Parko's 10 point ride

I call BS on it because he fell off.Anyone who falls off should not get 10/10, in fact there's a case for saying that falling off means a failed ride where the rider has to rely on a kook cord, so should get 0/10.The whole deal has become a frantic frenetic monotony of desperate arse waggling. . . remove the money and the leashes and it would fade away pretty quickly. . . it's so ugly to watch it's just a bogus insincere culture forced into existence by mass marketeers. . a ghastly form of prostitution really, and rigged to boot.The surfers themselves are like robotic lost souls stamped from the same mould, trained never to pause because pausing means losing points.. . . pro surfing is like some kind of spurious graceless self mutilation or headbanging.We don't dig it at all, it doesn't appeal.We prefer to remain as still and calm as possible and have our surroundings move around us, rather than flinging ourselves around. The paddle out is hard work ( unless using a jetski like the pros do ) and it is nice to enjoy the gilde back in as a reward without any financially imposed necessity to perform like some kind of tortured drug addicted caged monkey.http://www.surf.co.nz/surftv/index.asp?newsletterId=7147