Different name, more of the same..

The new name sounds kooky. They couldn't just stick with the ASP? I could do without the Rio event.

 

i think the women should finish their season on the north shore, just like the men. no reason they can't be surfing pipe.

us open is no big loss...should be dropped from the men's schedule as well, but it's too much of a crowd draw/money maker for that to ever happen.

rio is pretty much ****, but won't be dropped for the same reason the us open stays...too big a market to walk away from.

edit: actually, come to think on it a bit more, the women's & men's tour should be identical. no reason not to be.

 

What abooot the Kasser's Belmar Pro?

 

Classic, well done

 

I think the men's and women's schedule should be the same too. The problem is, who paddles out when it's firing? Women or men?

 

they could plug the november gap w/ an event here...i'd love to see these guys surf in properly cold water in a contest setting! i can practically hear the commentary...

 

Men of course, that's a given

 

Totally. Cold water surfing should be a big part of competition. Let's start agitating for it.

 

The new name is LAME!!!

 

That was an amazing event. The pro tour used to (were talking a while back) have an east coast (usually Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina and Florida) event every year and the problem was they always were in the summer and it was just so mushy and small most years. Watching guys the size of MR or Kong trying to do their thing in waist high inlet surf was pathetic and embarrassing.

NJ Surfer is right that with a two week waiting period in say November they could get some mid atlantic spot with different wind options to produce contestable surf most years. My guess is it wouldn't take long for it to become a solid laughing stock of the tour when they had to run in it 45 degree rain and chest high mis-shapen windswell.

 

Lol imagine all the pros used to there warm water/air & perfect waves in 5/4's boots and gloves chasing peaks... deff would be refreshing... the crowds would still show. Although this could prompt more peeps to brave the winter and make the lineups worse. Hmm

 

US Open isn't on the Men's Schedule.. It's a QS event isn't it?

 

Bring back the Allentown, PA wave pool, wtf, who is running this circus.

 

having an east coast event would require a 6 week waiting period to get a swell over head high

have it in certain point in Oregon, let them dodge methed up lumberjacks in perfect lefthanders

that is if you want a coldwater event

 

That's what they've done in the past, but is it fair for the women to get the scraps of a lack luster tide, or wind? I feel bad for the ladies when I see that.

A cold water event would be great, like 5 mil, boots, gloves, and hoods. The pros would have to embrace one of the extremes in surfing they tipically avoid. Less people would show up to watch in person though.

 

you feel bad for women getting paid to surf?

how do you feel about the working poor?