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We were three rides in before we'd even seen a live wave. Look, it was a great comp.but the Woz made the Final damn near unwatchable by continually cutting away from live action to ads, including ads about the comp itself. I like this right-on-the-edge-of-spontaneous-combustion energy he brings, even if he has to try and prevent a conflagration with “calm energy”. This is a ruse, a method he has found to detune the arousal level which he himself admitted, saying, “I get way too excited, I'm just trying to keep it together”. Therefore, and with maximum respect, I call bullshit on Jack's “calm energy”. Huge end section blasts were the one reliable feature of his repertoire. He consistently looked skitzier all day than his opponents and had to recover turns that almost got away from him. He spent half a heat hassling and jockeying for position with Jordy Smith, only winning because Jordy retreated to safety surfing as time pressure built on both surfers. Jack talks of calm energy but twitches uncontrollably. I believe what they do, and the way they act. Generally, I don't believe what people say. Mentally, he still doesn't seem quite there, on a day where he had the surfing to go all the way, at least to the Finals. Holding the highest score of the heat he fell repeatedly trying to spike a back-up score. Was near perfect against Nat Young and will rue his Semi-Final against Jack Robbo. He had the 9's to trouble John in the Final. It's essentially a very constrained playing field, almost wavepool-esque in its requirement for a certain type of surfing. All that era-defining surfing from John in 2017 (and 2019) without a single 10 and judges were ready to throw it away for a single closeout air. They would have had no choice after the 8.73. Italo tried to huck in his QF against Matty McGillivray and fell on an attempt that would have got a 10. Whether Robinson paid heed off his own surf IQ or was well advised by Coach Bemrose, that was the winning formula and he employed it. It was a white flag concealing a live grenade. You won't beat John at his own game, they said in effect.

When Griff threw a weird flat spin air on the end section with no preamble turns - an air that would have scored a 6 in Brazil - and was awarded an 8.73, the signal was sent. Scoring fatigue was obviously an issue for the judges after seeing three-plus years of essentially the same line from John, despite no-one else getting near it.

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His one service to the comp was showing how to beat John.

That point still holds true, despite the loss to Jack. No-one can cut against the grain of the Margaret River trim line like John. His opening ride against Griffin Colapinto, the first one we saw of him today cut through the dross like a diamond-tipped drill.

If there was any problem with the Final's Day it was that we didn't get to see enough of John. Generally, I'm an enthusiastic proponent of this view. It was invoked today to account for the union between John Florence and Margaret River, considered to be unique and unbreakable. The 'special relationship', in geopolitical terms, is understood to refer to the tight bond between the USA and UK, particularly under Tony Blair and Bill Clinton. I hope your pigdog is up to scratch Izzy because you are going to need it. That win puts her on tour for the rest of the year, including G-Land and Teahupoo. Gabby looked satisfied just to be there and Izzy won comfortably with a mid range 6.77. The Final was a tepid affair, marked by safety surfing, sitting out of position, and a general lack of energy. Izzy Nichols wrapped the Semi against Bronte with just two strong rides including a three-turn banger for an 8.93 which was the high point of the day as far as women's performance went. Gabby took the first Semi with a last wave bomb for an 8.73 over Courtney which looked a clear changing of the guard. There was no Pickles high point to swoon over. The Semis and Finals were a bit of a comedown - both in comparison to the Men's Quarters and the previous day of women's surfing on Saturday. It was an air reverse, launched with abandon and messily landed which led to the divorce between John and the Margies trophy.įirst, the girls. History will show the local took it out, obeying a clear directive from judges sent earlier in the day about how to disrupt the formulaic perfection of the John Florence approach. Two Aussie victors in Men's and Women's Finals at Margies and a Men's Final fought between two former child prodigies, one local, the other considered unbeatable at the venue.

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