Is Filipe Toledo pretending to be scared of Teahupoo?

In a little under a year, Brazil is going to field two-time world champion Filipe Toledo as part of its two-man team to the Olympics, the surf event being held at Teahupoo.
It ain't no secret that Filipe is scared of the place. He is the only surfer to score a zero-point heat there. A moment subsequently dubbed "A brave act of cowardice."
It also ain't no secret that the Brazil's best Teahupoo surfers are Gabriel Medina and Italo Ferreira. But they ain't going.
And, yet, what if? What if Filipe Toledo is playing a game of rope-a-dope with the world; what if Filipe's masterplan was to make the world think he was too scared to paddle into a set at Teahupoo and then, with Olympic gold on the line, create one of the most unlikely wins in Games history?
Chas Smith, who hates surfing, explores this topic over the course of five minutes.

[@joeblow1942]

4:01 “Secretly trained at some unknown slab near San Clemente.” 🤪🤙🏼

[@hman7236]

Great show 👏 👍

[@MH_347]

It could be a Steven Bradbury moment where everyone else falls over for Filipe to take the gold medal.

[@thomashuntsman9566]

that was epic

[@damiangreen3510]

What a classic closet.
The bro rips i reckon.
Someone had to do it.
Hardcase.

[@lapu1602]

Just watched this guy interview Damo and read a quote incorrectly

[@lj2700]

You don't hate surfing, you hate the WSL. Its OK to hate things, just be truthful and don't hide from the Woke Surf League.

[@josephdoran2277]

Chaz is a cheeky devil. I think the title is referring to hating mainstream surfing

[@joeblow1942]

Right. He hates Surf Inc.

[@P-Catt]

you look like john waters

[@rainbowjon4880]

Toledo is champ due to shit waves and the new finals format, he can treat chopes as a throw away before the comp even starts

[@WaveFlightSimulations]

He was 1st seed in both finals format so if we had the old format still would have been WC

[@rainbowjon4880]

@@WaveFlightSimulations So if they had still had solid Fiji and Chopes was big and it finished at solid pipe Toledo is champion ??

[@godisbollocks]

I can't get enough of surfing and bodyboarding media, but Beach Grit is the cringiest and most pretentious drivel in the entire industry.

[@rebbeachfan]

Are you certain that you're not thinking of The Inertia?

[@godisbollocks]

@@rebbeachfan No, Beach Grit is far worse.

[@tyson9419]

Yeah nah, stay with Inertia

[@josephdoran2277]

​@@godisbollocksboy of positive noise

[@godisbollocks]

@@josephdoran2277 Hmmm?

[@aliangulo9032]

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