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Fanatic.com promo code podcast. Thanks. My name is David Scales, and this is my post script

to the 2019 OI Rio Pro. Injured. I started off our postcript to the Margaret River Pro by stating that no venue

changed more drastically from the way we perceive it than Margaret's, from a soft and mushy

bore to one of the most exciting and high-performance waves on tour. Well, the OI Rio Pro has earned

the dubious distinction of having the most scattered identity. Thankfully, we've left the beaches

of Rio proper, and while Sakorama still offers the WSL all of the same fan activation

opportunities to justify this otherwise unjustifiable stop

for the world's best, its identity is still equally as schizophrenic. The thumping quasi-closed-out

barrels of Borenia are thrilling and absolutely separate the best surfers in the world from the other 25,

but only when it's overhead and offshore, which, by the way, it was during the first two days

while the competition was being held down the beach at Etania. The barrels made during those

free surf sessions trump anything that happened during the actual

contest.

And while I'm aware of the logistical constraints of moving the contest venue, the WSL has

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