![]() “What I meant to convey is that the win doesn’t matter, it shouldn’t matter, at least not matter so much people want to turn violent. What I meant to convey was that the violent rhetoric over a surf event is mind blowingly stupid. I don’t care if people think he wasn’t deserving but not in a “let them eat cake” kind of way. But, my comment was not meant to defend Griffin’s win. “Something tells me that I shouldn’t come here and comment and add to the mess I probably made worse. Now, in the under-the-line comments, Camille Colapinto has put a little meat on the bone, so to speak, detailing just how wild the threats are getting. There is a war, homelessness, people:children starving, and your win is motivating people to take to the streets? Are we living in the same universe? Wow! Unbelievable.” Can we remember how blessed these surfers are please? Look around. ![]() And for others in top positions to post and add fuel to the fire, well that’s just irresponsible. But the threats to the judges’ well being, to you, to other members of that shou2bld not be tolerated. during the events, I am embarrassed for the others.”Īnd, yesterday, after watching the pile-on, Griff’s mama, Camille, pleaded with Latin surf fans to find a little perspective. Yeah, yeah, I know, sportsmen, and gals, have been getting hit with death threats for years, some of it even getting played out on soccer players, boxers and so on, but our pretty little sport? The dance of kings and queens?īrazilian surf fans have gone nuts following Griffin Colapinto’s win over Filipe Toledo at the Surf City El Salvador Pro claiming the fix was in for the gringo, a white conspiracy and so on, the hashtag, #worldshameleague a viral hit.Įven Filipe Toledo’s daddy is in the mix, “We really hope that something will be done, and that this will change, as it is becoming unbearable to see and hear the things we are hearing. "The violent rhetoric over a surf event is mind blowingly stupid… and no one is doing anything to address the seriousness of the situation."Īin’t it a crazy ol’ world when a man’s is threatened with extinction for winning a surfing contest?
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