The Coolangatta Gold 2019
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Running two heats was pretty much a win. Although that format only translates to a few places on tour.
Dbah and pipe where 50-100 waves comes through every hour.
Dbah and pipe where 50-100 waves comes through every hour.
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Jbay it works on pumping swells.
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big straight airs look great!
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medina was quoting christian fletcher:
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Medina>daylight>Italo>everyone else.
I’m in the hate Medina camp, but holy shit, he’s just a class above everyone.
I’m in the hate Medina camp, but holy shit, he’s just a class above everyone.
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I couldn't get over how much faster Italo looked than just about everyone else
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Even my wife just commented she knows nothing about surfing but "that guy is great"
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You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Italo was incredible! He has thunder thighs!
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JJF still looks good. him and filipe will be a great start to round 4
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You gonna go down over the weekend, Crabmeat?crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:10 pmJJF still looks good. him and filipe will be a great start to round 4
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oh hell no.jimmy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:33 pmYou gonna go down over the weekend, Crabmeat?crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 6:10 pmJJF still looks good. him and filipe will be a great start to round 4
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That’s the spirit.
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Not really ... points still have a limted take off zone - ie whoever's inside you has to fall off to give you a wave. Dbah and Pipe/ Backdoor are pretty big playing fields with multiple take off spots. that's why it works so well there and not many other spots.
Maybe supertubos, or Rio as well (if they're pumping)
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Well I think the dual heat thing is OK if you’re a spectator but it is tricky as fcuk if you’re a judge.
The whole idea with one on one heats is that you’re scoring a heat in some level of isolation. Scores are often balanced in a heat, surfer against surfer. After all, one person wins and the other loses, that’s all that counts in any heat. You will often hear things from the head judge about how they have to assess who’s done the best work in a heat and tune the scores very slightly in response.
All that gets way harder when there’s two heats in the water at once. At Pipe, it’s pretty simple really, people get big scores or shitty little ones. It’s like 8.5 or 2.5. At DBah, heats are being decided on moves and on scores of 6 and 7. How do you judge one surfer against another, twice at once?
They’ve been going OK so far but it’s felt to me like it’s been on a fine edge. I dunno the rules but I hope they pull it up now and just let the quarters be one on one solo.
The whole idea with one on one heats is that you’re scoring a heat in some level of isolation. Scores are often balanced in a heat, surfer against surfer. After all, one person wins and the other loses, that’s all that counts in any heat. You will often hear things from the head judge about how they have to assess who’s done the best work in a heat and tune the scores very slightly in response.
All that gets way harder when there’s two heats in the water at once. At Pipe, it’s pretty simple really, people get big scores or shitty little ones. It’s like 8.5 or 2.5. At DBah, heats are being decided on moves and on scores of 6 and 7. How do you judge one surfer against another, twice at once?
They’ve been going OK so far but it’s felt to me like it’s been on a fine edge. I dunno the rules but I hope they pull it up now and just let the quarters be one on one solo.
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Wow. Steph got absolutely smoked on her home court.
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Well I guess that’s what they get paid forNick Carroll wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 12:19 pmWell I think the dual heat thing is OK if you’re a spectator but it is tricky as fcuk if you’re a judge.
The whole idea with one on one heats is that you’re scoring a heat in some level of isolation. Scores are often balanced in a heat, surfer against surfer. After all, one person wins and the other loses, that’s all that counts in any heat. You will often hear things from the head judge about how they have to assess who’s done the best work in a heat and tune the scores very slightly in response.
All that gets way harder when there’s two heats in the water at once. At Pipe, it’s pretty simple really, people get big scores or shitty little ones. It’s like 8.5 or 2.5. At DBah, heats are being decided on moves and on scores of 6 and 7. How do you judge one surfer against another, twice at once?
They’ve been going OK so far but it’s felt to me like it’s been on a fine edge. I dunno the rules but I hope they pull it up now and just let the quarters be one on one solo.
Watching today, I realized that, apart from jjf and (grudgingly) Medina, I would prefer to watch Steph surf than just about anyone.
I think she hooked me at jbay
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I've always liked watching Toledo. He surfs like he's got a rocket up his arse.
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I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
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