WOW. My buddy just sent me a screen grab of Felipe's 1st wave of the contest today, tells me he did 3 backside hacks and one incomplete air reverse... AND IS GIVEN A SCORE of 7.0!!! WSL judges = heads firmly stuffed up arses!
Guys like Adriano, Parko and Mick although fantastic surfers and extremely consistent, do not deserve a world title as the "Best Surfer on the Planet". How can the world champ be a surfer that doesn't attempt or land any airs. To me this is why the system is broke. There needs to be some sort of indexing for those that do not do airs. They should only get 80 percent of their final seasonal points. Guys like Kelly and Medina, they've deserved their titles. These guys can keep up with the best free surfing aerialist and power surfers.
Airs are gay, that is why. If you are into airs, join the kiteboarding crowd. Surfing is not about airs.
Airs are a part of surfing. It just becomes stale when someone does the same air reverse on every wave. People that say airs are lame can't do them.
Fark off Barney or Barry the Cudda of the Fumunda...wannabe etrade azz nugga Only old kooks and non rippahs talk down aboutz busting airs
Barry's been on earth since Jesus Rick. He's earned being a cranky old man if he wants. I'm on my way. cranky? check. pain in the ass? check? and I'm not getting younger or less of a cranky pain in the @ss. just want to hear what he thinks surfing is about? he says he's been around. so he should know a thing or too about a thing a too. Good to listen to our elders. cranky or not.
LR, If only I could get paid for that!lol. I think barry is what many call a soul surfer.<grin> It's allright barry let your inner hippy out man.
put on airs Assume a haughty manner, pretend to be better than one is, as in I'm sick of Claire and the way she puts on airs. Airs here means "a manner of superiority." [c. 1700] See also: air, on, put I think Barry means surfers shouldn't put on airs...
C'mon PeeJay Dawg...you think for a second Barry is telling the truth aboutz anything he claims He didn't grow up surfing in PR...bet Nobody well off old surfer would move to Moo Hampshire like Barry claims Barney or Barry is another phony...there lots of em' on here I still say emazz takes the cake bruh
yeah maybe but I still want to hear his answer. Don't you guys? Lets hear what he has to say. he said what it is not about. Then what is it about?
Okay, I guess you need to be clued in on logical reasons: Contests involving a particular skill are to be judged on skills unique to that activity. Kiteboarders do airs. Sailboards do airs. Skateboarders do airs. As you can see, doing "airs" is not "unique" to surfing. Surfing contests, then, should penalize for "airs". Contest waves should be ridden, not used as a launching pad for airs--that is not surfing per se. The wave then becomes a secondary item--it should be the primary item in the relationship with the surfer. Easy enough, isn't it??. The best surfers are not always the best "air" guys. Therefore, those who love to do air (and I can see why), should join kireboarders, sailboarders, or even skateboarders. Happy now, pj??