Surfing 2024 Dicussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 9/6/2024 at 8:34 PM, hoversaBR said:

Brazil is being robbed once again in men's surfing. That's the only way to beat us, right, USA? 

 

But ok, silver is still a good result, despite everything.

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But it's  in the final, no?  

 

How was he robbed by the way? Apart from simply not getting the scores he wanted  

Edited September 6, 2024 by heywoodu

[hoversaBR 474]

  On 9/6/2024 at 8:49 PM, heywoodu said:

But it's  in the final, no?  

 

How was he robbed by the way? Apart from simply not getting the scores he wanted  

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An aerial like that only gets an 8, seriously? You can say that the criteria for this sport are subjective, but if that thing isn't worth at least a 9, what kind of shitty sport is this?

 

And curiously, JJF with a simpler trick gets a higher score than that?

Edited September 6, 2024 by hoversaBR

[heywoodu 15,353]

  On 9/6/2024 at 9:11 PM, hoversaBR said:

what kind of shitty sport is this?

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I've been wondering that for most of the Olympic surfing event, when seeing that most of the tricks consisted of staying upright (I was expecting jumps and stuff, but of course that's also because I had no clue ).

[hoversaBR 474]

  On 9/6/2024 at 9:20 PM, heywoodu said:

I've been wondering that for most of the Olympic surfing event, when seeing that most of the tricks consisted of staying upright (I was expecting jumps and stuff, but of course that's also because I had no clue ).

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Yes, there was a lot of talk here that surfers like Medina and Vaast were favorites in Tahiti because the judges in Tahiti valued that type of trick. I always wondered, how did they value it? Is it simply a question of which trick the judge likes the most and that's it?

 

In any case, I maintain my position, this should not be an Olympic sport.

[kungshamra71 922]

WSL Finals ended up with John John Florence becoming World Champion (2-0 against Italo Ferreira)

 

 

 

and Caitlin Simmers beating by 2-1 Caroline Marks

 

 

 

great finals, specially the first heat of the women’s title match. Also impressive Ítalo beating everyone from the 5th spot until the title match, too bad John John was better this time but I believe he’ll do it again soon.