I think there are some things that are already pertinent to clarify about DUKEsurf.com, the networks and other issues.

This is a surfing website and not an Instagram profile. So all the posts on Instagram, especially the headlines, are just inviting you to read a story.

Many people just read the headline and, without having any idea of ​​what the article says, which is what really matters, they deduce things and start sending hate or love, or whatever, and expressing their opinion on things that they assume an article says and that it doesn't say.

It really seems clear, when it says: “Go read the article”, that what is being said is precisely that it invites you to read it, and not just stick with the headline.

It is a truly sad act to insult someone not only because they think differently but only based on a headline, without reading what the article says.

So, to all DUKE followers: Read the notes and then comment and send your hate. Preferably with respect.

Getting to the point: The fact that Slater said he wants the pools to host LA 2028 makes me think that the chances are greater than before they happen, I say it in the note: From low to medium (the chances).

It's not that I'm changing my mind on the subject. I prefer surfing in the sea, even if it's in Huntington Beach, which is half a metre deep. I find it more fun than the pool. It's the most boring event there is.

I think the expectation factor, the natural factor that the sea brings, not knowing whether the wave is going to come or not and that the final is decided (like Alan Cleland at the US Open) by that miraculous grace of the movement of the ocean, always beats any pool.

And whoever says it, Kelly, Filipe or Medina, I will maintain that thought.

In fact, what I would like most is for it to be in Lowers, but I see it as difficult. As I explained in the previous note about possible sites for LA 2028.

And this does not mean that I do not think that Toledo and Medina are making fun of themselves and seem like little children complaining about the judgement when things go wrong and asking for swimming pools when things go wrong. This attitude is regrettable and yes, I repeat, it makes them look ridiculous.