The Australian star was consigned to a silver medal when Teahupo’o went to sleep. But he’s still no fan of hosting the Olympics at a man-made wave.
Jack Robinson watched a stubbornly flat Pacific Ocean ruin his chance at an Olympic gold medal earlier this month, but believes hosting surfing events in a wave pool would be “repetitive” and “boring”.
But the Olympic final was marred by lengthy lulls that left both the Australian star and Brazilian bronze medallist Gabriel Medina waiting up to 20 minutes across multiple heats for waves that never came with medals on the line. The obvious attraction of wave pool events is guaranteed quality waves for competition and proximity for spectators, though Robinson echoed criticism of previous Surf Ranch events that led to several high-profile withdrawals from the 2021 edition.“Personally, if a host country has waves, then use them. America has waves in Hawaii and California,” Robinson told this masthead.
“I’m not writing off wave pools, I think one day they’ll have their place. But right now, for the Olympics, I don’t think so.”“should be held in a wave pool with a very specific outlined format to display compulsory manoeuvres and entire rides as a combination” to take luck out of surfing heats.Robinson suggested his own revamp to schedule Olympic surfing at Hawaii’s iconic Pipeline break, which would require the event being held during the island’s winter season between November and April.
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