goingright
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Fred Pawle ‏@FredPawle
Wow. Mark Mathews and Ryan Hipwood have a "massive" company backing their potential big-wave tour.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/au...f-1226403506422
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r32
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Will be interesting to see...
1. How much money is involved (vs. ASP) prize money
2. Which ASP guys (if any) try to surf both tours
3. Where they choose to hold their comps
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silentbutdeadly
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Love it! I think we need two tours anyway. The big wave tour should attract a non surfer audience too.
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r32
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The big wave tour should attract a non surfer audience too.
Because that's just what surfing needs more of... 
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silentbutdeadly
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The big wave tour should attract a non surfer audience too.
Because that's just what surfing needs more of...
Well, I didn't say I agreed with it 
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r32
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Quote:
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The big wave tour should attract a non surfer audience too.
Because that's just what surfing needs more of...
Well, I didn't say I agreed with it
Good point. 
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RemyXO
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Yeah, big waves like Jaws, Mavs and Dungeons, or big/gnarly waves like Teahupoo, Shipsterns, and Ponto?
Maybe combo of them both?
Either way, I would definitely watch online.
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sbsurfersb
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If the tour really gets going I foresee this being surfing's true exposure to the masses. In general the average joe won't appreciate high performance surfing on waves just over head high, yet when some dude scores a fatty, even non surfers go bananas. Can't wait for some charging and some variation to contest surfing.
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Boneroni
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fark yessss 
It will be interesting to see how they handle all of the logistics and timing.
There is a tow contest at Mullaghmore Head in Ireland with a 3 month waiting period, but it didn't run last winter winter because conditions never came together.
They hold a couple contests in chile and peru with webcasts, but it must be a huge undertaking to bring all of the gear in and not know if it will run.
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r32
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Some of the big wave spots are so remote, I imagine the logistics of doing web-casts are much greater than what the ASP tour has to do to get things live.
It seems to be quite a difficult thing to pull off though. I'm guessing maybe 4-5 contests at the most? Look at the waiting period for the Mavericks contest. Some years they don't even run it. Same with thing that big wave in Ireland.
Also, is it going to be tow-only or paddle only, or both? Personally, I'd like to see just paddle or both.
I tend to think of big wave spots in two different categories. There are big wave spots and then there are mutant waves.
Big Waves
Mavericks in California
Cortez Bank in California
Punta de Lobos in Chile
The Right in Australia
Peahi in Maui
Mullaghmore Head in Ireland
Belharra in France
Nelscott in Oregon
Nazare in Portugal
Hout Bay in South Africa
Aileens in Ireland
Paptowai in New Zealand
Honorable Mentions
Todos Santos
Waimea Bay
Mutants
Chopes
Shipsterns Reef
Cyclops
Shark Park
etc.
Tough call.
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HarryLopez
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How will they handle the first death during comp?
and
If this will attract the viewers that don't surf, how many events that are hyped, then canceled because of the fickleness of big waves, will the non-surfing viewer put up with?
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Guiesepe Eisonhawk
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nooooo, they're doing it all wrong still... I said a full on an Alaia tour! Cut the standard shortboard thruster tour from a men's 12 stop tour of top 34 pro surfers down even more like down to 16 of an elite local on-call situation(plus local wildcards & top WQS tour leaders per event) tour. Expand the women's tour & WQS. The pro shortboard tour for men's & women's should be a 10 stop elite, on-call situation for all the men's & women's top spots & the asp head office should be on a rouge barge w/ year round access of helicopters for the top 16 men & women! Then an entirely new big wave tour seperate from an additional entirely new BIG WAVE tow-in tour. "c'mon man!" 
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LAisntsobad
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big wave tour kicking off soon
negotiating with a sponsor/close to sealing a deal = "kicking off soon"
(one) big-wave contest= "tour"
But it'd be awesome if they could pull it off. Whenever people announce huge plans but don't say who the backer is, it usually doesn't end up being good news.
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Boneroni
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big wave tour kicking off soon
negotiating with a sponsor/close to sealing a deal = "kicking off soon"
(one) big-wave contest= "tour"
And that one contest is at "ours".
Scary wave, but not a big one
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emissions
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Isn't there a big wave tour already? Isn't Peter Mel the current Big Wave World Tour Champ?
Article says one event, like the Eddie.
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