no. They're just telling everyone the Future. The surfers need to do that.
It's the consequence of WSL policy of asepsis.
It would not happen in any other sport where you have the fan interceding, claiming for a guy to step up and fck off.
Surfing it's just to loose (loose ? really ?) for that kind of engagement, i guess.
And social media helps to keep'em bland as they could, sell, sell, sell, do not dare to hurt my brand image kid!
Can you imagine the fuss if Occy had social media back then when he said Let's stop these American wankers ?
In the very next day Bong would be all over him, WSL would invite the Occ to Post show interview asking questions about how much he really loved american surfers, artists, movies, songs...
Every good plot needs conflict and WSL killed all the friction when Pete Mel refused the microphone to Medina after the F word (after that heat against Micro in the Goldie)

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Beanpole » Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:00 am

Well, it's a jolly old junket for those guys. Having a bunch of increasingly young and media schooled kids with varying levels of literacy in English having to front up for pre and post heat interviews puts them in an increasingly paternalistic position.
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by Over55yrs » Mon Apr 16, 2018 7:10 am

The instragram link has the car park 'confrontation'

https://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/23 ... rit-animal

And agree all the surfers are playing to a formula - neat, loyal to sponsors, thankful to be here, blah blah

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

Post by buddy » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:38 pm

Shark attack near Gracetown this morning.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/sharks ... b88807448z

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Re: Margaret River Pro 2018

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