With south swell hype increasing, actual paid work commitments looming, and hangovers holding steady, PostSurf.com has officially called a Power Rankings lay day.
7 days into the two week waiting period, 35 power rankings have been completed. Only two days of drunkeness are now needed to complete the Power Rankings.
Check back tomorrow for an offical announcent [...]
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POWER RANKINGS LAY DAY
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 11-15
Jordy Smith
Jordy Smith has an image problem. He’s a winner, but he’s not a likeable winner. Worse yet, he’s not even winning. But if he were to win a title, or even an event, he’d be the least likeable champion since Andy Irons. Confidence is necessary; but Jordy’s arrogance is icing on the cake. I [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 16-20
Kai Otton
What a nut-up by Kai Otton. This hairy Howard Hughes of a recluse pulled his Spruce Goose out of a season-long tailspin and soared all the way to the semis at J-Bay. Against Parko, he kept believin’ even when Parko opened up with an arguable 10 – Kai answered back with his own arguable [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 26-30
Ben Dunn
Along with Drew Courtney, Ben Dunn is one of only a handful of Australian competitors who are confirmed to have marsupial pouches. While Mr. Courtney now reportedly keeps Nivea cream in his pouch, Mr. Dunn keeps a heat sheet, a waterproof copy of The Indian in the Cupboard, and ironically, a small Indian. That [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 31-35
Nathaniel Curran
Nathaniel Curran needs a handler. Enough with the stock-thrusters, stock-cars and Alpine Allstars shorts. The Fast and The Furious came out like a generation ago. It’s time for an image reload. What to do, what to do? Put this cat on a retro fish, let him grow his hair out, and put him in [...]
PHOTO DISPATCH: REPO in INDO
More waves. Less words.
Just a stop-gap measure while I transition from hungover to drunk, and knock out the next batch of Power Rankings.
Jason Reposar. Indonesia. I'm trying to forget about where I'm not at.
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 36-40
Tiago Pires
As TurtleGate enters its 26th day, PostSurf has uncovered shocking evidence that Tiago Pires may in fact be the gentle turtle that was raped by Australian deviant Andrew Mooney. The conspiracy goes deeper than even I anticipated. Way back in late March 2009, Anthony W. won Comment of the Week for the following:
“Portugal… country [...]
J-BAY POWER RANKINGS: 41-45
Drew Courtney
Remember the final scene in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when that Illinois Nazi drinks from the wrong Holy Grail, and ends up rapidly aging to death? That is what it’s been like watching Drew Courtney surf the last three events. I used to think this tapioca fuckwit was Ben Button, growing old [...]
J-Bay POWER RANKINGS: Intro
There will be Power Rankings. Why? I don't know.
Joel Parkinson will be the 2009 World Champion. Why? We do know.
Meanwhile, a 30 minute lull in South Africa, which happened to coincide with Kelly Slater's heat, may have put a bullet through the brain of the ASP. Plenty of irony on tap, as the Billabong Pro [...]
LOVE and FORGIVENESS
Dear ASP,
They say that love never means having to say you're sorry. But I'm writing to say just that, Sweetheart, I'm sorry. I'm eternally sorry for all the horrible things I've said about you, and I apologize in addition for the horrible things I've done to you. You were right and I was wrong.
These past [...]
GUEST POST: Inside the Goldmine
Editor's note: This guest post comes from Gra Murdoch, whose site Inside the Goldmine, is a, um, well, a goldmine. Mr. Murdoch graciously crafted the following news article especially for PostSurf. Take a look at his "Disabled Woman" article after this - it's a rare example of a surf piece that manages to be funny [...]
PHOTO DISPATCH: STU GIBSON
BREAKING NEWS: As TurtleGate enters its 20th day, our top story is the shocking confirmation that Michael Jackson is still dead.
In other TurtleGate news, PostSurf is proud to feature the photographs of Stuart Gibson, a Tasmanian photog who has recently been connected to the scandal.
In an exclusive interview, Mr. Gibson confessed to PostSurf, " I [...]
Comments of the Week: The Kitchen Sink
No clear winners in this war - just noise, flashes of internet bravery, and multiple casualties.
The Mailman delivered us the already-stale rumor that Slater's starting a new World Tour (no, not the Stand-Up World Tour.)
Phil Jarratt, the Aussie "surfing writer" who co-wrote Slater's last book, kick-started this rumor last week in an article for the [...]