Extended Flat Spell has Competitors, Spectators, and Webcast Fans Worried
Brazil’s Gabriel Medina stays loose on the lay days in Rio.
Although the first round of the men’s heats were finished almost a week ago, competitors, spectators, and online fans have had to wait it out for days until the next swell hits Barra De Tijuca Beach in Rio. A new pulse of swell is expected to arrive this Friday. When considering the sub-par conditions this and every year in Rio, the question that begs to be asked is, why the heck is the so-called “Dream Tour” competing in Rio in the first place? Continue reading
