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K.O.B

Even if somehow, someway, Flip ends up losing in his one heat at Lowers in September, letting the World Title slip away, he is now the undisputed champion and King Of Brazil. He’s won the last 3 CT events to go down there, and 4 of the total 8 he’s surfed in (2015, ‘18, ‘19, […]

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DENIED

I was originally going to write this post with a much more fatalistic approach. After much deliberation, I’ve thought myself into an optimistic viewpoint. Erik Logan is successfully creating the PGA Tour of surfing, and I am eagerly rubbing my hands together at the thought of what an LIV Tour for surfing could look like. […]

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THE PETITION

What the hell happened at Bells? Why did it just blow over like a dandelion? Was this all plotted by the Whistle to make headlines and draw intrigue into Make Or Break season 2? Shout out to my friend J. Patrick Stublen for introducing me to this theory.. Here’s a collection of thoughts, featuring some […]

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MOVING DAY

Well, I guess I should say something. We have now approached the most anticipated, and most talked about moment of the year thus far.  The cut.  I previously misinterpreted the meaning of ‘moving day’ in golf, hence the title of this post, but we are sticking with it anyway. I thought that moving day was […]

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Supertubos Shakeup

See what happens? I finally release my surf sin into the world about burning Griff, he gets a huge win in Portugal. Truly unsure if I still need that penance, boys. And you’re welcome, grom. To the blind eye, there were moments of perfection out there during this contest. By ‘the blind eye’, I am […]

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PORTUGAL PREVIEW

Well folks, here we go again. After what was dubbed the best Pipe contest to ever go down, some people loved Sunset as a CT event, and some weren’t sold. Personally, I didn’t mind it. I especially liked to see the women out there charging. I prefer a contest out there over that beachbreak in […]

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The Opening Days

“The best is yet to come and babe, won’t it be fine?” Frank Sinatra’s famous melody rang through my ears this morning while rewatching John John and Joao Chianca’s R16 heat. It’s impossible to say, but I would not put money down that we’ll see better waves this year on tour than the opening 4 […]

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Welcome to the CT

Happy New Year. While the Pipe Pro is still 2 weeks or so away from kicking off this years CT, we’ve got 12 qualifiers from the Challenger Series. Let’s meet the newest crew to grace the WSL’s beloved Championship Tour.  We’ll start with some familiar faces. Zeke Lau – The big Hawaiian will be making […]

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What Happened At Haleiwa

The first day of the contest had the best looking waves. Aside from JJF’s obvious dominance out there, a few standouts were – Crosby Colapinto, Ian Gentil, Thiago Camaro, newly qualified Jake Marshall, Jacob Wilcox and Jack Robinson on the wave behind.  The next 2 days got big, unruly, and had a ton of water […]