surfing is now a olympic sport

www.surfline.com/surf-news/international-olympic-committee-formally-votes-to-include-new-sport-in-2020-tokyo-games-its-official-surfing-w_140472/

Sad news

very sad indeed

Now we can take our place amongst all those other mainstream sports, like synchronised swimming.

I'm going to continue to believe it's not even a sport, it's just surfing

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Cobra said..
Sad news

I agree

Yes I agree Cobra. Very sad day. Its like these people (surfing Australia) who are always pushing this sort of **** are not even surfers anymore. Why would you want to encourage more surfers? It just goes against anything. Unless of course you are trying to sell stuff to them........

After extensive research related to our proprietary (what the ****) 34 year historical swell database, bathymetry, local winds, logistical considerations, and interviewing key locals — Shida****a (“Shida”) was recommended to the ISA. We identified that average surf heights at Shida are in the thigh-waist-chest high range during the dates of interest (July 24-August 9)


The last thing we need is another Huntington Beach style comp. Why did it not say something like

After extensive research related to the KS proprietary wave pool, local winds, logistical considerations, and interviewing Slater's main rivals — A KS wave pool has been recommended to the ISA. We identified that average surf heights at the pool should be double overhead during the dates of interest (July 24-August 9) with further breakthroughs in technology expected. We all know that everything KS does turns to gold so we are going to help him.

Me thinks KS got a sniff of this way back..

He's on a winner regardless

But Skate Boarding an Olympic sport

Next it'll be....Roller Derby

what a load of hogwash

“This is a game-changing moment for Surfing. We are already seeing increased popularity of the sport across the world and the Olympic Games will provide an incredible platform to further showcase Surfing and its core values. With its unique and modern blend of sport performance, style and youth culture, Surfing will help deliver something special to the Games."


Surfing and its core values - from my knowledge - telling everyone how good it is and trying to increase numbers does not seem like the core value that first attracted me to surfing. Crowds and surfing don't mix. Just think what that means for you boys on the Goldie - in 10 years time everyone of those new "surfers' will be wanting to surf Snapper !

Those shortboarders have now completed surfings sellout,sorry it dose not belong in the games.

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Macaha said..
Those short boarders have sold surfing out,sorry it doe not belong in the games.

not that those hipsters on longboards have anything to do with it

this is purely business , Every decision that is being made is purely for the big players of the industry

skateboarding 100% should be a olympic sport. Have a look what snowboarding did for the winter games. Plus skateboarding is just perfect for television.

To go with mac about the Huntington pro,yes it is ****, the surfing part(which is funny because i think it is called the festival of surfing),but that is just a distraction to all the other crazy stuff going down. Should have watched the skating mac it was awesome

I'm old school I like the traditional Olympic sports

Surfing in a swimming pool ain't really surfing anyway.
Ie. It doesnt have all the things we love (and sometimes get scared of) ....big sweeping currents, rips, deep water drop offs, sharks, reef, coral etc
It's so different it may as well be a different sport. They should call it pooling not surfing

Pool good - beach not so good...look out for the next womens world chanp from China She Hung Long and the bloke from Russia Vladimir Nosteoirdski

Geez I thought the dregs stirred up by the NBA invasion of the Oly Basketball was ordinary haha oh well gotta find something else to do while this pile of sh!te dominates the telly for the next couple of weeks ..... note to self .... avoid channel wanker

They'll probably need to change some of the Olympic rules for surfing:

Instead of testing to make sure you have no drugs in your system, they'll test to make sure you do have them.

Rather than marching in the opening ceremony, you'll be allowed saunter, sway or stagger.

Rather than wave your flag and cheer during the closing ceremony, you can pull on a bong and chill out

If you're being presented with a gold medal, it will be permissible to say to the presenter "while you're down there"

There's possibly a few more, but that'll do for now.

The olympics will change surfing much the same way as it changed wrestling.
Two blokes rolling around on top of each other rather than what it was in its finest form which is two hot chicks rolling around on top of each other in an inflatable kiddie pool filled with jelly- a sad day indeed

I think all competitors should have use the same designed board. Just like windsurfing in the olympics. Thay way it will die a slow death as its that removed from what surfing is no one will want to do it.

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Rather than marching in the opening ceremony, you'll be allowed saunter, sway or stagger.

Rather than wave your flag and cheer during the closing ceremony, you can pull on a bong and chill out

Thats going to real interesting as the WSL basically does no drug testing at all

This is from Hodaddy Facebook..


Surfing in the Olympics 2020 in Japan.
When I started ‘Switch-Foot’ in 2003,
the tagline I used in the book was ‘the other side
of surfing’, meaning - well, there is the contest
side of surfing and then there is everything else.
At the time, I felt that if you surveyed 100 surfers
there might be 2 that had ever been in a surfing
‘contest’ in their life!

I found the media hugely distorted (and still do)
towards promoting surfing as some sort of athletic sporty jock
ballsport, trying and trying to squeeze surfing into narrow
parameters - when at its core, surfing is FREE and an expression
of style, personality and funk - all things that can’t
be judged. Yet, here we are, 60 years later and surfing is
still hoodwinkled by the sporty contest scene. Contest surfing and contest
surfers make up such a minority of actual surfers, it is
surprising that we all buy into it. Are we trying to aspire
to surf like a legend, ie Kelly Slater? Really? Are we?
I know I am not and yeah while I like watching him surf
good waves, I get just as stoked seeing someone
go straight and even more stoked just hanging on the beach
with some mates.

Congratulations ‘contest surfing’ for getting to
where it is, the Olympics, but to me surfing isn't a sport, it
never has been and it never could be. But yeah, give a guy a medal
if that is why he paddles out. If he/she needs a reward, well go give
them a reward, but the reward will always be the sheer joy of
the ride. (if you can find one without any kooks!!!)

I agree I'm not in favour of anything to promote our sport. I don't want to surf alone as I have often done on the mid west, sw & great ocean road...but I don't want a crowd either. I do want to see more than 1 wave shown on the sporting segment of the news rather than listening to how some footballer may or may not be playing in some upcoming game I equally could not give a fark about. That is one positive I can think o******unno if it will really make such a big difference. There was/is/has-been a big uptake of the sport/hobby/culture/whatever by Euro's on their holidays & kooks on their sup's. Fit young people with snow boarding experience cowabuggering themselves across the globe to Lonely Planet's next hip goto location...yep dunno, how it will all pan out. Hopefully it bankrolls heaps of Kelly Slater wave pools, that would be cool.

However, I'm not likely to watch it. I rarely watch pro surfing events even today when the net makes it so easy. I'm just not very interested in the competitive side of surfing, always much preffered free surfing video's like most people I believe. The popular Sarges surfing scrapbook series was a good example I think. Although it followed comps & pro's, the footage was 99% party & freesurfing. That's what I like to see, you don't have to be a pro for me to enjoy your surf video. Just take me on a fun journey that reminds me of my younger free'er single days...yes tits are always a bonus...fark rules, fark regulations, fark authoritarian wankers enforcing them. Just give me some good waves, a fun trip & if tits are apart of that, BONUS

The Snuff video from the late 90s is my all time favourite. Lots of tits and free surfing.

so what about the Hawaiians
they invented surfing ,now will find out they are only a state of the USA for selection.
just farkn crazy stuff.

I've been in board riders club but never believed in surfing as a sport or competing ,its not what gets my rocks off.
am i competitive…. fark yeah in about anything but surfing.
is surfing a sport ,,NO its a life style & a feeling no sport will ever give me.
its like saying lets make cruising on a hog a Olympic sport. dickheads

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thedrip said..
The Snuff video from the late 90s is my all time favourite. Lots of tits and free surfing.

Sounds good mate, had a good look for it but couldn't find it. Apparently by Tim Bonython