I have to hand it to the folks over at Disney. The surf section of their action sports site is pure garbage, second only to The Daily Stoke, who takes the cake for the worst surf website on the planet. However, for once, Disney's surf crew actually broke a story, and it's a pretty good one.
The ASP had a semi-secret meeting with most of the ASP World Tour's top 45 during a lay day in Tahiti. Apparently, most of the surfers aren't too happy about the ASP's new one-and-done format, where instead of three-man heats to start a contest (with the winner advancing to round three and the losers advancing to a sudden death round two), contests like the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach and the Billabong Pro Teahupoo are using two-man heats to start the contest. If a surfer loses in the first round, they're out and going home.
The notable casualty in the new format has been Dane Reynolds. For two straight contests, Reynolds has been eliminated in the first round, first by wildcard Owen Wright and most recently by Aritz Aranburu (would you have ever heard of these guys if the new format wasn't implemented?). You see, in the eyes of a pro surfer like Dane Reynolds, the new format isn't fair because Reynolds has just traveled halfway around the world and now has to go home after surfing one of the world's greatest breaks for a half-hour with only one other person in the water.
Dane, apparently you didn't get the memo: Life isn't fair.
What ASP officials and pro surfers don't seem to realize is that with the new format, people actually care about what happens in the opening round. With the old format, no one outside of a competing surfer's family gave a rats ass about the first round of a contest. "Oh, Kelly Slater advanced to round three? Sweet. Let me know when round three starts." That was the attitude of fans of the ASP before the new format was implemented. Now, when a World Tour event starts, everyones attention is focused right from the get-go. Not anymore. Starting with the next World Tour event, the Hang Loose Santa Catarina Pro in Brazil, the World Tour is going back to the old format.
This further solidifies the theory that pro surfers are a whiny, spoiled bunch of kids. They have access to the world's best breaks without the hassle of dealing with crowds. Yet because they don't want to be held accountable for losing an early contest, now they're bitching and whining about how having a first-round sudden death match is unfair. How exactly is it unfair again? Is it unfair because losers don't get a second chance? Usually in life, you take advantage of the opportunities you receive because there are no second chances. Unfortunately, most pro surfers don't realize that because they're sheltered in a tiny bubble, unaware of life's tribulations and difficulties. And naturally, like a Mom coddling her child, the ASP is there to coddle the pro surfers and make sure they're happy.
It's bad enough that pro surfers can't handle criticism from the media. Apparently now they can't handle the pressure of surfing a sudden death heat in the first round. Shocker. And before you start giving the golf clap to the editors of Disney's action sports surf site for breaking this story, keep in mind that the person who broke the story, Jeff Mull, is only a special contributor. Their two official hack writers, Jon Coen (who hails from the land of irrelevancy, New Jersey) and Jake Howard (who looks like he ate one too many Krispy Kreme donuts), naturally are still writing stories no one gives two cents about.
Picture of the secret meeting courtesy of Disney.



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i don't know about calling jon howard a hack. he's been a longtime writer of surf and knows his stuff...just sayin...
give them a freesurfing day at the beginning of the period so we can watch it live. 5 guys in the line up for 1 hour slots. that way the fans can see more of everyone
With the exception of Dane Reynolds, all the top surfers already receive a pass and don't have to surf the first round. Plus there's zero excitement in the first round under the old format because there's no danger of being eliminated. Most of the top surfers surf very conservatively in the first round under the old format, so it isn't that exciting to begin with. And under the old format Cyrus forgot to mention that they had four days of surfing instead of three, meaning they need two different swells to hit instead of one. Bottom line, Cyrus you're right: Pro surfers are whiny, spoiled brats, and sponsors completely control the message (don't know if he said that, but I will).
You guys are missing the point. For those who actually watch the web feeds of the contests, it's all about seeing good surfing. If the fun guys to watch get aced right away, screw it!, what's there to watch? Keep 'em around for a while so we can see some good surfing. The whole contest scene is bullshit anyway. Professional surfing...yeah right...sponsored surfing? Yeah, right! No matter, I just like to watch good surfing.
I had never heard of the daily stoke before. Site's pretty corny, bunch of randoms trying to make a buck by writing irrelevant stories on surfing.