Sopelena live now... yeah.. 1ft beachie.

[Robson]

http://www.ebeskola.com/sopelanabbkpro/ ... -2010-live

[Robson]

What a complete pile of horsecrap.....
Conjob...
let loose boy!

[doclach]

absolute shocker, a saffa mate agrees too on twitter:

Sopelana bbkpro 2010 is live streaming now. Waves look pretty terrible. http://is.gd/etXaH

[Conjob v1.1]

On the plus side the IBA is so bad at marketing no one will even know about this embarrassment.

[caspian]

the bigger events like this get, the less crowded the breaks will get! Now if we can only get the ASP to hold events in similarly bad conditions and good times will happen.

[pete]

If only those who oppose these events would step up and raise the cash to have events like the SIC on the tour!

[caspian]

yeah, because when I think of dudes like Robson and Conjob I think of dudes with loadsa money.

[pete]

I'm pretty sure noone involved with the IBA is loaded either...

But at any rate, I was just being facetious.

[caspian]

again though, while I enjoyd watching the SIC, the lamer the contests the less bodyboarders in the water, so really we should be encouraging this sort of stuff.

2011 Australian IBA event at City Beach in Perth, what do you guys reckon?

[Conjob v1.1]

Id like to think i was being pretty positive. Casp to..

Another positive is all these shit events make the two good comps each year that much better to watch.

[doclach]

No dis to the riders, as they are subject to going out in what they're told - or the place, cos every break has its days - but at what point do conditions in an INTERNATIONAL Bodyboarding competition become defined as "non-contestable" (we wouldn't run it at our local club in this btw) The word 'contestable' is seeming like more an excuse than a definition......

Final Sopelana BBK Pro 2010


and this is quick one is on the same vimeo page - made me laugh


Ironically the second one looks more fun......

[Conjob v1.1]

haha the guy looks so stoked at the end of that water slide.

[hugo]

the bigger events like this get, the less crowded the breaks will get! Now if we can only get the ASP to hold events in similarly bad conditions and good times will happen.

so what youre saying is that some people bodyboard as long as there are competitions with good waves? and that someone in australia may quit bodyboarding because a event in spain had 1 ft waves? ehe the butterfly effect for boogie..

No dis to the riders, as they are subject to going out in what they're told - or the place, cos every break has its days - but at what point do conditions in an INTERNATIONAL Bodyboarding competition become defined as "non-contestable" (we wouldn't run it at our local club in this btw) The word 'contestable' is seeming like more an excuse than a definition......

i agree doc and its up to iba to underrate these events thus promoting better venues, longer waiting periods. Riders or iba shoudnt boycott anything, there is allways a hard effort behind these events, generally made by bodyboarders, but they should reward heavily little improvements like a couple of days of extended period, or a spot that handles better swell.

[savage flame]

Haha that guy on the waterslide resembles a child on christmas

[ScottyT]

Ironically the second one looks more fun......

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