Yea ODL, madness in the decision making process. Saw the swell was projected to be bigger today, I was talking to Heff last night and he was saying how good it was Friday. I personally don't have a lot of positive things to say about the WSL, but that is what we are left to deal with. Yet to see, and perhaps they did make the right call waiting till Saturday... Everybody knows they're trying to attract more viewers with a weekend finals day. Epic content, you recorded it and that's all that matters, make lemonade out of lemons just so stoked for the local crew to score an epic day like that.
February 4th, from around 11 am till dark was literally as good as Pipe gets. Yes, men’s finals day should have run, without a doubt. As many have already mentioned the WSL faces many variables with regards to their strategic planning of event scheduling. Simply put, it is absolutely impossible to maximize all of these variables on any particular day. From maximizing viewership on the WSL’s broadcast, to attempting to run a consolidated finals day for men and women in conditions that would be optimal and/ or acceptable for both genders, in addition to various other business, legal, and social decisions, the WSL faces and accepts the monumental task of solving this very complex equation. Overall, I believe the WSL does a fabulous job. It really is impossible to get everything correct, every day, and I am quite sure that there is nobody who could do it better. Even though the contest was not run, there still was this incredible day at Pipe and there still were some incredible surfers who got to experience waves of a lifetime, that will be forever memorialized in videos like this one. Thank you ODL!!!
Yup, it ended up working out. It's not like the forecast for the following day looked terrible or anything. Most likely they wanted to pack the beach and also maximize their online viewership. Worked out great in the end 🤙
Great footage, some nice Backdoor and Pipe waves. Lucas Chianca was charging, he looks' to have a good future. One of the Colapinto brothers got a sick one at Backdoor. Great to see the locals getting their share too. Cheers and thanks for sharing every Pipe/Backdoor swell.
Lucas Chianca has really impressed me. Never seen him surf much before, but he's a huge standout at pipe. And he can absolutely tear the face of a wall as well 🤙
I'm stoked that the local crew got to surf it instead of the contest. I like watching the contest but would I would rather see the best day go to the Hawaiian contingent.
All you have is the moment you are presently in. There is no tomorrow just right now. You don't leave waves to find waves. I get it you want the finals to happen on a weekend for more viewers and money but the WSL did no service to the surfers.
the wsl is a f*cking joke now anyway. Having that "finals" comp at lowers delegitimized the tour. The globalist woketards who are in charge of it are not real surfers...
Great filming, editing and waves! (Horizon slightly off, but I’m a third generation pro cameraman with ocd so takes my comment lightly, dig it!). Keep up the good work.
You have lens choice, framing composition, panning speeds, and wave knowledge down in spades. So much kines, Off Da Lip is always easy on the eyes and good for the heart... So many Chargers now days!
I am commenting about not running the women’s finals! Firstly, congratulations to Kelly Slater! What an absolutely brilliant performance! I cried with joy seeing him continue to dominate! Amazing! That said, what’s up with the chics? If they get equal pay, more coverage then they have to surf waves of consequence! WTF? If the boys go, then the ladies have to go and surf the exact conditions the men are surfing… period! No excuses! If WSL wants to get all woke, then it’s time for the girls to wake up and earn their paychecks!
Agreed. Its ok to understand men have an advantage physically, it really is! They're plenty of women that can outsurf me but not plenty to compete w the men. Lets start having heavyweight boxing go co-ed yea? Ameteur warm up,, Start small Jake Paul vs Jenn Psaki. The woke garbage is really cute but like Covid, enough is enough!!
One word Moana Chong. Surfs incredible. Would kick all of the keyboatd warriors out and still give Kelly a run for his money and points in a female Vs male heat. 🌊
It's time they scrap the women's and mens heats and comp. Women are surfing as good as the best. Make it a complete comp men + women. Be very suprised when she holds the trophy 🏆. The women are kicking ass
If they did go on Friday look at some of the waves that would go empty! Kinda worked out for everyone that they ran it Saturday, worked out for the locals, pros, and spectators !
Because friday was much better than today. Don't get me wrong, both days were still very good. But friday was epic! Just wait til you see the other vids I've just edited. Insane backdoor
This isnt there vlog if you didnt notice. Plenty other people surfing pipe lol. Surely you dont assume these guys surf from sun up til sundown every day
That’s insanity…those are pretty ideal Pipe conditions, no? Seems to me like it was firing on all cylinders. This was a bizarre decision IMO. What exactly are they looking for…a legit 18-20?!
they were afraid to send the chicks out in that and hoping it would be smaller today. Worked out for them today with Kelly going off but they really need to just send the girls back to Honolua. They're scared to even drop in when its over 4 ft and someone would probably get hurt if they went out yesterday or today. I like watching the chicks in most comps, but lets face it, they don't have the skill to surf big pipe. No offense to them, just fact 🤙🤙
Yep...WSL blew it by running Saturday instead of Friday. Also, Seth Moniz got jobbed by having to surf immediately after his semi final heat. Total BS.
much rather see nice sets go to everyone rather than a few riders who skip half the waves anyway. Good call even though thats not what they were trying for
I've always found it strange concept closing off waves to locals so pro's can earn a phat cheque... I mean you live in an area, pay tax etc to the local economy and on the best days you get blocked off. Wave pools are the future of comps, we just wanna surf and forget the pro scene
It was one thing when they picked onr weekend, but when they started blocking off weeks at a time for best conditions. I’m surprised a few brahs don’t just paddle it.
Will be great to see that , grandmaster M Ho 64 and epic to see him. Ditto your comment, filthy good BD. ALWAYS better when the locals get these prime days... If this is global warming effect I hope it never stops 😁🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
Definitely a good argument to run on friday. I'm sure if they would've known that friday was gonna have some of the best backdoor of the winter, they would've run it 🤙
brilliant way to kill 2 birds with one stone.....1) provide good clean hard-charging footage while 2) providing rider-credits without polluting the footage itself. thanks for the extra consideration and effort.
Awesome job documenting an epic session at Pipe! Thank you for posting names!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching 🤙
Yea ODL, madness in the decision making process. Saw the swell was projected to be bigger today, I was talking to Heff last night and he was saying how good it was Friday. I personally don't have a lot of positive things to say about the WSL, but that is what we are left to deal with. Yet to see, and perhaps they did make the right call waiting till Saturday... Everybody knows they're trying to attract more viewers with a weekend finals day. Epic content, you recorded it and that's all that matters, make lemonade out of lemons just so stoked for the local crew to score an epic day like that.
Yup, still possible it could be epic today. Either way, it's ON today and there'll be some epic surfing to enjoy. Thanks braddah 🤙
mens saturday and womens sunday = more viewers for the WokeSL
February 4th, from around 11 am till dark was literally as good as Pipe gets. Yes, men’s finals day should have run, without a doubt. As many have already mentioned the WSL faces many variables with regards to their strategic planning of event scheduling. Simply put, it is absolutely impossible to maximize all of these variables on any particular day. From maximizing viewership on the WSL’s broadcast, to attempting to run a consolidated finals day for men and women in conditions that would be optimal and/ or acceptable for both genders, in addition to various other business, legal, and social decisions, the WSL faces and accepts the monumental task of solving this very complex equation. Overall, I believe the WSL does a fabulous job. It really is impossible to get everything correct, every day, and I am quite sure that there is nobody who could do it better. Even though the contest was not run, there still was this incredible day at Pipe and there still were some incredible surfers who got to experience waves of a lifetime, that will be forever memorialized in videos like this one. Thank you ODL!!!
Yup, it ended up working out. It's not like the forecast for the following day looked terrible or anything. Most likely they wanted to pack the beach and also maximize their online viewership. Worked out great in the end 🤙
Great footage, some nice Backdoor and Pipe waves. Lucas Chianca was charging, he looks' to have a good future. One of the Colapinto brothers got a sick one at Backdoor. Great to see the locals getting their share too. Cheers and thanks for sharing every Pipe/Backdoor swell.
Lucas Chianca has really impressed me. Never seen him surf much before, but he's a huge standout at pipe. And he can absolutely tear the face of a wall as well 🤙
It gave the pros a chance to warm up in similar conditions and the locals some excellent waves: win win in my book
Well said 🤙
Epic waves! I'm glad they didn't run it so the boyz all got a chance to go out and send it... Thanks for the great clips as usual!
Yea I agree. The best days belong to da boyz 🤙
I'm stoked that the local crew got to surf it instead of the contest. I like watching the contest but would I would rather see the best day go to the Hawaiian contingent.
fishing for likes huh?
@@killbill5486 Nah, I'm an adult. Did you see Mason's backdoor wave yesterday? Or Micheal's? That is who should be riding those waves.
Exactly
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@rockfish and everyone should not park their car, surf my spot, cancel all contests in so cal when the waves get good.
All you have is the moment you are presently in. There is no tomorrow just right now. You don't leave waves to find waves. I get it you want the finals to happen on a weekend for more viewers and money but the WSL did no service to the surfers.
the wsl is a f*cking joke now anyway. Having that "finals" comp at lowers delegitimized the tour. The globalist woketards who are in charge of it are not real surfers...
Big mistake for the Surfers if they postponed today until the weekend with smaller surf.
True. I was happy either way, but would like to know the reasoning behind the call 🤙
classic wsl bafoonery
Great filming, editing and waves! (Horizon slightly off, but I’m a third generation pro cameraman with ocd so takes my comment lightly, dig it!). Keep up the good work.
Yes, very true. Now you're gonna make me super conscience of my leveling haha. Thank you 🤙
You have lens choice, framing composition, panning speeds, and wave knowledge down in spades. So much kines, Off Da Lip is always easy on the eyes and good for the heart... So many Chargers now days!
Hey! I suffer from" Ac- DC.."
I am commenting about not running the women’s finals! Firstly, congratulations to Kelly Slater! What an absolutely brilliant performance! I cried with joy seeing him continue to dominate! Amazing! That said, what’s up with the chics? If they get equal pay, more coverage then they have to surf waves of consequence! WTF? If the boys go, then the ladies have to go and surf the exact conditions the men are surfing… period! No excuses! If WSL wants to get all woke, then it’s time for the girls to wake up and earn their paychecks!
Steven mate
Kumusta
Yea, what an emotional moment with Slater on the Podium . Hopefully the WSL gets the conditions they want for the women 🤙
Agreed. Its ok to understand men have an advantage physically, it really is! They're plenty of women that can outsurf me but not plenty to compete w the men. Lets start having heavyweight boxing go co-ed yea? Ameteur warm up,, Start small Jake Paul vs Jenn Psaki. The woke garbage is really cute but like Covid, enough is enough!!
One word Moana Chong. Surfs incredible. Would kick all of the keyboatd warriors out and still give Kelly a run for his money and points in a female Vs male heat. 🌊
Dang SO many good rides too! Way better waves than finals that’s for sure!
Got another vid from that morning coming out in an hour. Ended up being all time backdoor that day
Epic Condition's yesterday and they call off the Contest 🤯🤯🤯 hopefully today isn't a let down
Great contest today 🤙
Looks like either day is good. At least everyone got to score. ODL on the spot as always. Thanks 🤙
True that. Yea, I'm not complaining. Only wish slater was out there yesterday 🤙
Local knowledge
Kia ora my friend
Thanks for posting GOAT
haha, you're welcome but the only Goat is THE GOAT lol
Sending the ladies out in burly gnarly 8 ft pipe? They aren’t up for it yet.
What happened to gender equality? What about a Mahu' ? Would she be up for it?
Yea, they ain't doing that, thank god 🤙
Mindboggling
Waves look great.
🤙🤙🤙
Giving it to the locals and visiting pros is a good idea, competition is a commercial enterprise it can wait.
Definitely worked out in the locals favor 🤙
I'm guessing the Contest Director wanted to go surfing rather than watching surfing.
Ah that sneaky buggah lol 🤙
Couldn’t get enough fans on the beach on Friday
Yup, was thinking the same thing
Maybe there is a bigger and more consistent swell off shore arriving soon?
Yea, maybe that's what they were thinking. Either way, today was a great contest day 🤙
Come to nz
Swells everyday ladies
That's equity for ya
They ran the men's event. I'm guessing they're waiting for a mushy waist to chest high day to run the women's event.
Are they gonna run tomorrow? Pipe could still have some good sets
The women want it smaller... they aren't being hard done by. All the chick's surfing the final were dodging sets (apart from Moana)
@@kristoffersmith8289 I think Tyler and Carissa could also handle serious Pipe but the rest would just be praying for tiny surf.
Epic pipe glad all got some.
Thanks for watching 🤙
I didn’t see any of the women catching waves🤔
They should have for sure
It's time they scrap the women's and mens heats and comp. Women are surfing as good as the best. Make it a complete comp men + women. Be very suprised when she holds the trophy 🏆. The women are kicking ass
If they did go on Friday look at some of the waves that would go empty! Kinda worked out for everyone that they ran it Saturday, worked out for the locals, pros, and spectators !
Yup, well said. Looks like things worked out well. I've got a bunch more clips coming from friday. Maybe the best backdoor of the winter 🤙
@@OffDaLip appreciate the footage !
@@mathdavies9546 Thanks brother 🤙
Absolutely.
agreed 🤙
Why didn’t they run at least the women’s?
The WNBA called and demanded to be treated the same as the boyz.
The women are great surfers, but to handle this kind of Pipe is a whole nother thing 🤙
Too big for the women
This is one of the best waves in the world 🌍,why would you say that?
These guys know the waves well
Because friday was much better than today. Don't get me wrong, both days were still very good. But friday was epic! Just wait til you see the other vids I've just edited. Insane backdoor
They were greedy trusting on forecast conditions for the next day. Just insane...
...Looks PERFECT to me.............a contest with consequences................
terrifying perfection 🤙
Where is JOB and the Florence Bros?
They paddled out an hour after this. I filmed them to and will post a video of it soon 🤙
@@OffDaLip The waves are so plentiful this year, I guess an occasional break is in order. Thanks.
@@charlesmartin1121 Yea, didn't see JJF out there yesterday, but Nate and Ivan were on it 🤙
This isnt there vlog if you didnt notice. Plenty other people surfing pipe lol. Surely you dont assume these guys surf from sun up til sundown every day
Yeah it definitely didn’t make any sense to me. I’m glad all the boys got it good though.🤙👊
Worked out in the end 🤙
@@OffDaLip definitely. What a great win for Slater.
That’s insanity…those are pretty ideal Pipe conditions, no? Seems to me like it was firing on all cylinders. This was a bizarre decision IMO. What exactly are they looking for…a legit 18-20?!
Yea, the hour after this Backdoor got about as good as it gets 🤙
Weekend views
they were afraid to send the chicks out in that and hoping it would be smaller today. Worked out for them today with Kelly going off but they really need to just send the girls back to Honolua. They're scared to even drop in when its over 4 ft and someone would probably get hurt if they went out yesterday or today. I like watching the chicks in most comps, but lets face it, they don't have the skill to surf big pipe. No offense to them, just fact 🤙🤙
@@tkelly1087 wouldn't think for the women it has more to do with strength than skill? I think if they had the same strength they would rock it.
@@UttaraPraana Honestly, I think it’s both strength and skill. They can’t handle Pipe on average days.
Yep...WSL blew it by running Saturday instead of Friday. Also, Seth Moniz got jobbed by having to surf immediately after his semi final heat. Total BS.
Could def tell Seth was a bit drained on a few of his waves
much rather see nice sets go to everyone rather than a few riders who skip half the waves anyway. Good call even though thats not what they were trying for
Yup. I agree. It's brutal seeing so many great waves go unridden 🤙
what's the paddle out look like? must be tough
Joking? Do you see the zoo of guys out there? Must not be too bad.
It's not too bad because the current sweeps you out of the impact zone.
I've always found it strange concept closing off waves to locals so pro's can earn a phat cheque... I mean you live in an area, pay tax etc to the local economy and on the best days you get blocked off. Wave pools are the future of comps, we just wanna surf and forget the pro scene
It was one thing when they picked onr weekend, but when they started blocking off weeks at a time for best conditions. I’m surprised a few brahs don’t just paddle it.
Don't get me started lol
@@latentsea
Yep ...
You right about that.
As they are calling off the womens, Slater gets a 9 point Backdoor wave in the background.. "too windy" smh
Never underestimate the power of a 20 mph tradewind!
WSL blew it, contest should have finished on Friday
Probably best backdoor of the year on friday. Got a few more vids coming out. Mike Ho got an insane one. Nate Florence got a bunch. Soon to come 🤙
There was some epic rides in this video! Im looking forward to the comp today. Hoping for a Slater and Wong victory 🤞
Slater got the win. Wong could very well get it tomorrow 🤙
@@OffDaLip I’m so freaking STOKED!!!!
You got the double
@@kristoffersmith8289 stoked
I watched the comp today/yesterday and am happy they did not run it.
Yea, it ended up working out 🤙
I'm willing to bet the judges would rather surf than judge, maybe that was the reason? lol
hahaha, could be lol
Looks good to me.
Oh, it was 🤙
Is on .man
Most of the women wouldnt stand a chance in those conditions good call
What about the Mahu? Would those girls stand a chance?
Yea, honestly I'm glad they didn't send the women out in those heavy conditions.
They need a smaller day so they can run men and women on the same day! What a fiasco WSL!!!
Maybe just put Moana in the mens contest haha
Will be great to see that , grandmaster M Ho 64 and epic to see him. Ditto your comment, filthy good BD. ALWAYS better when the locals get these prime days... If this is global warming effect I hope it never stops 😁🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
It's such a pleasure watching a surfer like M Ho still charging with no sign of stopping 🤙
FORGIVENESS , BECAUSE I WANT TO LIVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Would you surf the wave anyday of the year?
@@dannylujan3619 EVERY SECOND OF MY LIFE THAT IS LEFT ON THIS PLANET, I WILL SPEND IT IN THE SEA SURFING!!!
Madness they called it off. They pro surfers ffs. Happy the locals killed it though
Backdoor yesterday was probably the best it's been this winter
Insane not to run the finals on Friday given how certain the forecast was that conditions would be this good. Unacceptable WSL
Definitely a good argument to run on friday. I'm sure if they would've known that friday was gonna have some of the best backdoor of the winter, they would've run it 🤙
Good surf with some size. But not the best form Pipe is capable of.
Got another vid from that day coming out today. Some of the best backdoor i've seen this winter 🤙
@@OffDaLip
No doubt.
Pipe and backdoor definitely firing.
Swell has a little North in it.
We are just getting soft in every thing this country does anymore sad state of affairs.
Tons of experience. But everyone gets caught, as some things are just out of your control
brilliant way to kill 2 birds with one stone.....1) provide good clean hard-charging footage while 2) providing rider-credits without polluting the footage itself.
thanks for the extra consideration and effort.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed. I'll keep up with the timestamps in future vids 🤙