bobby martinez doing well …an 8.5 last wave …
thought you americans would be interested in that !
the set waves still look like the one above , by the way [no that’s not bobby , sorry]
bobby got some deeeep ones … won his heat against Jarrod Howse .
ben
hobgood and ribas up next …
c.j. hobgood just beat victor ribas …
now it’s DAMIEN hobgood vs fred pattachia …
interesting days indeed !
[c.j. posted 17.33 out of 20 ]
ben
damien just scored a 9.77 for a DEEEP tube , came out , FADED the bottom turn [!] and went SQUARE vertical into the lip …woohhhhhoooooooooooooooo !!!
so , “no worries” , says fred pattachia ,
and scores a 9.9 , then a 9.7 (out of ten ) , to win the heat…
maaan , WHAT a heat !!
ben
Go Bob Martinez !!
also , there have been some very insightful commments from Nick Carroll , and Rabbit Bartholomew in the commentary box , at the moment …good to have some intelligent commentators for a change !
ben
Fillbish Crawdad
rips the guts out of a passing parrotfish
deriving extre blood and Points from the judges from amsterdam
those pastry chefs can really pick a champ.
it sure is good to have the sidewalk superintendant judges
to give the overqualified judges a little diluting.
thet whey more people will watch.
next year we get to vote
for the chump of our choice.
…ambrose…
I really think Biff Tangleall
should win the shark Island Cup
when we vote as a block it can be assured
hang in till next year Biff
hiya Amby !
cryptic poetry / gibber[ish?] aside ,
the thruster brigade clearly show[ed] the merits of the design in super-hollow , full-speed-ahead tube rides there at Teahu’poo.
That said [well, typed !] , I truly hope someone like Daniel Thomson , Rasta , Dylan Longbottom , or Donovan take on the beast some time soon on a refined single fin , or a fish , or some other board , and show the merits of THOSE designs too !
cheers
ben
So you didnt see danny fullersurfing the quad in round 1 then?
Nice pic of him with two fins sticking up.
Hang on, this waves not fast enough, I think I’ll go with four to the floor!
nope , missed that one …got the shot handy please mate ?
…I was also wondering if Taylor Knox would be riding his 5 fin bonzer tomorrow ?
I’d love to see the lines that draws in backhand tubes for him …I’ve seen plenty of shots and vid of him FOREHAND on it ! [as I have of fishes , too ]
ben
yep, he was riding a quad. must be one of the very few times in almost twenty-five years of pro-surfing competition that an alternative to the thruster has been ridden. interesting. i wonder where it will go from here.
Taylor Knox has ridden a bonzer at the Pipe contest, and won a heat on it.
I felt the quad had more hold and a reasonable bottom turn, but I never felt as comfortable going hard rail to rail like I do on a thruster, or as comfortable going vert. But I have very good surfing friends who swear by them.
… I think Taylor Knox HAS ridden his 5 fin bonzers in contests , and never been shown in mags doing it ?!
I wonder …if he won a contest on one , if they would make a big thing out of it then ?
He is still IN this teahupoo comp …
IMAGINE him beating Slater to win it ? , on a 5 fin bonzer , in quality teahu’poo ?
…surely then there would be at least ONE photo of his board in a surf mag somewhere around the world ?
I would love to see Kelly on a bonzer at J-bay or somewhere like that , for a contest …
I wonder if he were to win an 8th world title this year , before the contests get to hawaii , if Al would make Kelly a bonzer or a fish to ride in a contest , or if the judges / other politics would disallow him to ride it ?
…I’m just interested to know how much “freedom” he would be allowed by his sponsors to play with stuff like that if he were to win a world title earlier in the year than , say , hawaii ??
cheers ,
ben
well, he quit once through boredom, maybe he’ll go into the longboard division next…
Chip, they’ve removed the pic of Fuller with the quad…
Conspiracy?
We know too much now. Our phones are tapped. I’m outta here!
unfortunately now he’s been knocked out , so we won’t get to see that board in the final …
bobby martinez vs fred pattachia …
due to stsart in 20 minutes [ I’m guessing that is 1pm , Tahiti time .]
slater broke his board and may have damaged ribs , according to the written report of the days’ proceedings …
aye, just watched the final, bit of a let down after some of the heats, but that last wave of freds was excellent, gotta say the man of the contest won it though. he’s ripped all week!
imagine …
get tubed , big bottom turn ,
gouge !
big bottom turn …AIR ! …at TEAHUPOO [it was not a small air , either !]
And you still come second ? ! … [to bobby martinez]
by .2 ! of a point …
MAN , the level of surfing ,
and the waves on the pro tour nowadays …over the top , compared to 10-20 years ago !
ben
as you say though Nick , it was a pity there was such a long lull during the final . But that’s the elements that make surfing what it is , I guess ! [imagine if it HAD been fourty minutes of non - stop barrels …there would have been a LOT of empty waves going through at ‘chopes’ , with only two of them in the water ?!]
And , it was good to see two different faces in the final to the usual suspects too, I reckon !
two smiling faces too Chip.
makes the diference!
1.30am here. hanging doors tomorrow… And you thought Chopes was tough!
Peace!
and …
in the ladies division … CONGRATULATIONS to West Australian winning at teahupoo , making it three in a row WCT wins …
all the more impressive considering she is one of the older ladies on the tour , and how much Sofia Mulanovich and Chelsea Georgeson have both been CHARGING lately …no mean feat at a break like Teahupoo , obviously .
The footage I saw of Melanie showed her smacking the lip hard on her backhand as though it was a 2’ back at yallingup or something .
Go Melanie !
yeehaaa
ben
if Taj can’t win a world title soon , then maybe Melanie can bring one home for us wozzies !