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saltyone started the topic in Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 8:34am

Is it just me or does anyone else think that they talk too much?? It's like they can't handle silence.. have to fill in every single friggin gap. Talking up everything.. kinda takes away from just being able to watch the surfing, in my opinion. Oh and then there's the hollywood serious action film style theme music ..

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thermalben Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 12:13pm

Well, I suppose that's just the style - more like football than say, tennis or cricket. 

I did notice the revamped theme music this morning too.. very strange. 

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carpetman Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 1:18pm

How many times do we need to be told that these are the best surfers in the world?

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mk1 Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 1:23pm

Turpel gets me on edge. Something about the buzz of his voice.

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saltyone Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 2:40pm

Carpetman- seems like every 20 mins;)..as if there aren't plenty of amazing surfers in the world that don't compete!
mk1, I hear you… its irritating for sure. He just needs to back it off a notch. Im sure he's a nice bloke but yeah they all need to just shut up a bit more and watch the surfing and let those beautiful silent moments of wave riding speak for themselves,..let us join the dots, instead of ramming it down our throats!! ..Could even let us hear the ocean that would be nice..
Thermalben, gah! you're linking surfing to football!! its the end!! ;)

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floyd Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 7:19pm

There is only so many ways you can describe a shit sandwich .....

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norchock Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 9:48pm

Ronnie does well ross too,any live commentry takes a certain type of person...ones that never shut up

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erikb Wednesday, 1 Apr 2015 at 11:22pm

Put mason ho in the booth. That post heat interview was classic

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Jimmy Slade Thursday, 2 Apr 2015 at 9:43am
erikb wrote:

Put mason ho in the booth. That post heat interview was classic

Pisser, does anyone have a link to it?

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davetherave Thursday, 2 Apr 2015 at 10:56am

where' owen wright?

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erikb Thursday, 2 Apr 2015 at 2:38pm
Jimmy Slade wrote:
erikb wrote:

Put mason ho in the booth. That post heat interview was classic

Pisser, does anyone have a link to it?

Heat analyzer heat 6, about a 1/4 in..

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Jimmy Slade Thursday, 2 Apr 2015 at 3:11pm
erikb wrote:
Jimmy Slade wrote:
erikb wrote:

Put mason ho in the booth. That post heat interview was classic

Pisser, does anyone have a link to it?

Heat analyzer heat 6, about a 1/4 in..

Thanks erikb!

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staitey Friday, 3 Apr 2015 at 9:33pm

agreed to the above: I think Turpel could potentially leave out the terms, ''he takes off'' and ''bottom turn''…….think we've got that covered. Also since when did ''tail high'' become part of surfing vernacular?

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staitey Friday, 3 Apr 2015 at 9:35pm

PS - I've thought this for sometime now but does anyone else feel that some of the top women get massively over scored? Check Sally Fitz's 8.70 against Silvana Lima. 2 turns, first reasonable, second pretty stock………I don't get it. I think Silvan would have to feel a little ripped off with that result. I'm a a big fan of the likes of Sally, Steph, Carissa and Tyler's surfing but I reckon they get 'top 4' points a lot of the time.

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norchock Friday, 3 Apr 2015 at 9:55pm

Pottz keeps banging on about "back in the day" and turpel's "blow tail"and "lays the hammer down".there new ones to me.

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Coops70 Saturday, 4 Apr 2015 at 10:29am

What about the "well that's what you have to do" it's like no shit Sherlock . I can't listen to potzz or turpel, drive me bloody nuts!

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Sheepdog Sunday, 5 Apr 2015 at 9:31am

Fuuuuuck!!!!! Toledo!!!

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saltyone Sunday, 5 Apr 2015 at 12:23pm

hey check out the dbah surf cam… freaky

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mackdog Sunday, 5 Apr 2015 at 3:34pm

Fred Pawle from The Australian just written a funny article about the commentary during the De Souza v Hobgood heat. Pretty much called Pottz, Turpel and Todd Kline morons

http://m.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/commentary-on-scores-at-bell...

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saltyone Sunday, 5 Apr 2015 at 4:24pm

Cheers mackdog, enlightened reading.. found direct link here:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/opinion/commentary-on-scores-at-be...

interesting the last bit on pay per viewing.. pretty crap yet not surprised

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wellymon Sunday, 5 Apr 2015 at 5:34pm

Is there a difference of commentary between the males and Females.
Turpell sounds like he's trying get a little boom boom, its sounds a little personal IMO...?

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saltyone Monday, 6 Apr 2015 at 5:43pm

I think Turpell froths over just about anything.
Damn Mick surfed great one more wave he would've gone through..

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poo-man Monday, 6 Apr 2015 at 7:54pm

Yeah mick looked real good on that one good one he got.
What's going on with Medina? Looks like he's lost a bit of confidence or something since Toledo has emerged.

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saltyone Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 9:48am

yeh bit of internal brazilian pressure I guess.
grrr medina won over kelly … kellys surfing is so much better. he will be kicking himself for screwing up that last one

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memlasurf Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 12:38pm

Yep Mick looked great on that larger wave, Toledo looks unbeatable on the smaller ones and the commentary is mega daggy. Once upon a time I thought surfing was supposed to be cool now it looks like a bad version of the channel 9 news. It is DULL, BORING and EMBARRASSING and who is that Chelsea woman she has got to go looks and talks like a mannequin. They really need to add some fun and energy to the whole thing at the moment it is bland on beige.

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Coops70 Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 4:45pm

Can't polish a turd

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saltyone Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 5:02pm

Ha memlasurf couldn't be more spot on there!! it's one big fat soggy biscuit alright...

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staitey Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 8:55pm

when did it become a 'rock and roll' floater??

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mackdog Tuesday, 7 Apr 2015 at 9:45pm

Probably about the same time as when anyone gets close to falling off in shallow water, Pottz will say they are going down on the 'bricks' . It used to be just JBay but now every break has bricks according to Pottz

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Nick Bone Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 11:42am

Off topic but i feel the whole WSL thing is catering for a minority young califorian crowd. As in the cliched cali surf type.

Back on topic i cant wait too pull into the carpark and hear "wow! What a rock n roll float!" Or "crazy blow tail!"
They should have a hightlight reel in the post day patrol show (or whatever its called) of mr turpels calls for the day. Im sure it would be a hit!!

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goofyfoot Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 11:55am
staitey wrote:

when did it become a 'rock and roll' floater??

The highlights of the surfing on the news last night showed a wave where turpel called it a "rock and roll float"
I was with a couple of mates who don't surf and they asked me wtf is that?
I had no idea...

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goofyfoot Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 11:55am

It's gotta stop

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goofyfoot Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 11:57am

And another one is " the layback hammer"!!!
JUST SHUT UP!!

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norchock Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 12:01pm

Roy and hg maybe?

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saltyone Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 10:16pm

These comps NEED Roy and Hg!!! It's crying out for it!!

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southey Wednesday, 8 Apr 2015 at 11:04pm

Ben , is there any legal implications to you guys running an aural broadcast on this site with live commentary , that could be played as the footage goes out live on WSL's site .
Alah , like Roy & HG broadcasting the state of origin and such ......
I can just shut my eyes now and think of possible commentary combo's like : -
Donny & SD as surfings version of Bill Lawry & Tony Greig ...... perhaps caml and jug as special insight commentary , the doyan of Australian surfing blogsville blindboy , and the stats man udo ...... don't forget shaun and sid the fish as roving reporters ....... luckily for all listeners it'll be a non visual medium ;-)

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 7:46am

Yeeesss, aand those lettle brazilianz reely are flixibel.... Quart amazing..... Funning reely haz hez wurk cut art heear..... Ispisharly with the pleeyer cumfut level beeeeing so wet.....
Ova to yooo Dunny....

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 7:52am

And don't forget to tune in every night for "surfy classifieds", hosted by Ben, with craig and stu on the panel, and of course the one and only award winning southey dressed in drag.... "Southeys arrow" is the highlight of the show

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mk1 Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 8:48am
Coops70 wrote:

Can't polish a turd

But you can roll it in glitter! Am I right WSL, eh, eh??

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 9:11am

The mick jordy heat was a good one..... Average conditions , but good surfers made it look easy....

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southey Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 11:05am
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And don't forget to tune in every night for "surfy classifieds", hosted by Ben, with craig and stu on the panel, and of course the one and only award winning southey dressed in drag.... "Southeys arrow" is the highlight of the show

fuck her ( actually i wouldn't with your dick ) ,
comeone , if i have to play the herione atleast make it worthy . she an idiot with no clue on the game . all she knows is how to dismantle /destabilise a clubs board ..... ever since her late father got axed at richmond she's been a vindictive cunt .
end rant ....
please come up with another " drag " character , coz i'm not gonna wear the heals unless its worthwhile

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 11:07am

Well..... At least she's alive..... Unlike Tony...... ;)

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southey Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 11:15am

you haven't watched the show lately have you . ( its like weekend at Burnies )

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 11:19am

I have...... It should be renamed "the melbourne/richmond/dons drug saga chatathon".....

But hey.... Tony Greig has been dead for years...... So a caro comparison jibe was warranted... ;)

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fartpaddler Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 12:00pm

was just watching bells final 'live'
...headline comes up below the screen.... 'Congrats Mick Fanning! Apr 09, 2015' while there was still a few minutes to go.....kind of spoiled it. happen to anybody else??

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saltyone Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 12:26pm

Southey and Sheepie I'll be tuning in for sure, bring it on!

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memlasurf Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 2:07pm

Cracker of a final day with Mick just getting the nod. Well done to the organisers must have been a hard one this year but the boys made it look way too easy, and Stu you were right about Adriano he is a fighter and definitely wants to be out there (more than I could say for JJF's effort who looked like he wanted to get back to Hawaii as soon as possible). Special mentions to Nat for those vicious snaps and Filipe for his small wave freak show. Now if they can just piss the commentators off except for the the token Aussie (he is the best in my opinion).

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stunet Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 2:45pm

He's not the most stylish surfer but Adriano has a clever head and heart full of mojo. He's really pulled in his fast twitch surfing and settled on long, connected bottom and top turns that keep the rail engaged. You just can't fake that stuff at Bells and he's now made the finals twice in a row 'cos of it.

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 2:58pm

Yeah, classy bottom turn, stu.... One for the purists..... hey, saltyone.... I can do special comments, but I'll be fucked if I'm gonna sit there all day long and waffle shit lol....... Dave and welly are the guys for that ;)

If I had to, I'd tell everyone to shut the fuck up whilst a guy is surfing.... If Fanning does a cutty, I really don't have to tell the viewers, do I..... I'd just let the viewers enjoy the sound of the ocean, the crowd cheering, and the spectacle of the guy riding... Maybe throw in the odd "wow" if they do something rad.... I think the odd 20 seconds of NO commentary would make good contrast and break up the monotone chinese water torture talkfest...... We could then chat away during the replay......

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wellymon Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 3:40pm

Dave and welly are the guys for that ;)

Thats a little bit rude mate;)

Its not what your best buddy BoogieFever thinks :-P

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Sheepdog Thursday, 9 Apr 2015 at 4:36pm

Just for you, welly :p