***Official Pro Surfing Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[OC Zed]

The 2013 WCT campaign is about to begin at Snapper Rocks. Will Parko repeat? Will Kelly show up for the full tour? Will the world title come down to Rick Kane and Lance Burkhart dueling each other at Pipeline again? Giddyup!!!Anyways, does anyone know of a viable fantasy surfing league structure? Just eyeballing around the internet, it looks like the mags have their own versions of "fantasy surfing," but they don't appear to be the type with the closed-league format and where you draft and keep your surfers for the entire year (like you would with football, baseball, etc.). I'd love to get a league going here in the FFA or among my non-FBG friends.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 1 of the Roxy Pro almost completed. The ladies are ripping really hard.

Heat #5 of the Men's Round 1 is stacked... Slater, Kolohe and Dane. There is nothing else really compelling scheduled in the opening round.

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[Hang 10]

 

[OC Zed]

The ladies are running again today. The waves look beautiful right now. The US's best surfer, Courtney Conlogue is currently taking on Silvan Lima in Round 4. Courtney, Brett Simpson and OC Zed share the same shaper.

 

[flapgreen]

 

[OC Zed]

Alana Blanchard just beat Coco Ho.

 

[flapgreen]

Hold on a sec. I may have to check this out...

 

[OC Zed]

Slater wins in a shootout today versus Kolohe and Dane. Kolohe showed a lot of fight and looked like he would take it before losing with a 15.73. Dane was typical Dane - one great wave and then disinterested through the rest of the heat.

Parko loses in a big upset to Wilko by just .03 points... setting up a huge Round 2 heat against Dane. Tough start for the defending champ.

Jordy Smith and CJ are in the last heat of Round 1.

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[OC Zed]

The ladies' quarterfinals just started in barreling Kirra. These are the toughest conditions I've seen the women compete in. Courtney Conlogue just scored a sweet barrel.

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[OC Zed]

Parko about to squeak by Adam Melling in Round 5. Melling blew his priority giving Parko a barrel behind the rocks to clinch the heat.

Gnarly.

 

[OC Zed]

The Gold Coast semis and finals are being held at Kirra.

Barrels Galore

 

[OC Zed]

Slater wins the first event of the year against Parko in the finals avenging last season's title loss. The guy is amazing... 41 years old and is still the best surfer in the world at a time when the level of talent on the tour has never been higher.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 1 of the Bells Beach event just finished. Some of the surprises...

...Willian Cardoso (who????) beating Taj

...Nat Young beating Jeremy Flores

...Filipe Toledo beating a rejuvenated Bede Durbidge

...Owen Wright getting beat by Glenn Hall and Ace Buchan

...Kolohe beating Jordy Smith and CJ Hobgood

John John missing this event all but kills his chances for a title this year. What a shame.

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[Evilgrin 72]

Slater wins the first event of the year against Parko in the finals avenging last season's title loss. The guy is amazing... 41 years old and is still the best surfer in the world at a time when the level of talent on the tour has never been higher.

I will pass along your regards next time I run into him at Taco City.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 3 rolling through now... Slater just went down in a huge upset William Cardoso. Parko on tap next...

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[OC Zed]

Parko out too! The door opens up for guys like Taj and Jordy here...

 

[OC Zed]

Shocking upsets all day... Brazilian Adriano DeSouza taking on American rookie Nat Young in the final. You have to root for Nat by default as Brazilian surfers are d-bags by default.

Live feed.

 

[OC Zed]

Event #3 of the Men's Tour is finally underway today in Brazil.

Round 2 is live right now.

 

[OC Zed]

Event #3 of the Men's Tour is finally underway today in Brazil.

Round 2 is live right now.

Errr... nevermind, they've called it off for the rest of the day... Round 2 picks up tomorrow.

 

[OC Zed]

The first round of the Volcom Fiji Pro is now live. The waves at Cloudbreak look sweet!

 

[OC Zed]

The final day of the Fiji Pro is about to kick off at Cloudbreak.

John-John vs. Jordy is the first heat of the quarters... should be dynamite.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Kelly sitting on 20 with 11 minutes to go in the quarters epic!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

You know a lot of people expect maybe Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerrard will take the honors this year.

Thoughts?

 

[Please See Mine]

You know a lot of people expect maybe Mark "Cutback" Davis or Bob "Jungle Death" Gerrard will take the honors this year.

Thoughts?

Those guys are ####!

 

[OC Zed]

Kelly sitting on 20 with 11 minutes to go in the quarters epic!

Slater is back and is the man to beat. He was already the greatest surfer of all time, but his career post-40 years old has to be the most impressive considering the depth of competition is much greater now than at any point previously.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 2 of the Oakley Bali Pro is live.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 1 of the Billabong Tahiti Pro is live.

 

[OC Zed]

Round 1 of the Billabong Tahiti Pro is live.

Taj Burrow loses in a huge upset to Ian Walsh in Round 2. That pretty much crushes his world title hopes. He'll join Rob Machado in the Greatest to Never be World Champ Club.

 

[OC Zed]

Slater vs. Parko squaring off in Round 5.

 

[fred_1_15301]

Any pics of hot surfer chicks?

 

[OC Zed]

Final day of the Hurley Pro at Trestles is on... http://www.thehurleypro.com/live/surf/hd

Kelly, Mick and Parko are all out... it's a huge opportunity for Taj and Jordy to climb back into the race.

 

[ffldrew]

Reef Hawaiian Pro - 1st leg of Vans triple Crown - 1-2 ft on the North Shore today.

Tomorrow - 20-30ft

http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/

 

[OC Zed]

Reef Hawaiian Pro - 1st leg of Vans triple Crown - 1-2 ft on the North Shore today.

Tomorrow - 20-30ft

http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/

Awesome. Haleiwa is such a crazy wave... so many different faces depending on the swell and size.

 

[OC Zed]

Reef Hawaiian Pro - 1st leg of Vans triple Crown - 1-2 ft on the North Shore today.

Tomorrow - 20-30ft

http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/

The first round is on now: http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/reefhawaiianpro2013/live

 

[OC Zed]

Round 1 of the Pipe Masters is on in macking surf: http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/billabongpipemasters2013/live

 

[OC Zed]

Round 3 live now in great conditions: http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/billabongpipemasters2013/live

 

[OC Zed]

Mick Fanning slurring his words during his world title speech. http://vanstriplecrownofsurfing.com/billabongpipemasters2013/live

 

[OC Zed]

For all of you fans of surfing, the surf industry and surf culture, I just finished "Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell" by Chas Smith. It's a chronicle of the author's time on the North Shore and all of its crazy social networks and politics. Lots of great inside stories... more than enough to realize the author will get absolutely pounded the next time he goes back. (Imagine Rabbit Bartholomew's supposed transgressions with "Bustin' Down the Door" x100.)

 

[OC Zed]

The Volcom Pipe Pro is live right now: http://www.volcompipepro.com/live/

The waves are firing this afternoon...

 

[ffldrew]

The Volcom Pipe Pro is live right now: http://www.volcompipepro.com/live/

The waves are firing this afternoon...

Not sure how you decide on some of these waves - some killer close outs.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

billabong pipe event running round 1 today in pretty epic conditions. Slater just lost his round 1 heat!

 

[BRONG]

Sl8tr

 

[OC Zed]

The 2015 season is about to kick off at Snapper Rocks on Friday...

I know it's last minute, but is there any interest among any of you surfing FBGs to put together a fantasy surf league/club over at Fantasy Surfer? I'm happy to do it just for bragging rights (no $$$). If you haven't played before, it's pretty simple - just draft your team based on the allotted cap values and you can swap your lineups throughout the year. It could be fun if we got 4 or more guys in the league.

http://fantasy.surfermag.com

 

[CGRdrJoe]

I'm drafting my team now

 

[OC Zed]

The 2015 season is about to kick off at Snapper Rocks on Friday...

I know it's last minute, but is there any interest among any of you surfing FBGs to put together a fantasy surf league/club over at Fantasy Surfer? I'm happy to do it just for bragging rights (no $$$). If you haven't played before, it's pretty simple - just draft your team based on the allotted cap values and you can swap your lineups throughout the year. It could be fun if we got 4 or more guys in the league.

http://fantasy.surfermag.com

Midday bump for any other takers?

 

[CGRdrJoe]

maybe try changing the thread title?

 

[OC Zed]

maybe try changing the thread title?

Good idea... I started a new topic altogether to bring in some new eyeballs and look-e-loos. This probably won't get off the ground anyways, but could be fun if it does.

 

[jamil]

https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/160876/wsl-billabong-pipe-masters-replacement-spot-bruce-irons

 

[OC Zed]

https://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/160876/wsl-billabong-pipe-masters-replacement-spot-bruce-irons

on this decision. Bruce hasn't been a relevant surfer in either a competitive or free surfing capacity in 6 or 7 years at this point. There were better options to go with, but Billabong wanted an Irons name in the event for the publicity.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Yeah saw that, on the plus side it should be firing for opening day out there.