Rip Curl Pro Chile: "El Gringo"

Post by **stinky_wes** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:06 pm

The Rip Curl Pro Search event is underway in Northern Chile in a few more days.

The wave is known as "El Gringo", which TC (the Tom Curren variety) has described as one of the heaviest wave outside of Hawaii and Tahiti, and it apparently is (or was) a very uncrowded surf spot. With a solid SW swell coming there should be plenty of good photos/videos being thrown around.

Check out the event website for more details;
http://www.ripcurl.com/chile/
The Mayor of Arica looks like a total douche in this photo

The potential....

Post by **chopescahrger** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:59 pm

ye bodyboarders found it first
dont u standups try to claim it
the comp last year was a-grade

Post by **Chrisp** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:56 pm

I'm looking forward to this one, see if it can get anywhere near the contest in Mexico, awesome,

Where else will the search go? Artic??

Post by **Nick Carroll** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 6:49 pm

chopescahrger wrote:ye bodyboarders found it first
dont u standups try to claim it
the comp last year was a-grade

This is just ignorant.

People were surfing Arica 40 years ago for god's sake. (Before the bodyboard was invented!!) It's clearly a second choice for this event. There are many undiscovered epic waves along the Chilean coastline, but this ain't one of 'em.

Post by **Lucky Al** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:19 pm

do you think they'll surprise us and move it to one of those epic undiscovered waves at the last minute, nick?

Post by **Lucky Al** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 7:41 pm

that promo vid is one of the stupidest things i've ever seen! what the hell did they get a bloke who knows next to nothing about the place to guide us through it for? the search is a rich fool's game. fuck buying shit from rip curl anymore. mind you i will be watching the live webcasts, unless anyone can give me a good reason not to.

Post by **WANDERER** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 9:35 am

Nick Carroll wrote:
chopescahrger wrote:ye bodyboarders found it first
dont u standups try to claim it
the comp last year was a-grade
This is just ignorant.

not to mention, very very gay...

Post by **Karlos** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:16 am

saltman wrote:chopescahrger??
WTF is a a cahrger??? the name or spelling says enough

It's a relative of 'Bodyboarder-sicne-1989' I reckon.

Post by **Colonel Fiction** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:31 am

saltman wrote:chopescahrger??
WTF is a a cahrger???

John Cahrger presented the Singers of Reknown radio show on ABC-FM for many years. Never knew he surfed though.

^ Good one Karlos.

bendoor · Post by **bendoor** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 1:22 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:People were surfing Arica 40 years ago for god's sake. (Before the bodyboard was invented!!) It's clearly a second choice for this event. There are many undiscovered epic waves along the Chilean coastline, but this ain't one of 'em.

king oath NC...I was suprised that the 'search' event was at Arica and not at an unknown break. I thought Ex-Isla Alacran was a well known wave, especially in the bodyboarding circle. Chile has 4,630km of coastline with solid swells pumping through basically every week in winter...think of how many great waves there are along the predominantly rocky coastline!!

When I was there I surfed in the Pichilemu and Vina Del Mar regions, which are the most crowded and well known regions...but there was still great, uncrowded, and a few unknown waves

Post by **crooked** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:52 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:
chopescahrger wrote:ye bodyboarders found it first
dont u standups try to claim it
the comp last year was a-grade
This is just ignorant.

People were surfing Arica 40 years ago for god's sake. (Before the bodyboard was invented!!) It's clearly a second choice for this event. There are many undiscovered epic waves along the Chilean coastline, but this ain't one of 'em.

Bahaha!

Post by **spook** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:44 pm

mick campbell and occy have pulled out with injury. peterson rosa was offered a wildcard and turned it down - why would a pro turn a wildcard down?
and kieren perrow has got a wildcard too. should be interesting to see how he goes, the bloke is a madman

Post by **grazza** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:25 pm

stinky_wes wrote: The Mayor of Arica looks like a total douche in this photo

This one's at the very top of the list of inappropriate shakas.

Post by **Nick Carroll** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:40 pm

spook wrote:peterson rosa was offered a wildcard and turned it down - why would a pro turn a wildcard down?

Perhaps terrified of Arica's fearsome reputation as a "party town". Hotel room blizzards may well be in the offing.

Post by **spook** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:42 pm

blizzards - surely not? i mean, they're pro athletes...

Post by **wanto** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:32 pm

heat 1-12 ran already. check back at 9pm tonight for their next call. looks like a pretty fun wave.

Post by **munch** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:56 pm

love the words on the photos page

"Hawaiian Andy Irons advancing into round two."

and he lost, well came 2nd and so maybe relegated would fit a bit better

and

"Mick fanning advanced into round two defeating fellow aussie and friend Dean Morrison and chilean Cristian Merello."

that'd be round three wouldn't it

Geeze i'm feeling bitchy lately, I have know idea what's come over me :?

Post by **Lucky Al** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 3:15 pm

how good was it seeing damien hobgood get barrelled five times in his heat. and how fricken excellent is mick fanning's bottom-turn in the shot on aspworldtour.com this morning:

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