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SETH MONIZ WINS OUTERKNOWN TAHITI PRO

Well, shit. This didn’t age well. But hey, look at me. I’ll own it; I can take a Loss. As soon as I got done writing off Seth Moniz on reddit, he went and did this. In fairness, I will say that Teahupoo is a wave that one would expect Seth to do well at. […]

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CLASSIC

“Oh, I can win this thing. I just gotta get past Jack Robinson first.” – Kelly Slater, 54 years old. In case you slept under a rock today, Teahupoo was absolutely insane. One of the most entertaining days of professional surfing in recent memory. 11 Heats ran, 15 excellent waves were ridden, Griffin nearly went […]

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DOMINATING

I tried to warn you. All of you. Look what we have now. 2 events down on the ‘Challenger Series’, 2 wins for CT surfers. Headline correction –  “Championship Tour surfers step down, Dominate Challenger Series Stop # 2 in Huntington Beach at the Lexus US Open of Surfing” 6 CT Surfers were in the […]

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GRINDING GEARS

The Cry is Free. And the Cry was Loud. From all over the globe, really. Australia, Hawaii, USA, and surprisingly, Brazil. Everyone had some kind of complaint about the judging/scoring during the Ballito Pro. Here are a few of my favorite comments: “This is surfing, not ice skating, scores are not determined by how many […]

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CLOUD 9

Well, it’s not exactly what I was expecting, but I’m pretty stoked. If you haven’t heard the news yet, the WSL has officially added a new stop to the 2026 Championship Tour schedule, halfway through the year. Cloud 9 in the Philippines will now be on the 2026 ‘Post Season’ Championship Tour Schedule. The World […]

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NEW TOUR STOP

So the WSL is back at it again. Remember last year when just before Finals Day, they implemented that new Rule where if the 1 seed won their first Heat, they won the Title? Well anyways, they are back again with another mid-year Format (read: Schedule) change. The WSL will officially announce a “new” wave […]

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WARM UPS

So we are three (plus) days into the El Salvador Pro, and the Fantasy Surf World is reeling. Griffin got knocked out by Al Cleland Jr, Ethan Ewing lost to Callum Robson, and Filipe was beaten by Kauli Vaast. Three event favorites out in Round 2. Eli Hanneman threw me a (tiny) middle finger for […]

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EL SALVADOR POWER RANKINGS

Instead of a typical prediction piece I might pen for an upcoming event, I wanted to change things up a bit – add a little spice. This is the First Ever hvoide Power Rankings. The forecast, even though I don’t trust Surfline, looks really solid. That’s going to play a part in these rankings, as […]

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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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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 […]