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RAGLAN – FINAL THOUGHTS

“If you know what happened in the Mets game, don’t say anything, I taped it. Hello..” What is that from? Drop a comment. First person to get it right wins a prize. Well as you noticed, I got straight to the point of the New Zealand Pro. Just a brief recap on the Event Winners […]

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HELLO, MY NAME IS: SURF STATS

Alright, we’re back with Edition Two. Today’s guest has recently grabbed my attention by sharing some very interesting content online. Throughout the CT Event at Raglan, this page was updating projected picks and results daily, backing their selections with useful info and statistics. It’s a really good follow if you’re in any kind of Fantasy […]

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NOT REAL

What’d you think of that New Zealand comp? Pretty sick, hey? Hear what? That Seal Attack? Yeah! Haha, pretty heavy! What are you on about? What the fuck are you talking about? ..Okay.. ? (Chuckling)  You’re tripping.  What does any of that shit have to do with New Zealand? Yeah.. … You’re fucking lying. … […]

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RECAP

Let’s catch up on the past week or so. Quickly.  ITALO AND CARISSA WIN RAGLAN Italo just did what absolutely nobody in the World wanted to see. He threw 3 (forced) air reverses on one wave, twice. The judges and the WSL gave him the nod over Morgan Ciblic, who proved once again just how […]

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ETHAN EWING AND STEPHANIE GILMORE WIN BONSOY GOLD COAST PRO

What an incredible event. When the waves do show up, the CT is hard not to watch. I get bent if I miss an event when it’s firing. This explains why the couch in front of the TV was my bed for the weekend. Snapper must be in a different time zone than Bells and […]

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SNAPPER ROCKS DAY THREE

2006 Barra. 2010 Lowers. 2017 J-Bay. 2019 Keramas. Could this year’s Bonsoy Gold Coast Pro join the upper echelon of most high performance surf events ever? I think after today, the argument is there. I just got home from judging a contest of my own and pulled up the webcast to see Ethan Ewing throw […]

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SNAPPER ROCKS DAY TWO

Today, rather than a full recap like we have had in the past few event days, we’re just going to have some notes from the field – if you will. I’m not at Snapper or anything, I’ve just got a contest to judge in the morning. I need to get some rest. These are my […]

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SNAPPER ROCKS DAY ONE

The Oscar Berry Round – this is what Round 1 will be referred to from now on. Can’t help but to feel for the guy at this point. Tya Zebrowski, the unanimous ROY pick on the Women’s side, is another surfer yet to get through a R1 Heat. The difference being that Tya is well […]

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DETHRONED

George Pittar just fucking cleaned house. Apologies for the cursing so early. I typically save that for later in the post, but GP did it live on broadcast, and everyone loved it. Enthusiasm. As the Aussies would say, “get that up ya”. I didn’t touch on Finals Day from Margie’s yet, so I just wanted […]

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PARKER COHN WINS VANS JACKS PRO QS4000

The beauty of a QS event, am I right? 1-2 foot, onshore, mushy, terrible slop that basically nobody wants to surf; Surely nobody wants to watch. Except for me. And Parker Cohn. I skipped the recap from Saturday (R64 + R32), so we’ll briefly catch up on that before we get into Finals Day down […]