we are talking about 2 different things...if you're talking about surfing being more popular as a leisure activity people do for fun, then maybe...but it no way is a larger professional sport...not even close.
All natty.
I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt, but then I saw this picture of him awhile back. Common sense dictates (for me) that Costa is on something, it’s just too much of a change in body type. It’s remarkableAll natty.
you're damn right. this is a handsome man.
Looks more like a porn actor than a surfer
I think it may be closer than you think, there are 103 countries that have surfing associations to manage events and their members who compete regularly plus an international body that oversees them. As a sport it is also included in the 2020 Olympic Games.
MMA as a sport is still quite young, not as many professional athletes as surfing - competing in events for cash prizes. The amateur side is growing and more and more are training regularly but worldwide it’s more than likely smaller than surfing. MMA does get more exposure on TV in a number of countries though.
Love both so have no issues against either however it’s easy to disregard the worldwide size of surfing.
Some people don’t understand the power of the ocean unless they’ve been in it during big wave conditions. Just trying to go under a wave is dangerous.
Years ago I dove under a wave during some hurricane swell and it pulled my head directly into the sand bar busting my face open and giving me a concussion.
Being held underwater and not knowing which way is up or down while your lungs are screaming for air is a terrifying feeling.
Most people would be scared to drop in on a 6 foot wave and Teahupoo is next level heavy.
I think it may be closer than you think, there are 103 countries that have surfing associations to manage events and their members who compete regularly plus an international body that oversees them. As a sport it is also included in the 2020 Olympic Games.
MMA as a sport is still quite young, not as many professional athletes as surfing - competing in events for cash prizes. The amateur side is growing and more and more are training regularly but worldwide it’s more than likely smaller than surfing. MMA does get more exposure on TV in a number of countries though.
Love both so have no issues against either however it’s easy to disregard the worldwide size of surfing.
Must mean they are the worlds best athletes then if a guy that has no surfing experience can’t do it.
Yes because water automatically just kills you if you can’t surf. What if you are a really good swimmer and there are medics available
I'd say Slater's already pretty much taken care of surfing, 11 World Surfing League titles including being the youngest winner and oldest. Plus he's pulled surfer hotties his whole life.View attachment 406291
I wasn’t asking. It was rhetorical. I never said what if you were a really good swimmer in a swimming pool did I? If you actually looked at my other posts on this subject I already conceded that it is a skillfull sport and is not an easy thing to do.Typically, that kind of water does....You can be an Olympic level swimmer in a pool and have very little competence in the ocean. Pool's don't literally eat people alive...and I'm not talking sharks. I mean rip currents, waves, coral, rocks.....etc
I mean this with peace and love, but the fact that you even asked "What if you are a really good swimmer and there are medics available"....lol....shows how naive you are about the subject. But I appreciate your enthusiasm and interest.
cheers!
Never surfed over a reef but yeah it’s crazy. I would never touch a wave as heavy as there.Yeah, and that's just sand. A lot of people don't understand or grasp the consequences of razor sharp coral reef that is typically only a couple feet below the surface of those fluffy soft looking tropical blue water waves....
Teahupoo practically breaks BELOW the reef....you can see trough is almost going uphill at the bottom.
I wasn’t asking. It was rhetorical. I never said what if you were a really good swimmer in a swimming pool did I? If you actually looked at my other posts on this subject I already conceded that it is a skillfull sport and is not an easy thing to do.
My point was I don’t feel that a surfer is the best athlete ever and I stand by that .
I've always been suspicious of Kelly Slater throughout his surfing career. Don't get me wrong, he is an amazingly talented surfer, but if they tested surfers more often, he could have been the Lance Armstrong of surfing.