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DOORS

When one door closes, another one opens, as they say. The old season has ended, and the new one is set to begin. April is quickly approaching, and the first of the month brings Opening Day for the Bells Beach event window.  Ah, the good old Championship Tour. The gold standard. This is where hopes […]

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KETCHUP

Three tomatoes are walking down a street – papa tomato, mama tomato, and baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind and Papa Tomato gets really angry, goes back and squishes him and says, “ketchup.” Ketchup. What movie is that from? As previously mentioned, we are getting back into the groove of things. Which means it […]

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IT’S BEEN A WHILE

So I missed Finals Day. Undoubtedly you noticed. I received mass complaints of no coverage whatsoever. No pre-event predictions, no tweets going out during the event, and until this point, nothing after. I haven’t posted anything in a couple weeks; it’s been a while. Well, congratulations to Filipe Toledo and Caroline Marks. Truth is, I […]

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COMMON GROUND

If you ever listen to surf podcasts then you probably know who Scott Bass is. I don’t even like to admit this, but over the past year or so I have become a big hater. This isn’t to say I personally dislike the guy; I’ve never met him, never had any interactions with him. All […]

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THE NEXT BRAINCHILD

Now that we’re done and dusted with the MYC, we can move on to the next brainchild of the WSL; the Final 5. Many quarrels have been had over this very topic – the entire idea, the location, the format (sudden death) etc. That is not what I am here to do today, most of […]