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The Weirdest WSL Week Ever, Pumping Kirra, and Nate Florence s Backdoor Gem
Ten Things from Surfing & the Internet on the Week That Was December 18 2020
Photo: WSL / Bielmann
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1. Pipe Masters got the Rona
Was this the most bizarre week in the WSL’s time as an organisation? It has to be a contender, right? To recap: on Sunday, Aus time, the WSL announced that they were halting the Pipe Masters “as a result of positive COVID-19 tests within the WSL staff, including WSL CEO Erik Logan”.
Who could have foreseen that coming? The running of an international sporting event in a public and natural environment, in a country easily hitting over 2000 COVID-related deaths a day? But what came next was even more bizarre. Following the suspension of their competition, the WSL went completely silent. They didn’t post on Instagram or Facebook for a full five days. Not once. To put that in context, they normally hit around eight posts a day on each of those platf
Watch: Kirra and Noosa Fire Up As Chaotic Tropical Swell Arrives
So how did the points fare? Here s how
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Well it certainly wasn’t easygoing when the first big push of the east coast tropical swell window hit Southern Queensland on Sunday and Monday, December 13-14. There was a lot of weather – rain, wind, huge tides and an aggressive swell –combining to make things pretty difficult. Aussie WSL commentator Ronnie Blakey copped a lip to the leg on Sunday and suffered tibial plateau fracture – helped from the water, ambulance, the whole deal (get well soon Ronnie!) – “A lot of rainwater making those lips collapse without notice…” explained Kirra icon and 1978 World Champ Rabbit Bartholomew, on Ronnie’s Instagram. But amongst the chaos were some frothy chocolate barrels at Kirra and Noosa.